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Reese’s Pieces, Flying Bicycles, and a Boy’s Life: Remembering “E.T.” on its 40th Anniversary
“E.T. is the perfect balance between epic and intimate. It is an incredible example of how cinema can transport us into a world of limitless possibilities through imagination, and it showcases filmmaking at the highest level in its use of technology, skill, and craft.” — Brian Herzlinger, director of My Date with Drew
The Digital Bits and History, Legacy & Showmanship are pleased to present this retrospective commemorating the 40th anniversary of the release of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Steven Spielberg’s classic family film about the friendship between a boy and an alien visitor who is afraid, totally alone, and three million light years from home.
E.T. was the winner of four Academy Awards (visual effects, sound, sound editing, and John Williams’ original score) and starred Dee Wallace (The Howling), Henry Thomas (Cloak & Dagger), Robert MacNaughton (I Am the Cheese), Drew Barrymore (Firestarter), and Peter Coyote (Timerider). [Read on here...]
- The Digital Bits
- Michael Coate
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Bill Hunt
- Steven Spielberg
- John Williams
- ET The ExtraTerrestrial
- Dee Wallace
- 40th anniversary
- Henry Thomas
- Robert MacNaughton
- Drew Barrymore
- Peter Coyote
- 4K Ultra HD
- Mark A Altman
- William Kallay
- Steven Awalt
- Brian Herzlinger
- Caseen Gaines
- James Kendrick
- Mike Matessino
- Ray Morton
- Joseph McBride
- Saul Pincus
- M David Mullen
- Bill Mead
- Steve Lee
- Joe Fordham
- John Scoleri
- Alison Martino
- John Cork
- Scott Mendelson
- April Wright
- John Sittig
- Ross Melnick
- Gary Gerani
- Scott Rogers
It’s Not the Years, It’s the Mileage: Remembering “Raiders of the Lost Ark” on its 40th Anniversary
“As soon as Indy stepped out of the shadows in that first scene and revealed himself to us with that badass confidence and intensity, I feel like in that moment, Harrison Ford truly became a movie star of the highest order.” – Charles de Lauzirika, producer/director of Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
The Digital Bits and History, Legacy & Showmanship are pleased to present this multi-page retrospective article commemorating the 40th anniversary of the release of Raiders of the Lost Ark, the Lucas & Spielberg action classic that introduced moviegoers to the globe-trotting adventures of Indiana Jones and spawned a franchise of sequels, prequels, games, and theme park attractions.
Raiders, featuring Harrison Ford as everyone’s favorite cinematic archaeologist, was the most successful movie of its year of release and for a period of time the third highest-grossing motion picture of all time. The Oscar-winning movie also starred Karen Allen as heroine Marion Ravenwood, Paul Freeman as archvillain Belloq, Ronald Lacey as villain Toht, John Rhys-Davies as sidekick Sallah, and Denholm Elliott as colleague Marcus Brody.
In 1999 the Library of Congress selected Raiders of the Lost Ark for preservation in the National Film Registry as being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant,” and earlier this year, Raiders and the other movies in the series were released for the first time on 4K UHD (reviewed here). [Read on here...]
- 40th anniversary
- 70 mm
- John Williams
- The Digital Bits
- Michael Coate
- History Legacy & Showmanship
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Indiana Jones
- Harrison Ford
- Steven Spielberg
- George Lucas
- Karen Allen
- Marion Ravenwood
- Paul Freeman
- Belloq
- Ronald Lacey
- Toht
- Nazis
- John RhysDavies
- Sallah
- Denholm Elliott
- Marcus Brody
- archeology
- 1981
- Marshall College
- 1930s
- Mike Matessino
- Scott Higgins
- Bill Hunt
- Eric Lichtenfeld
- Julie Kirgo
- Zaki Hasan
- Steven Awalt
- Van Ling
- Dan Madsen
- Mark O’Connell
- Stephen Danley
- Steve Lee
- Joseph McBride
- Craig Stevens
- Jonathan Rinzler
- Bruce Scivally
- Paul M Sammon
- Saul Pincus
- Laurent Bouzereau
- Tom Shone
- Scott Mendelson
- Sheldon Hall
- James Kendrick
- Jeff Bond
- Michael Kaminski
- Daren Dochterman
- Peter Krämer
- Gary Leva
- WR Miller
- Lee Pfeiffer
- Mark A Altman
- Michael Klastorin
- Chris Salewicz
- Charles de Lauzirika
- William Kallay
- Michael Rubin
- John Cork
- Ray Morton
- Pete Vilmur
- Alison Martino
- Eric Zala
- Steven Jay Rubin
- Scott Mantz
- Cliff Stephenson
- John Scoleri
- Michael Stradford
- Sarah Woloski
- Neil S Bulk
- Beverly Gray
- M David Mullen ASC
- Jon Burlingame
- Joe Fordham
- Gianluca Sergi
- Ioan Allen
- F Hudson Miller
- Jim Bowers
- David C Fein
- John Wilson
- Don Beelik
- Nick Coston
- Gabriel August Neeb
- Tim Bishop
- Gary Gerani
- Scott Rogers
- Caseen Gaines