Julien’s Auctions and Turner Classic Movies’ Icons and Idols: Hollywood auction, on December 17th and 18th, saw the E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Hero “#1” Mechatronic filming model “actor” sell for $2,560,000. Pre-dating modern CGI […]
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) will be presenting the UK Premiere of Steven Spielberg’s legendary E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, accompanied by John Williams’ iconic score performed live by the RSNO on Saturday 25 June 2016 at the Festival Theatre Edinburgh. EIFF hosted the UK premiere of the film back in 1982 when […]
Melissa Mathison, who penned the script for Spielberg’s 1982 success E.T. and his upcoming adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The BFG, has died aged 65. Mathison had already written the screenplay for The Black Stallion when she wrote E.T., a script Spielberg claimed he would have been “willing to shoot the next day” when he read it. In a statement following […]
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