E.T. the ExtraTerrestrial is a 1982 American science fiction fantasy film coproduced and directed by Steven Spielberg, and written by Melissa Mathison. It features special effects by Carlo Rambaldi and Dennis Muren, and stars Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote and Pat Welsh. It tells the story of Elliott (Thomas), a lonely boy who befriends an extraterrestrial, dubbed "E.T.", who is stranded on Earth. Elliott and his siblings help E.T. return home while attempting to keep him hidden from their mother and the government.

The concept was based on an imaginary friend Spielberg created after his parents' divorce in 1960. In 1980, Spielberg met Mathison and developed a new story from the stalled scifi horror film project Night Skies. It was filmed from September to December 1981 in California on a budget of US$10.5 million. Unlike most films, it was shot in rough chronological order, to facilitate convincing emotional performances from the young cast.

Released on June 11, 1982, by Universal Pictures, E.T was an immediate blockbuster, surpassing Star Wars to become the highestgrossing film of all time—a record it held for eleven years until Jurassic Park, another Spielbergdirected film surpassed it in 1993. It is the highestgrossing film of the 1980s. Appearing in Time's AllTIME 100 Movies, as well as the American Film Institute's original and updated lists of the best American films, critics acclaimed it as a timeless story of friendship, and it ranks as the greatest science fiction film ever made in a Rotten Tomatoes survey. In 1994, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". It was rereleased in 1985, and then again in 2002 to celebrate its 20th anniversary, with altered shots and additional scenes.

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Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Produced by: Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg
Written by: Melissa Mathison
Music by: John Williams
Cinematography: Allen Daviau
Edited by: Carol Littleton
Production company: Universal Pictures
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release date: May 26, 1982 (Cannes), June 11, 1982 (United States)
Running time: 114 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $10.5 million
Box office: $792.9 million
Theatrical release poster by John Alvin

Cast:
Alexander Lampone
Anne Lockhart
Barbara Hartnett
C. Thomas Howell
David Berkson
David Carlberg
David M. O'Dell
Dee Wallace
Debra Winger
Diane Lampone
Drew Barrymore
Erika Eleniak
Frank Toth
Gary Ordog
Henry Thomas
James Kahn
JeanPaul Hellendall
Jonathan Wasserberger
K.C. Martel
Kevin Jessup
Mary Stein
Michael Darrell
Michael Lepre
Milt Kogan
Mitch Suskin
Pat Welsh
Peter Coyote
Rhoda Makoff
Richard Pesavento
Richard S. Weisman
Richard Swingler
Robert Barton
Robert MacNaughton
Robert Murphy
Sean Frye
Susan Cameron
Ted Grossman
Tom Sherry
Will Fowler Jr.
Zrick

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