E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - Credits and Details

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Credits and Details

Directed by
	Steven Spielberg
Written by
	Melissa Mathison	...	written by
Cast
	Dee Wallace	...	Mary
	Henry Thomas	...	Elliott
	Peter Coyote	...	Keys
	Robert MacNaughton	...	Michael (as Robert Macnaughton)
	Drew Barrymore	...	Gertie
	K.C. Martel	...	Greg
	Sean Frye	...	Steve
	C. Thomas Howell	...	Tyler (as Tom Howell)
	Erika Eleniak	...	Pretty Girl
	David M. O'Dell	...	Schoolboy (as David O'Dell)
	Richard Swingler	...	Science Teacher
	Frank Toth	...	Policeman
	Robert Barton	...	Ultra Sound Man
	Michael Darrell	...	Van Man
	David Berkson	...	Medical Unit (as David Berkson M.D.)
	David Carlberg	...	Medical Unit (as David Carlberg Ph.D.)
	Milt Kogan	...	Medical Unit (as Milt Kogan M.D.)
	Alexander Lampone	...	Medical Unit (as Alexander Lampone M.D.)
	Rhoda Makoff	...	Medical Unit (as Rhoda Makoff M.D.)
	Robert D. Murphy	...	Medical Unit (as Robert Murphy M.D.)
	Richard Pesavento	...	Medical Unit (as Richard Pesavento M.D.)
	Tom Sherry	...	Medical Unit (as Tom Sherry M.D.)
	Susan Cameron	...	Medical Unit
	Will Fowler Jr.	...	Medical Unit
	Barbara Hartnett	...	Medical Unit
	Diane Lampone	...	Medical Unit (as Di Ann Lampone)
	Mary Stein	...	Medical Unit
	Mitch Suskin	...	Medical Unit (as Mitchell Suskin)
Uncredited Cast
	Alex Daniels	...	Agent in Car Chase
	Ted Grossman	...	Government Agent
	Jean-Paul Hellendall	...	Student
	Kevin Jessup	...	Scientist
	Michael Lepre	...	Pizza Man
	Anne Lockhart	...	Nurse
	Gary Ordog	...	Medical Unit
	Robert W. Scholler	...	Medical Unit
	Quinn Smith	...	Kid 3
	Jonathan Wasserberger	...	Medical Unit
	Richard S. Weisman	...	Medical Unit
	Pat Welsh	...	E.T. (voice)
	Debra Winger	...	Nurse Zombie Carrying Poodle
Produced by
	Kathleen Kennedy	...	producer
	Melissa Mathison	...	associate producer
	Steven Spielberg	...	producer
Original Music by
	John Williams	...	music by
Special Effects by
	Robert Avila	...	operator: E.T.
	Gary Crawford	...	special effects assistant
	Eugene Crum	...	operator: E.T.
	Beverly Hoffman	...	designer: E.T. eyes
	Dale L. Martin	...	special effects coordinator
	Andrew Miller	...	special effects assistant
	Carlo Rambaldi	...	creator: E.T.
	Frank Schepler	...	operator: E.T.
	Robert Short	...	additional effects: E.T.
	Bob Townsend	...	operator: E.T.
	Steve Townsend	...	technical supervisor: E.T.
	Steven Willis	...	operator: E.T.
	Robert K. Worthington	...	special effects assistant
	Richard Zarro	...	operator: E.T.
	Ronald Zarro	...	operator: E.T.
	Stanley Amborn	...	special effects
	Johnny Borgese	...	special effects
	Jay Davis	...	creature crew
	Hal Millar	...	special effects
	Paul Wurtzel	...	special effects technician
Visual Effects by
	Julie Adrianson-Neary	...	digital compositor: ILM
	Tim Alexander	...	additional VFX supervision: ILM
	Stephen Aplin	...	digital modeler: ILM
	Trang Bach	...	digital paint/rotoscope artist: ILM
	Al Bailey	...	digital compositor: ILM
	Charles Bailey	...	chief model maker: ILM
	Craig Barron	...	matte photography assistant: ILM
	Dennis Becker	...	stage technician: ILM
	David Berry	...	optical printer operator: ILM
	Rudi Bloss	...	animator: ILM
	Jessie Boberg	...	model maker: ILM
	Stella Bogh	...	digital compositor: ILM
	Jean Bolte	...	lead viewpaint artist: ILM
	Patrick Bonneau	...	animator: ILM
	Colin Brady	...	animation supervisor
	Barbara Brennan	...	lead digital compositor: ILM
	Marty Brenneis	...	model electronics: ILM
	Billy Brooks	...	rebel unit artist: ILM
	Ronn Brown	...	digital matte artist: ILM
	Dhyana Brummel	...	technical support: ILM
	Mark Buck	...	model maker: ILM
	Conrad Buff IV	...	effects editorial supervisor: ILM
	Mark Casey	...	sabre cg artist: ILM
	Mei-Ming Casino	...	VFX production assistant: ILM
	Dave Childers	...	stage technician: ILM
	Wade Childress	...	equipment maintenance: ILM
	Minhee Choe	...	animator: ILM
	Terry Chostner	...	still photographer: ILM
	Bob Chrisoulis	...	optical technician: ILM
	Mike Cochrane	...	model maker: ILM
	Harold Cole	...	stage technician: ILM
	Kingston Cole	...	VFX production assistant: ILM
	Sam Comstock	...	animation supervisor: ILM
	Caitlin Content	...	lead sabre cg artist: ILM
	Ryan Cook	...	development CG artist: ILM
	Jay Cooper	...	compositor: ILM
	Vince De Quattro	...	CG artist: ILM
	Natalee Djokovic	...	technical support: ILM
	Jeff Doran	...	compositing supervisor: ILM
	Andrew Doucette	...	animator: ILM
	Dick Dova	...	stage technician: ILM
	Don Dow	...	camera operator: ILM
	Selwyn Eddy	...	camera assistant: ILM
	Camille Eden	...	VFX production coordinator: ILM
	John Ellis	...	optical printer engineering: ILM
	Mike Ellis	...	scanning operator: ILM
	Robert Elswit	...	camera operator: ILM
	Christopher Evans	...	matte painting artist: ILM
	Bob Finley III	...	stage technician: ILM
	Pat Fitzsimmons	...	stage technician: ILM
	Jon Foreman	...	model maker: ILM
	Warren Franklin	...	production coordinator: ILM
	Miguel A. Fuertes	...	animator: ILM
	Joe Fulmer	...	stage technician: ILM
	Michael Fulmer	...	chief model maker: ILM
	Ryan Galloway	...	cg artist: ILM
	Tim Geideman	...	optical technician: ILM
	Bill George	...	visual effects supervisor: ILM
	Wayne Gilbert	...	animator: ILM
	Derek Gillingham	...	viewpaint artist: ILM
	Bill Gilman	...	digital compositor: ILM
	Maria Goodale	...	digital plate restoration: ILM
	Ralph Gordon	...	optical printer line-up: ILM
	Michele Gray	...	digital plate restoration: ILM
	Joanne Hafner	...	digital paint/rotoscope artist: ILM
	James Hagedorn	...	digital compositor: ILM
	Michael J. Halsted	...	CG artist: ILM
	Andrew Hardaway	...	CG artist: ILM
	Karl Herrmann	...	camera assistant: ILM
	Clark Higgins	...	video assist: ILM
	Robert Hill	...	first assistant camera: ILM
	Christina Hills	...	CG artist: ILM
	Edward Hirsh	...	stage technician: ILM
	Greg Hyman	...	visual effects editor: ILM
	Jerry Jeffress	...	electronic systems design: ILM
	Lars Jensvold	...	VFX assistant editor: ILM
	Samson Kao	...	CG artist: ILM
	Russell Koonce	...	CG artist: ILM
	Neil Krepela	...	matte photography: ILM
	Greg Kyle	...	animator: ILM
	Geoffrey Lake	...	greensman: ILM
	Jeroen Lapre	...	development CG artist: ILM
	David Latour	...	animator: ILM
	Lenny Lee	...	creature developer: ILM
	Gary Leo	...	model electronics: ILM
	James Lim	...	negative lineup: ILM
	Sean MacKenzie	...	digital compositor: ILM
	Jodie Maier	...	3D matchmover: ILM
	Michal Makarewicz	...	animator: ILM
	Greg Maloney	...	digital compositor: ILM
	Scott Marshall	...	model maker: ILM
	Tia L. Marshall	...	digital compositor: ILM
	Kevin Martel	...	animator: ILM
	Marcel Martinez	...	digital compositor: ILM
	Michael J. McAlister	...	effects cameraman: ILM
	Roberto McGrath	...	still lab technician: ILM
	Glen McIntosh	...	animator: ILM
	Richard McKay	...	first assistant camera: ILM
	Jennifer McKnew	...	CG artist: ILM
	John McLeod	...	stage technician: ILM
	Christopher Minos	...	animator: ILM
	Ted Moehnke	...	supervising stage technician: ILM
	Jack Mongovan	...	animator: ILM
	David Manos Morris	...	3D matchmover: ILM
	Jim Morris	...	senior staff: ILM: 2002 special version
	Thaine Morris	...	stage technician: ILM
	Dani Morrow	...	3D matchmove lead: ILM
	Dennis Muren	...	visual effects supervisor: ILM
	Duncan Myers	...	optical technician: ILM
	Patrick T. Myers	...	CG supervisor: ILM
	Patrick Neary	...	CG artist: ILM
	Julie Nelson	...	animator: ILM
	Jennifer Maryam Nona	...	CG artist: ILM
	Kerry Nordquist	...	still lab technician: ILM
	Michael Olague	...	stage technician: ILM
	Jeff Olson	...	sequence producer: ILM
	Frank Ordaz	...	matte painting artist: ILM
	Randy Ottenberg	...	model maker: ILM
	Michael Owens	...	camera assistant: ILM
	Ease Owyeung	...	model maker: ILM
	Michael Pangrazio	...	matte painting supervisor: ILM
	Suzanne Pastor	...	model maker: ILM
	Mary Payne	...	CG artist: ILM
	Lorne Peterson	...	model shop supervisor: ILM
	Magali Rigaudias	...	animator: ILM
	Elsa Rodriguez	...	digital paint/rotoscope artist: ILM
	Martin Rosenberg	...	director of photography: ILM
	Kim Ross	...	CG artist: ILM
	Mark Russell	...	visual effects coordinator: ILM
	Trish Schutz-Krause	...	animator: ILM
	Sandra Scott	...	visual effects producer: ILM
	Dave Sidley	...	animator: ILM
	Kenneth Smith	...	digital color timing supervisor: ILM / optical photography supervisor: ILM
	Mike Smith	...	equipment maintenance: ILM
	Thomas G. Smith	...	general manager: ILM
	Sharonne Solk	...	animator: ILM
	Tom St. Amand	...	go-motion figures: ILM
	Damian Steel	...	CG artist: ILM
	Michael Steffe	...	model maker: ILM
	Howard Stein	...	effects editor: ILM
	Sam Stewart	...	digital plate restoration: ILM
	Peter Stolz	...	stage technician: ILM
	David Sullivan	...	digital paint/rotoscope artist: ILM
	Mitch Suskin	...	optical effects coordinator
	Pat Sweeney	...	camera assistant: ILM / director of photography: ILM
	David Tanaka	...	visual effects editor: ILM
	Catherine Tate	...	sabre cg artist: ILM
	Lisa Todd	...	VFX production coordinator: ILM
	Peggy Tonkonogy	...	animator: ILM
	Alan Travis	...	digital plate restoration: ILM
	Patrick Tubach	...	digital compositor: ILM
	Jan Van Buyten	...	animator: ILM
	Michael Van Eps	...	lead digital paint artist: ILM
	Laurie Vermont	...	production coordinator: ILM
	Eric Voegels	...	cg artist: ILM
	Garry Waller	...	animator: ILM
	Andy Wang	...	CG artist: ILM
	David Washburn	...	3D matchmover: ILM
	David Weatherly	...	animator: ILM
	Erin West	...	digital paint/rotoscope artist: ILM
	Jamy Wheless	...	animator: ILM
	John Whisnant	...	3D matchmover: ILM
	Gene Whiteman	...	optical printer engineering: ILM
	Terry Windell	...	animator: ILM
	Kris Brown	...	visual effects engineer: ILM
	Carey Burens	...	visual effects assistant editor: ILM
	Zachary Cole	...	technical support: ILM
	Bob Diepenbrock	...	visual effects
	Ellen Lichtwardt Goodchild	...	visual effects artist
	Stewart Lew	...	Senior 3D Model Designer
	Peter Mitchell Rubin	...	visual effects art director
	Jeff Shank	...	digital effects: ILM
	Kirk R. Thatcher	...	visual effects
	Marc Toscano	...	CG artist: ILM
	David Valentin	...	visual effects production coordinator: ILM
	Chris Walas	...	Sculptor
	Hoyt Yeatman	...	motion control photographer: DQI
Stunts
	Richard E. Butler	...	stunts
	Bennie E. Dobbins	...	stunts
	Ted Grossman	...	stunts
	Keith Harvey	...	stunts
	Fred Lerner	...	stunts
	Bobby Porter	...	stunts
	Glenn Randall Jr.	...	stunt coordinator / stunts
	Felix Silla	...	stunts
	Chuck Waters	...	stunts
	Al Wyatt Jr.	...	stunts
	Duke Britton	...	stunt double: BMX sequence
	Robert Cardoza	...	stunt double: BMX sequence
	Alex Daniels	...	stunts
	Bob Haro	...	stunt double: BMX sequence / stunts
	Kevin Jessup	...	stunts
	David Lee	...	stunt double: BMX sequence
	Michael R. Long	...	stunts
	Ceppie Maes	...	stunt double: BMX sequence
	Grant Meyers	...	stunt double: BMX sequence
	Eddie Paul	...	stunts
	Chris Taylor	...	stunt double: BMX sequence
	Steven Williby	...	stunt double: BMX sequence

Additional Info
Premiere:	May 26, 1982
Theatrical Release:	June 11, 1982
DVD Release:	October 22, 2002
Blu-ray Release:	October 09, 2012
Country:
Distributor:	Universal Studios
Websites:

Ratings
7.9 / 10	92 / 100

Alternate Titles
ET

Production Companies
Universal Pictures
Amblin Entertainment (uncredited)

Distributors
Universal Pictures (1982) (United States) (theatrical)
Universal Pictures (1985) (United States) (re-release) (theatrical)
MCA Home Video (1988) (United States) (VHS)
CBS (1991) (United States) (TV)
National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1993) (United States) (TV)
MCA/Universal Home Video (1996) (United States) (VHS)
Universal Home Video (1996) (United States) (video)
Universal Pictures (2002) (United States) (re-release) (20th Anniversary Edition) (theatrical)
Universal Studios Home Video (2002) (United States) (20th Anniversary Edition) (DVD)
Universal Studios Home Video (2002) (United States) (20th Anniversary Edition) (VHS)
American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2003) (United States) (20th Anniversary Edition) (TV)
Universal Studios Home Video (2005) (United States) (DVD)
Home Box Office (HBO) (2008) (United States) (TV)
Nickelodeon Network (2008) (United States) (TV)
Fathom Events (2012) (United States) (TCM Event Series) (30th Anniversary Event) (theatrical)
Nickelodeon Network (2012) (United States) (TV)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2012) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Syfy (2017) (United States) (TV)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2017) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Fathom Events (2017) (United States) (re-release) (theatrical)
Freeform (2020) (United States) (TV)
Peacock (2020) (United States) (VOD) (video)
Universal Pictures (2022) (United States) (re-release) (also in IMAX) (theatrical)
Studio Distribution Services (SDS) (2022) (United States) (through) (40th Anniversary Special Edition) (Blu-ray)
Studio Distribution Services (SDS) (2022) (United States) (through) (DVD)
Studio Distribution Services (SDS) (2022) (United States) (Ultra HD Blu-ray) (through) (40th Anniversary Special Edition)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2022) (United States) (40th Anniversary Special Edition) (Blu-ray)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2022) (United States) (DVD)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2022) (United States) (Ultra HD Blu-ray) (40th Anniversary Special Edition)
Netflix (United States) (video)
Studios USA Television (1998) (United States) (TV)

Filming Locations
18967 Granada Circle, Porter Ranch, California, USA (toilet papered house)
19023 Rinaldi Street, Northridge, California, USA (Michael escapes from blue car)
7121 Lonzo Street, Tujunga, Los Angeles, California, USA (Elliott's home)
California, USA
Capistrano Lane and Vista Grand Way, Porter Ranch, California, USA (bus stop)
Crescent City, California, USA (forest)
Crescenta Valley, California, USA
Culver City High School - 4401 Elenda Street, Culver City, California, USA (classroom interiors)
Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA (Studio)
Del Norte County, California, USA (Michael finds ET unconscious next to a culvert.)
Fort Dick, California, USA (forest)
Granada Circle and Killimore Avenue, Porter Ranch, California, USA (trick or treating)
Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Inspiration Point, Wrightwood, California, USA (E.T. looks out over city lights)
Killimore Avenue and Calle Vista Circle, Porter Ranch, California, USA (police start chasing the bikes)
Killimore Avenue and Granada Circle, Porter Ranch, California, USA (bubble breaks free)
Killimore Avenue and Viking Avenue, Porter Ranch, California, USA (Michael being followed by blue car)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Miller-Rellim Redwood Company Property, Morrison Creek Road, Smith River, California, USA (forest) (now logged and deforested) (coordinates: 41°54'49.2"N, 124°07'31.4"W)
Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA (Elliott's neighbourhood)
Porter Ranch, Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA (Halloween chase)
Porter Ridge Park, Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA (playground with caterpillar monkey bars)
Redwood National Park, Crescent City, California, USA (forest)
San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA (Elliott's neighbourhood)
San Gabriel Mountains, California, USA (Elliott's home)
Stage 2, Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA (Elliott's bedroom and closet; Mary's room; Gertie's room and closet; hallway outside Elliott's bedroom)
Stage 3, Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA (Elliott's kitchen; Elliott's backyard; interior of toolshed)
Stage 4, Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA (landing site)
Tujunga, Los Angeles, California, USA
USA
White Oak Boulevard and Tulsa Street, Granada Hills, California, USA (flying bicycle sequence begins)
Wrightwood, California, USA

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