The IMAX corporation has announced that tickets are now on sale for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. The culture-defining, digitally restored version of the legendary film will be shown for the very first time in IMAX theaters for one week only, in honor of its 40th anniversary.
IMAX has announced that tickets are now on sale through their web site - www.imax.com/movies/et-extra-terrestrial.
Once upon a time, way back in the year 1982, a cinematic event took place that was so groundbreaking it had never been seen before, and it moved the hearts and minds of many generations. When E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial was released in theaters, the film broke every box office record and became an instant classic.
The screenplay for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial was penned by Melissa Mathison, and Steven Spielberg was responsible for producing and directing the film. It relates the narrative of Elliott, a young kid who makes friends with an extraterrestrial being referred to as E.T. after the alien is abandoned on Earth. Elliott, together with his friends and family, is tasked with devising a strategy that will allow E.T. to get back home while evading the authorities. Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, and Robert MacNaughton are among the actors featured in this movie.
After the breakup of his parents, Steven Spielberg came up with an imaginary companion who became the inspiration for the film. In 1980, Spielberg had a meeting with Mathison, during which they constructed a fresh plot based on the unfinished work Night Skies. Mathison completed the first draft of the script, which was first titled E.T. and Me and then through two rounds of rewrites, in a little under two months. Columbia Pictures decided against moving further with the film because they were skeptical about its ability to generate revenue. In the end, Universal Pictures paid $1 million to acquire the rights to the script. The production ran on a budget of $10.5 million and took place between September and December of 1981. E.T. was shot in a more or less chronological order, in contrast to the majority of films, in order to permit credible emotional performances from the young ensemble. Carlo Rambaldi was the one who came up with the ideas for the film's animatronics.
On May 26, 1982, E.T. had its world premiere as the closing film of the Cannes Film Festival. On June 11, 1982, it was made available to the public in the United States. The movie was an instant hit, earning more money than Star Wars and became the highest-grossing picture of all time. It was the highest-grossing film of all time for eleven years, until Steven Spielberg's own Jurassic Park earned more money in 1993. E.T. received glowing reviews from film industry professionals and is now considered to be among the very best movies ever made. At the 55th Academy Awards, it was up for nine awards and took home four of them, including Best Original Score, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound, and Best Sound Editing. In addition, it took home five Saturn Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. Alterations were made to certain shots, visual effects, and additional scenes before the movie was shown again in 1985 and again in 2002 to commemorate the film's 20th anniversary.
In honor of the IMAX film format's fortieth birthday, a new release is going to be made available on August 12, 2022. "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" was the criteria used by the Library of Congress in 1994 for deciding whether or not to include the movie in the National Film Registry of the United States.