ET factfile

ET fact file

institutional context

production company - universal pictures
distributors - there are a lot of distributors some are  universal pictures and uip
director - Steven Spielberg
cinematographer - Allen Daviau
composer - John Williams
editor - carol littleton
stars - Henry Thomas
notable related films - Jaws
production notes - film was mostly pointed toward Elliot and E.T.

audience expectation

E.T. is a fairly original film and had not been adapted by others
E.T. has not been made into a franchise.
E.T. was made to be a purely an original film
The director of ET  was already well know as he had already made the popular movie Jaws

Reviews
the film was seen as the first of its kind in the world of editing
there are actually very few bad reviews on the film but the ones that are aren't  even that bad

context

it is set at the time it was made (1982)
it is set


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