Production films used to have many alternate titles, such as "Growing Up," "After School," "The Landing," "Once Upon a Star," "E.T. and Me," "The Visitor," " "The Life of a Boy" and so on; Director Spielberg did not originally name the film "E.T." but called the film "Planet Buck". "Buck" is a character in the film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" he previously directed. Alien name. The movie is full of autobiographical passages from Spielberg himself, and the alien's magical click with his finger comes from Spielberg's habit of tapping his forehead with his finger. In order to surprise Spielberg's long-time friend and filmmaker George Lucas, the philosopher Yoda from "Star Wars" appeared in the film. In order to find child actors to star in, Spielberg interviewed more than 300 potential children before filming began; 10-year-old actor Henry Thomas was recommended by Robert Fisk to play Elliott. However, he did not perform well in the regular test during the audition. During the subsequent improvisation session, Thomas remembered his beloved dog that had died not long ago and expressed his sadness with true feelings. As a result, the creative staff was moved and immediately settled on the filming site. Got him. Robert McNafton auditioned eight times for the role of Michael. Drew Barrymore, who played Gertie, was only 6 years old when she appeared in the film. She won Spielberg's favor with her story of forming a punk rock band. Mars Incorporated believed that such an ugly image of E.T. was destined to frighten child audiences, so it did not allow the company's product M&Ms to appear in the film; while The Hershey Company seized this opportunity and let E.T. The company's Reese's candies are consumed in the film. Spielberg shot two films at the same time in 1982. "E.T." represents a distant dream, while "Poltergeist" symbolizes a distant nightmare. It is said that the film was kept extremely secretive during the filming stage. Even when the director himself entered the set, the name tag hanging on his chest read "Willy" instead of his name. Until its release, Steven Spielberg did not admit that "E.T." meant aliens. In a later book about E.T., the alien's physical details were revealed to be 48 inches tall and 56 inches with its neck extended. It’s not until about halfway through the film that adult faces, other than Elliot’s mother, begin to appear. The part where Elliot explains to the aliens what toys are, what food is, and what cars are was improvised by young actor Henry Thomas. In the film, screenwriter Melissa Matheson's then-boyfriend Harrison Ford had a cameo role as the principal of Elliott's school. The only time he was stopped by the director was because Spielberg thought his appearance was too distracting. People are paying attention. However, this sequence was deleted before the film was released, and the scene still did not appear in the 20th anniversary special edition. Matheson also had a cameo as a school nurse in the film, but it was also cut. The doctors who treated E.T. in the film were all played by real medical workers. Because Spielberg believed that it was impossible for actors to speak difficult medical terms naturally and fluently, he decided to recruit doctors from the University of Southern California Medical Center. It is said that Debra Winger once voiced the alien in the film, but he denied that he came up with the alien's line "Call me home." Pat Welsh, who ultimately voiced E.T. in the film, was an old woman in her seventies. Her unique voice, created by two packs of cigarettes a day, was discovered by the film's sound effects engineer Ben Belt. Wales** *The recording was for 9 and a half hours, and the compensation was only $380. To create the rich variety of the film's sound, Burt recorded 16 additional sounds, including his wife's snoring, a USC professor's belches, and the sounds of horses, raccoons and sea otters. The mask of Master Yoda from "Star Wars" appears in the film, which is a surprise for filmmaker George Lucas, who has always been a good friend of Spielberg.

Michael Jackson's theme song "Someone In The Dark" ("You in the Night Sky") recorded for the film was never used and can only be heard on the Alien Space Stories commemorative album, which includes a record and a book book and a poster of Alien and Jackson, the story is narrated by Michael Jackson. Distribution It is said that the director requested that it be stated in the contract that he had the decision-making power to launch film-related products, and vetoed a song called "I Made Love with an Alien." When the film was released, Atari paid a high price for the rights to make a game of the same name for the film, and the result became the most famous failure in North American gaming history. To combat piracy, the film was released and screened in the United States on videotapes made of green plastic. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in France in 1982; in June 1982, Spielberg personally screened it at the White House for President Reagan and his wife. Later, Spielberg also held a special screening for Queen Elizabeth II. After the film was released on June 11, 1982, it has always occupied the top spot at the box office. It was not until 11 years later (June 11, 1993) that "Jurassic Park" directed by Spielberg broke this position. item record. In a 1982 issue of Variety magazine, film critics called the film "the best Disney movie Disney has not made." The film has remained in the ranks since being selected into Entertainment Weekly's list of the 20 greatest movies. Despite continued pleas from fans, Spielberg has made it clear that he will not be making a sequel to the film. After "E.T." was released, it gained a wide influence among the audience, making the word "E.T." one of the standard expressions of "alien" in English. Cross-cut shot Continuity: The size of the hamburger in Gerty's hand keeps changing, inconsistent with the change while she eats it, and sometimes even disappears suddenly. Factual errors: When Elliot went outside to see the aliens while he was sleeping, the moon was directly behind him. When he woke up a few hours later, he could see the moon still in the same position. Spotted Error: When Elliot says Nobody go out there, one of the boys moves his lips to match his line. Continuity: The street that the boys turned into during the chase, and one of the boys said we created it, is not the same street that they turned into before. There were houses, but there were only trees and cars. Bug Found: (In the 20th Anniversary Edition) Government agencies and police replaced their pistols with cordless phones, but inexplicably still had their trigger fingers extended. Continuity: During the chase, Elliot is knocked down while walking through the new house, but in an almost impossibly short time, everything is restored to its original state. Continuity: When the aliens board the ship, Elliot's mother comes out twice and Elliot is holding (not holding) the collared dog. Factual errors: Almost all the shapes and phases of the northern hemisphere moon shown in the movie are wrong. Continuity: While the children are playing at the kitchen table, the cigarettes and ashtray disappear. Re-release Highlights To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the film's release, Universal Pictures recycled the video tapes on the global market and re-edited it for release in the spring of 2002. The 20th anniversary re-release was jointly launched by Universal and Spielberg. It includes some clips that were cut and not released, and the sound, brightness and color of the film have been modified and corrected, and computer special effects and Dolby sound effects have been added. Amblin Entertainment's trademark was changed to the scene in "E.T." of the little boy Elliott flying over the moon on a car carrying E.T. in a basket. In the original film, the scene of children flying into the sky on bicycles was shot with puppets and bicycle models; in the special edition 20 years later, Spielberg specially found a group of children who looked very similar to the young actors at the time. These sections were re-shot.

In the 20th anniversary re-release, Spielberg specifically used computer technology to remove the appearance of some firearms, such as replacing the firearms in the hands of the FBI with walkie-talkies. The great director’s explanation was: “Because I regret letting federal agents Policemen are intercepting and chasing children with guns!" In the commemorative special edition, the shot of the police holding weapons was replaced by holding a walkie-talkie; Elliott's mother's line "Don't become a terrorist" was changed to "Don't Be a Hippie" was added; the originally deleted scene of Elliott and the alien in the bathtub was restored; the alien's facial movements and the shot of the bicycle flying into the sky were re-edited with computer CGI technology.