"E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial": Read The Screenplay By Melissa Mathison
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And, for your consideration, we offer the revised shooting script from September 1981. Free, of course, from 8FLiX and Amblin.
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Take a look at the "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" synopsis.
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is the thrilling, deeply moving story of the special friendship that develops between Elliott, a lonely young boy living in a suburban California community, and a wise, benevolent visitor from another planet who becomes stranded on Earth.
As Elliott attempts to help his extra-terrestrial friend contact his home planet so that he might be rescued, they must elude scientists and government agents determined to apprehend the alien for their own purposes... which results in an adventure greater than anything either of them could have imagined. Amblin
"E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" Screenplay Details.
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| Type | ... |
SCANNED
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| Version | ... | Shooting ScriptRevised |
| Date | ... | 09.08.1981 |
| Pages | ... | 116 |
| Genres | ... | AdventureFamilySci-Fi |
| Screenplay | ... | Melissa Mathison |
| IMDb ID | ... | 0083866 |
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