E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 

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Novels by William Kostzwinkle


E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (In His Adventure On Earth)

Based on the Screenplay by Melissa Mathison

Published by Berkley Books, 1982


E.T. the Book of the Green Planet

Based on a Story by Stephen Spielberg

Published by Berkley Books, 1985


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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial  (or simply   E.T.) is a 1982 American science fiction film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg   and written by Melissa Mathison. It tells the story of Elliott, a boy who befriends an extraterrestrial, dubbed E.T., who is left behind on Earth. Along with his friends and family, Elliott must find a way to help E.T. find his way home. The film stars  Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton and Drew Barrymore. The film's concept was based on an   imaginary friend   that Spielberg created after his parents' divorce. In 1980, Spielberg met Mathison and developed a new story from the unrealized project Night Skies. In less than two months, Mathison wrote the first draft of the script, titled E.T. and Me, which went through two rewrites. The project was rejected by Columbia Pictures, who doubted its commercial potential.   Universal Pictures   eventually purchased the script for $1 million. Filming took place from September to December 1981 on a budget of $10.5 million. Unlike most films, E.T. was shot in rough chronological order to facilitate convincing emotional performances from the young cast. The   animatronics   for the film were designed by Carlo Rambaldi.  


E.T. premiered as the closing film of the Cannes Film Festival on May 26, 1982, and was released in the United States on June 11, 1982. The film was a smash hit at the box office, surpassing Star Wars   to become the   highest-grossing film of all time, a record it held for eleven years until Spielberg's own Jurassic Park   surpassed it in 1993.  E.T.  was near–universally acclaimed by critics, and is regarded as one of the   greatest films of all time. It received nine nominations at the   55th Academy Awards, winning   Best Original Score, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound, and   Best Sound Editing   in addition to being nominated for   Best Picture and Best Director. It also won five Saturn Awards   and two   Golden Globe Awards. The film was re-released in 1985 and again in 2002 to celebrate its 20th anniversary, with altered shots, visual effects, and additional scenes. It was also re-released in   IMAX   on August 12, 2022, to celebrate its 40th anniversary. In 1994, the film was added to the United States   National Film Registry   of the   Library of Congress, who deemed it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."


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William Kotzwinkle   (born November 22, 1938; 85 years ago, or 1943; 81   years ago   according to different sources) is an American   novelist, children's writer, and   screenwriter. He was born in   Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. He won the   World Fantasy Award   for Best Novel for   Doctor Rat   in 1977, and has also won the   National Magazine Award   for fiction. Kotzwinkle is known for writing the   novelization   of the screenplay for   E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. William Kotzwinkle wrote a sequel,   E.T.: The Book of the Green Planet, which was published in 1985. In the novel, E.T. returns home to the planet Brodo Asogi, but is subsequently demoted and sent into exile. He attempts to return to Earth by effectively breaking all of Brodo Asogi's laws.


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