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Film, Video Web Page E.T.--the extra-terrestrial Extra-terrestrial / E.T.--the extraterrestrial

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Title

  • E.T.--the extra-terrestrial

Other Title

  • Extra-terrestrial
  • E.T.--the extraterrestrial

Summary

  • E.T. and his fellow space travelers come peacefully to Earth to gather plants in a misty redwood forest. When they are discoverd, the rest of the crew flee in their spaceship and E.T. is accidentally left behind. He is found by Elliott, a ten-year-old boy with whom he develops a friendship that bridges the universe with understanding and love.

Names

  • LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [United States : Universal, 1982 ; United States : MCA Home Video, 1988]

Genre

  • Fantasy films
  • Science fiction films
  • Feature films
  • Fiction films
  • Videodiscs

Notes

  • -  PA479-434 PA1-106-586 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Universal City Studios, Inc. DCR 1989; PUB 16Nov89; ; REG 6Aug90; PA479-434.
  • -  Copyright: Universal City Studios Productions, Inc. [DCR and REG unknown]; PUB 15Feb02; PA1-106-586.
  • -  Copyright notice on videodisc jacket: MCA Home Video, Inc. ; 1988.
  • -  Music by John Williams ; production designer, James D. Bissell ; director of photography, Allen Daviau ; edited by Carol Littleton.
  • -  Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Drew Barrymore.
  • -  LC copy is reissue copy.
  • -  Summary from videodisc jacket.
  • -  On videodisc jacket: MCA Home Video 13009.
  • -  LC also holds a videodisc viewing copy of The special collector's edition.
  • -  Sources used: videodisc jacket; COPICS data base; copyright data sheet.
  • -  Received: ca. 1990; viewing copy; purchase; LC Purchase Collection.
  • -  Received: 1/09/2003; viewing print; copyright deposit--RNR; Copyright Collection.

Medium

  • 1 videodisc of 1 (laser) (ca. 115 min.) : sd., col., letterboxed ; 12 in. viewing copy.
  • 6 film reels of 6 on 12 (ca. 115 min., 10,350 ft.) : sd., col. ; 35 mm. viewing print.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DAA 0775 (viewing copy)
  • CGD 3644-3649 (viewing print)

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 96504915

Online Format

  • web page
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Lc Purchase Collection, and Copyright Collection. E.T.--the extra-terrestrial. [United States: Universal, ; United States: MCA Home Video, 1988, 1988] Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/96504915/.

APA citation style:

Lc Purchase Collection & Copyright Collection. (1988) E.T.--the extra-terrestrial. [United States: Universal, ; United States: MCA Home Video, 1988] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/96504915/.

MLA citation style:

Lc Purchase Collection, and Copyright Collection. E.T.--the extra-terrestrial. [United States: Universal, ; United States: MCA Home Video, 1988, 1988] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/96504915/>.