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Steven Spielberg directs this timeless classic that won four Academy Awards about an alien stranded on Earth and the children who befriend him.

Primary Title
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Date Broadcast
  • Saturday 4 February 2017
Release Year
  • 1982
Start Time
  • 19 : 00
Finish Time
  • 21 : 20
Duration
  • 140:00
Channel
  • TV3
Broadcaster
  • MediaWorks Television
Programme Description
  • Steven Spielberg directs this timeless classic that won four Academy Awards about an alien stranded on Earth and the children who befriend him.
Classification
  • PGR
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
  • Feature films--United States
  • Human-alien encounters--Drama
  • Life on other planets--Drama
Genres
  • Family
  • Science fiction
Contributors
  • Steven Spielberg (Director)
  • Melissa Mathison (Writer)
  • Henry Thomas (Actor)
  • Drew Barrymore (Actor)
  • Peter Coyote (Actor)
  • Dee Wallace (Actor)
  • Universal Pictures (Production Unit)
  • Amblin Entertainment (Production Unit)
  • 99261653314002091 (MMS ID)
. HAUNTING MUSIC . . www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Able 2017 . . . DRAMATIC MUSIC OWL HOOTS RUSTLING SOUNDS MUMBLING SOUNDS WATER DRIPPING HISSING SOUNDS GRUMBLING SOUND OWLS HOOT ETs WHISTLE ET: (GENTLE SNARL) FOOTSTEPS (CURIOUS MURMUR) (SHOCKED SOUND) (CURIOUS MURMUR) (SHOCKED SOUND) ENGINE ROARS ET: (GASPING FOR AIR) MEN MURMUR (HEAVY BREATHING) COMMUNICATION SIGNALS FROM SPACESHIP (DISTRESS CALL) (SCREECH) KEYS JINGLE ET: (FRIGHTENED CALLS FOR HELP) FINAL WARNING (ET SCREECHES) This way! (BREATHES LOUDLY) KEYS JINGLE (BREATHES FASTER) SPACESHIP LIFTING OFF (DISTRESS CALL) (SAD SIGH) (DEEP SIGH) DISTANT TRAFFIC NOISE DOGS BARK Five. DOGS BARK Five. Oh, great. You've got an arrow in your chest. Don't worry, Mike. I've got resurrection. You've got an arrow in your chest. Don't worry, Mike. I've got resurrection. I'm already one of the undead. I'm just trying to help you. How about throwing a spell over the pizza man? 'Where's our pizza, man?' I'm ready... now... to play. I'm ready to play now, you guys. We're in the middle, Elliot. You can just join any universe in the middle. I got him. We're in the middle, Elliot. Mike. in the middle. I got him. We're in the middle, Elliot. Mike. I know it's for his mother. Mike. Papa oom mow mow. Steve. Go wait for the pizza first. Then I'm in? You're in. Figure out your strategy, cos you're playing after Greg. Plenty of sausage and pepperonis. Everything but the little fishies. BANGING SOUND Harvey? Harvey, is that you, boy? RADIO PLAYING Stop it! CLATTERING SOUNDS Harvey? BANGING SOUND How do you win this game? BANGING SOUND How do you win this game? It's like life, you don't win. Mom! Mom! It's like life, you don't win. Mom! Mom! Where's the pizza? Mom! There's something out there! It threw the ball at me! QUIET!! Nobody go out there. EXCITED LAUGHTER You guys stay right here! EXCITED LAUGHTER You guys stay right here! You stay here, Mom. We'll check it out. Put those knives back. Elliot, get the flashlight. Wait a minute. What exactly did you see? (BOYS HUM TWILIGHT ZONE TUNE) DOG BARKING There's nothing in here. The gate's open. Look at these. Coyote's come back again, Mom. OK, party's over. Everybody back inside. Michael, give me that light. Great! Nice one, Elliot. Michael, give me that light. Great! Nice one, Elliot. It was an accident. Who said you guys could order a pizza? Him. In the house. Mom, it was real, I swear. In the house. Mom, it was real, I swear. Douche-bag. In the house. Mom, it was real, I swear. Douche-bag. No douche-bag talk in my house! (HEAVY BREATHING) BANGING SOUNDS (HEAVY BREATHING) BANGING SOUNDS HARVEY GROANS (WHISTLING) (TO HIMSELF) Elliot, you're crazy. MYSTICAL MUSIC (SNARLING SOUNDS) (HEAVY BREATHING) Aaarrrggghhh!!! (SCREAMS) (SCREAMING) DOGS BARKING (SPEAKS INAUDIBLY) (MUSIC CONTINUES) Life's better together. Join Vodafone on a monthly plan, and if you don't love our network within 30 days, we'll give you your money back. That's our network guarantee. DRAMATIC MUSIC (WHISTLING) Hello? (WHISTLES) Hello? (GRUMBLING SOUNDS) What are you going as for Halloween? (GRUMBLING SOUNDS) What are you going as for Halloween? I'm not going. Go as a goblin. Shut up. It's not that we don't believe you. It was real, I swear. What are you going as, Gert? I'm going as a cowgirl. What else is new? Maybe it was an iguana. What else is new? Maybe it was an iguana. It was no iguana. Maybe a.... They say there are alligators in the sewers. Maybe a.... They say there are alligators in the sewers. Alligators in the sewers. Maybe you imagined it. I couldn't have. Maybe it was a pervert or deformed kid or something. I couldn't have. Maybe it was a pervert or deformed kid or something. A deformed kid. Maybe an elf or leprechaun. deformed kid or something. A deformed kid. Maybe an elf or leprechaun. It was nothing like that, penis breath! (LAUGHS) Elliot! Sit down. Dad would believe me. Maybe you ought to call your father and tell him about it. I can't. He's in Mexico with Sally. Where's Mexico? Excuse me. I'm gonna kill you. If you see it again, don't touch it. Call me and we'll have it taken away. Like the dog catcher? They'll give it a lobotomy or do experiments on it. It's your turn to do the dishes, Michael. lobotomy or do experiments on it. It's your turn to do the dishes, Michael. I set and cleared. I set and cleared. I did breakfast. I set and cleared. I did breakfast. I did breakfast. I set and cleared. I did breakfast. I did breakfast. PLATE BANGS ON BENCH What's the matter, Mom? He hates Mexico. Damn it! Why don't you grow up? Think how others feel for once! BANGING SOUND (GRUMBLING NOISES) (SHOCKED) M...Mom! Michael. Michael. Mom. (FRIENDLY SNARLS) (HEAVY BREATHING) (DEEP PURRING) Pppuuurrrr!!! (PURRING) (MUNCHING SOUNDS) (PURRING) (CURIOUS PURRING) CLATTERING SOUND (FRIGHTENED CALL) Wow! (PURRING) (PURRING) BEEPING SOUNDS OK. You're hot. I'll be back. Mom, can I back the car out? I'll be back. Mom, can I back the car out? Not one foot past the driveway. FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING BANG TYRES SCREECH Were you outside last night waiting for that thing to come back? Are you going to live if I go to work? No TV. Come on. Look what Michael did. I see him, Gert. And when I catch him I'll kill him. Come on. Don't be afraid. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. (HEAVY BREATHING) Do you talk? You know ` talk? Me human. Boy. Elliot. El-li-ot. Elliot. Coke. We drink it. It's a drink. You know ` food. These are toys. This is Greedo. This is Hammerhead. This is Walrus Man. This is Snaggle Tooth. And this is Lando Calrissian. This is Boba Fett. They can even have wars. (GUN SHOOTING SOUNDS) Look. Fish. The fish eat the fish food. And the shark eats the fish. But nobody eats the shark. This is Pez. Candy. You eat it. You put the candy in here. When you lift up the head the candy comes out. And you can eat it. You want some? This is a peanut. You eat it. But you can't eat this one because this is fake. This is money. You put the money in the peanut. It's fake, see. This is a car. This is what we get around in. See. Car. (MUNCHING) See. Car. (MUNCHING) Wait a second. No. You don't eat 'em. Are you hungry? I'm hungry. Stay. Stay. I'll be right here. (GROANS) I'll be right here. Harvey! I'll be right here. Harvey! (SCREAMS) BARKS Come on, Harvey. (WHINING) He'll like this. (DEEP BREATHING) (PURRS WITH CURIOSITY) This. Aaaahhh!!! This. Aaaahhh!!! (SCREAMS) (GRUMBLING SOUNDS) Are you OK? (FRIGHTENED MURMURS) Are you OK? (FRIGHTENED MURMURS) Too much excitement, huh? Want a Coke? # There are so many people to see. # So many people you can check up on and add to your collection. # Nothing but health shit. # Add to you collection, but they keep you hanging on. Mike, come here. # Add to you collection, but they keep you hanging on. Mike, come here. How are you feeling, faker? but they keep you hanging on. Mike, come here. How are you feeling, faker? I'm feeling fine. I've got something important to say. Did I tell you I got 69,000 on Asteroids yesterday? Remember the goblin? on Asteroids yesterday? Remember the goblin? You're so lame, Elliot. He came back. He came back? He came back?! (SCREAMS) Oh, my God! One thing. I have absolute power. Say it. What have you got? Is it the coyote? What have you got? Is it the coyote? No. Look. OK. Swear the most excellent promise you can make. Swear, as my only brother, on our lives` Don't get so heavy. I swear. Stand over there. You'd better take off your shoulder pads. Stand over there. You'd better take off your shoulder pads. What?! You might scare him. And close your eyes. Don't push it, Elliot. I'm not coming out till your eyes are closed. OK. They're closed. Mom is gonna kill you. OK. Swear it. One more time. (IMITATES YODA) You have absolute power. Yes. (PURRS) < Elliot! Look what I made for you! (GASPS) (SHRILL SCREAM) (GASPS) (SHRILL SCREAM) (FRIGHTENED SCREAM) Stop! Kids, I'm home. In the closet. Fast! (SCREAMS) Aaarrrggghhh!!! < Anybody home? Honey, how are you f`? What happened in here? Oh, you mean my room. This is no room. This is an accident. I was, um, re-organising. This is an accident. I was, um, re-organising. I can see that. Put those shelves back on the wall. I can see that. Put those shelves back on the wall. (MUFFLED SCREAM) Well, you're feeling better, I see. Watch Gertie while I take a shower. Absolutely. Bye, Mom. (SIGHS DEEPLY) (GROANING) Elliot. (GROANING) Elliot. I'm keeping him. (PURRS) (MUFFLED) What is it? He won't hurt you, Gertie. He won't hurt you, Gertie. We're not gonna hurt you. Is he a boy or a girl? He's a boy. Was he wearing any clothes? No. But you can't tell. Not even Mom. Why not? Not even Mom. Why not? Because grown-ups can't see him. Only little kids can see him. Give me a break. (VAMPIRE ACCENT) Do you know what's going to happen if you do tell? Do it, Mike. No! (GIRLISH SCREAMS) Promise? (GIRLISH SCREAMS) Promise? Yes. Do you promise? (PURRS) (PURRS) 1 1 1 1 What are you doing, Gert? 1 What are you doing, Gert? I'm going to play in Elliot's room. OK. Don't let him torture you. I won't, Mary. PHONE RINGS Hello. Come on. Hurry up. Don't be pushy, pushy. A plant for you. Maybe he's some animal who wasn't supposed to live. Could be a monkey or orang-utan. Maybe he's some animal who wasn't supposed to live. Could be a monkey or orang-utan. A bald monkey? who wasn't supposed to live. Could be a monkey or orang-utan. A bald monkey? Is he a pig ` he sure eats like one. You could make faces, and make them mean. We are here. We're here. Use this. We're here. We are here. Where are you from? (PURRING) I don't like his feet. They're only feet, you little twerp. He's trying to tell us something. Earth. Home. Home. Home. Home. (PURRING AND CRUNCHING) What's he doing? What's happening? RUMBLING SOUND Elliot. WHIZZING SOUND Elliot. WHIZZING SOUND Oh, no. Aahh!! BEEPING SOUND What is it? BEEPING SOUND What is it? I don't know. It's something scary. BEEPING SOUNDS MEN'S VOICES (SIGHING) (PURRING) Did you explain school to him? How do you explain school to higher intelligence? Maybe he's not that smart. He is smart. Let's hope we don't wake up on Mars surrounded by millions of them. CHATTERING CHILDREN Elliot, where's your goblin? CHATTERING CHILDREN Elliot, where's your goblin? Shut up. CHATTERING CHILDREN Elliot, where's your goblin? Shut up. Did he come back? Elliot, where's your goblin? Did he? Did he come back? Elliot, where's your goblin? Did he? Yeah, he came back. But he's not a goblin, he's a spaceman. Yeah, he came back. But he's not a goblin, he's a spaceman. BOTH: Whoa! As in extra-terrestrial. Where's he from? Uranus? Get it ` your anus? He doesn't get it. CAR HORN BEEPS You're so immature. CAR HORN BEEPS You're so immature. And you're such a sine supremus. Zero charisma. And you're such a sine supremus. Zero charisma. Sine supremus. Shut up, Greg. You wimp! ARGUING Let's go. Come on. We're gonna be late. WHIZZING SOUNDS (SIGHS) (SIGHS) Today we will be doing the actual frog dissection for which we've been preparing. And you will find many similarities... As you get into the dissection, you will discover that the anatomy... SNARLING WHINING The scalpel is very sharp. Use discretion when you are cutting. There will be very little blood. And maybe a few body fluids... (SNIFFING) (PURRING) Mmmmmmm. Yek! (CURIOUS SIGH) BARKS (SLURPING) As we get started... (SLURPING) As we get started... (LOUD BURP) (SLURPING) As we get started... (LOUD BURP) MURMURED DISAPPROVAL Remember that the things you write.. (BURP) Some of the things you should look for during the dissection... is to locate the heart and to notice that it is still beating. (BURP) Once more, emphasise the similarities which we see in the... (MOAN) (SLURP) The intestines will be going through their peristaltic action. TOY COMPUTER TALKS TV NOISE CAT SCREAMS They're pulling us up. SPACESHIP BEAMS WHIZ These are the cotton balls with the chloroform. As soon as they're in put the lid on That will start them going to sleep. They won't feel anything or be hurt. They'll take a little while. If you don't want to watch them, you don't have to. FROG CROAKING Say hi. Can you talk? Can you say hi? Oh. (PURRING) (LOUD YAWN) (BURP) (GROAN) Mmmmmm. Hello? Uncle Ralph! It's Uncle Ralph from California. Talk fast. This call must be expensive. No. First five minutes on a Saturday is free. Let me talk to that little fella. Hello, Uncle Ralph. (SNIVELS) Mmmmm. Save him. Run for your life! Back to the river! I wanna save you! Let's get outa here! I got to let 'em go! DISAPPROVING CHATTER I got to let 'em go! DISAPPROVING CHATTER You've got to save him! WIND WHISTLING SOUNDS ON TV CHILDREN SCREECHING (SCREAMS) (SCREAMS) ROMANTIC MUSIC TV NOISE Harvey, I'm home. (DRUNKEN PURRING) Here he is. Who? Here he is. Who? Ugh! Here he is. Who? Ugh! I think you've killed him. I'll just unload this stuff. (SIGHS) I want you to meet somebody. (SIGHS) I want you to meet somebody. This stuff has gone off in one week. I want you to meet somebody. As soon as I've finished. (MUMBLING) I knew it wouldn't come out. PHONE RINGS Hello. Yeah, this is she. Basket. Bandit. Ball. < He was feeling ill yesterday. Intoxicated? Are you sure you have the right Elliot? B. B. B. You said B. B. You said B. Good. B. Good. I'll be right there. Gertie, I have to pick up Elliot. Mommy, he can talk. Of course he can talk. I'll be back in 10 minutes. (PURRING) Phone. Phone. Phone. Phone. You wanna call somebody? I am not paying for frogs. You wanna call somebody? I am not paying for frogs. DOOR SLAMS GERTIE: Be good. Stay here. Sit. Don't tell anybody. Be good. Oh God! Elliot! Oh God! Elliot! What? Elliot. Elliot. Elliot. Elliot. I taught him how to talk. He can talk now. I taught him how to talk. He can talk now. Elliot. Look at what he brought up here all by himself. What does he need this stuff for? ET, can you say that? Can you say ET? ET. Can you say ET? ET. (LAUGHTER) ET. ET. ET. Be good. ET. ET. ET. Be good. I taught him that too. You should give him his dignity. This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen. Phone. thing I've ever seen. Phone. Phone? He said phone. He said phone! He said phone. He said phone! Can't you understand English? He said phone. Home. You're right. That's ET's home. ET, home phone. ET, phone home. ET, phone home. ET, phone home. He wants to call somebody. What's all this shit? He wants to call somebody. What's all this shit? ET, phone home. Oh my God, he's talking. Home. ET phone home. ET phone home. And they'll come? ET phone home. And they'll come? Come? Home. (SADLY) Home. RADIO: I promise, Ma. STATIC Elliot: I wish I listened in science. Think, Michael. Elliot: I wish I listened in science. Think, Michael. We'll grab anything he can make a machine out of. What would make a radar? We'll grab anything he can make a machine out of. What would make a radar? How the hell do I know? You're the genius. You have absolute power, remember? 'I found him. He belongs to me.' Elliot, he doesn't look too good. Don't say that. We're fine. What's all this 'we' stuff? You say 'we' all the time now. He's fine, Michael! You say 'we' all the time now. He's fine, Michael! OK. OK. Forget I mentioned it. Grab that fuzz buster. Dad's shirt. Remember when he used to take us out to the movies? We'd have popcorn fights. We'll do that again, Elliot. We'd have popcorn fights. We'll do that again, Elliot. Sure. Old Spice. Sea Breeze. READS: Peter says, 'The Redskins were defeated. 'Wendy and the boys captured by the pirates. I'll rescue her.' (DEEP BREATHING) 'That is just my medicine,' she said. 'Poison? Who could've poisoned it?' 'I promised Wendy to take it, and I will.' (READING PETER PAN) Ouch! Ouch! She said Tinker could get well again if children believed in fairies. Do you believe in fairies? She said Tinker could get well again if children believed in fairies. Do you believe in fairies? I do. I do. if children believed in fairies. Do you believe in fairies? I do. I do. If you believe, clap your hands. (PURRING) Tink is saying, 'Oh, thank you.' And now to rescue Wendy. Can you read it to me again? CAR ENGINE SOUND He's putting it together now. I told you he was smart. He's putting it together now. I told you he was smart. I'm worried, Elliot. He can blow up the whole house. I'm worried, Elliot. He can blow up the whole house. He knows what he's doing. Listen to how he's breathing. He knows what he's doing. Listen to how he's breathing. (WHEEZING) It's going to work. What's he feeling now? It's going to work. What's he feeling now? He's feeling everything. You're going as a ghost. You promised. I'm only pretending I'm going as a cowgirl. Do you know the plans by heart? Meet you at the lookout. I'm not stupid, you know. < You won't get four blocks in this neighbourhood dressed like that! I'm not stupid, you know. Ready? I'm not stupid, you know. Ready? Ready. Mom, don't look. Ready. Mom, don't look. OK. You can look now. (SCREAMS) (GRUMBLES) Meow. Ooohhh. Ouch. Stop that. No, don't! Stop that. No, don't! Ouch. It's a fake knife. OK. WHIZZING SOUND You look great. Thank you. You look great. Thank you. Thank you. You look great. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. (GASPS) (COUGHS) Be back one hour after sundown. Oooohhhh! Bye. (SCREECHES) Bye. (SCREECHES) Gertie. Come here. (DEEP BREATHING) (GROWLS) Home! Home! Be back one hour after sunset. No later. I'll try as fast as I can, Mike. You've got to cover me. Come on, help me. We'll be waiting for you, Elliot. Come back. TRIUMPHANT MUSIC It's too bumpy. We'll have to walk from here`! ET! Not so high! TRIUMPHANT MUSIC Aha! Don't crash, please! Ugh! (PURRING) (GASPS) OWL HOOTS COYOTES HOWL (PURRING) (MOANS) (MUMBLING ANGRILY) Your father's gonna hear about this one! BEEPING SOUNDS ET, It's working. Oh! It's working! Home. You did it! It's working! Home! ET! It's working! DRAMATIC MUSIC BEEPING SOUNDS VOICES MUMBLING BEEPING TUNES We have to go now, ET. It's late. (COUGHS) We have to go home now, ET. Mmmm? You should give them some time. Ouch! You could be happy here. I could take care of you. I wouldn't let anybody hurt you. We could grow up together. Home. Home. (COUGHS) (SIGHS) Home. (COUGHS) ET? (SPEAKS INAUDIBLY) (MUSIC CONTINUES) Life's better together. Join Vodafone on a monthly plan, and if you don't love our network within 30 days, we'll give you your money back. That's our network guarantee. How was he dressed when last seen? How was he dressed when last seen? He was dressed as a hunchback. Hunchback? Is there anything to indicate he may have run away ` family problems? My husband and I separated recently. It hasn't been easy on the children. My father's in Mexico. Where would he have gone? My father's in Mexico. Where would he have gone? Elliot! Elliot! Don't ever do this again! You're so hot! Run the bath, quick, Gert. Sorry I hit you. Thanks very much for all your trouble. Is he here? You got to find him, Mike. Where is he? You got to find him, Mike. Where is he? In the forest. In the bald spot. You got to find him. CAR ENGINES START TYRES SCREECH ET! ET! ET! THUNDER CLAPS (GROANING) No! ^ HELICOPTERS KEYS JINGLING GLOOMY MUSIC Mom. Would you come with me? What is it? Would you come with me? What is it? Mary, just come with me. Michael, what? Remember the goblin? Michael, what? Remember the goblin? What are you talking about? Just swear the most excellent promise you can make. What are you talking about? Just swear the most excellent promise you can make. Michael. That's terrific. Mom. We're sick. I think we're dying. Mom, it's OK. (DEEP SIGH) Mom, it's OK. (DEEP SIGH) Downstairs. It's not gonna hurt you. He's not gonna hurt you. Get downstairs! He's not gonna hurt you. Get downstairs! It's the man from the moon. You don't know him! (CRIES) We can't leave him alone! DEEP BREATHING (SCREAMS) (GASPS) TRAIN SET HOOTS This is my home! DRAMATIC MUSIC (HEAVY BREATHING) DEEP BREATHING Home. Home. MORBID ORGAN MUSIC JINGLING KEYS I don't know! What's the matter with Elliot? Have you noticed any surface sweating? What's the matter with Elliot? Have you noticed any surface sweating? No. Have you noticed Has he lost any hair? No. Have you noticed Has he lost any hair? He never had any hair. How are the children? Did he build anything or write anything down? How are the children? Did he build anything or write anything down? Uh, no. Would you say it has the ability to manipulate its own environment? He's smart. He communicates through Elliot. Elliot thinks its thoughts? He communicates through Elliot. Elliot thinks its thoughts? No. Elliot feels his feelings. COMPUTER: Status ` crystalline. < SCIENTIST: Do a test area, damn it. Nitrate's 255mls. BEEPING SOUNDS Elliot: You have no right to do this. You're scaring him. You're scaring him! Please leave him alone. Leave him alone. I can take care of him. BEEPING SOUND Elliot. I've been to the forest. He shouldn't talk now. He has to talk now, Major. Elliot, that machine... What does it do? CROAKS: The communicator. Is it still working? It's doing something. What? I really shouldn't tell. He came to me. He came to me. Elliot, he came to me too. I've been wishing for this since I was 10 years old. I don't want him to die. What can we do that we're not already doing? He needs to go home. He's calling his people. And I don't know where they are. He needs to go home. Elliot, I don't think that he was left here intentionally. But his being here is a miracle. It's a miracle. And you did the best that anybody could do. I'm glad he met you first. He's got DNA. He doesn't have four nucleotides, he has six. There's a drop in the creature's blood pressure. It's down from 100/70 to 84/64. ET! The boy's condition is stabilising. His blood pressure's coming back up. ET. Elliot. He's talking! ET. Stay with me. Please. ET. Stay with me. Please. Stay. Together. I'll be right here. I'll be right here. (WHISPERS) Stay, El-li-ot. Stay. Stay. Stay. Stay. His pressure's bottoming out. His complexes are slow and widening. Stay. His pressure's bottoming out. His complexes are slow and widening. How's the boy? He's converting back to normal sinus rhythm. They're separating. to normal sinus rhythm. They're separating. Definitely separating. What does that mean? Definitely separating. What does that mean? The boy's coming back. We're losing ET. The boy's coming back. We're losing ET. ET, answer me, please. Please! BIRDS TWITTERING SAD MUSIC Aaaah! ET, don't go! ALARM BELLS RING ET, don't go! ALARM BELLS RING He's got no pulse or respiration! We can't get a pulse or blood pressure on the creature! You can't break a sterile field like that! Elliot: Leave him alone! You're killing him! Leave him alone! Get the boy out of here! Stop it! You're killing him! You're killing him! You're killing him! You're killing him! He came to me! He came to me! ALL TALK AT ONCE His pupils are fixed and dilated. Quiet! Stand clear. We're losing him. > BEEPING SOUND We're losing him. > BEEPING SOUND Quiet! It's still V-fib. Elliot. Mom! Let's continue CPR, please. Would you people stand back? Something's happening. They're going to die. Something's happening. They're going to die. Shut up. Something is definitely happening. Does anybody have any ideas? I'm gonna call it. I don't think he's dead. I'm calling it. What time is it? I don't think he's dead. I'm calling it. What time is it? 15.36. 15 hours, 36 minutes. Let's pack him in ice. Let's leave. Is he dead, Momma? I think so, sweetheart. If we wish, will he come back? Yeah. I wish. I wish too. Come on, Gert. We'll wait for Elliot in the front room. ...cardiac arrest, and terminated at 1500 hours and 36 minutes. He received various intravenous lidocaine and epinephrine, a lidocaine drip. 2.7% sodium chloride solution. They're gonna have to take him away. They're just gonna cut him all up. Would you like to spend some time alone with him? Could we all step out for a minute, please. MELLOW MUSIC Look at what they've done to you. I'm so sorry. You must be dead. Because I don't know how to feel. I can't feel anything any more. Have you gone someplace else now? I'll believe in you my whole life. Every day. ET. I love you. Oh my God! ET phone home! (EXCITED LAUGHTER) Phone home. Phone home! Does this mean they're coming? Phone home! Does this mean they're coming? Yes. Aaahh! ET phone home. (MUMBLED) ET phone home. Shut up. Phone home. Shut up. Phone home. Quiet! Shut up. Phone home. Quiet! Phone! Phone! Phone! Phone home. Shut up! Phone! Phone! Phone! Phone home. Shut up! Phone home! ET phone home! (MUMBLED) ET phone home! Phone home! (MUMBLED) Elliot! Elliot!! (CRYING) No! Elliot, come with me. No! No! Would you like the flowers? No! Would you like the flowers? (CRIES) He's alive! Are they gone, Mama? Who's gone, honey? Are they gone, Mama? Who's gone, honey? The boys. What boys? Who's gone, honey? The boys. What boys? I'm supposed to give you this note when they're gone. Give it to me now. Oh my God! Ugh! Oh my God! Ugh! Where's your mask? It's back here. Where's your mask? It's back here. Get it on! I'm trying! Hey! Who are you? I'm driving. Open the door, son. What do I do? Open the door, son. What do I do? What are you waiting for?! Let's go! Let's get out of here! I've never driven forward before! ENGINE STARTS AND TYRES SCREECH Get on the bikes! Meet us at the playground on the top of the hill! CONFUSED YELLING I'm gonna die and they're never gonna give me my licence. MUFFLED SOUNDS Where's the playground? MUFFLED SOUNDS Where's the playground? It's near the pre-school. Where's that? Where's the playground? It's near the pre-school. Where's that? I don't know streets! Mom always drives me! Son of a bitch. MUFFLED SOUNDS Where are you going? MUFFLED SOUNDS Where are you going? To the spaceship. Spaceship? To the spaceship. Mom! To the spaceship. Mom! Be quiet! Oh my God! Don't pull the plugs! DRAMATIC MUSIC TYRES SCREECH BEAMING SOUNDS OK. He's a man from outer space. We're taking him to his spaceship. Can't he just beam up? This is reality. They're children! No! TRIUMPHANT MUSIC Where are we going? TRIUMPHANT MUSIC Where are we going? To the forest! SIREN Follow me! CAR TYRES SCREECH TYRES SCREECH We got them at the bottom of the hill. TYRES SCREECH This is unit 302. We've cut the kids off at the bottom of the hill. (GRUMBLING) Let's split up! OK! Hang on! We made it! CAR TYRES SCREECH MAGICAL MUSIC TRIUMPHANT MUSIC MAGICAL MUSIC TRIUMPHANT MUSIC Whoa! Tell me when it's over! (PURRS) Home. Stop the car, Momma! They're over there! (SOBBING) I just wanted to say goodbye. He doesn't know goodbye. Be good. Yes. (SIGHS) Thank you. You're welcome. Come. Stay. Ouch! (SOBS) Ouch! SAD MUSIC (PURRING) MUSIC CLIMAXES TO CRESCENDO I'll be right here. TRIUMPHANT MUSIC Bye. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Subjects
  • Feature films--United States
  • Human-alien encounters--Drama
  • Life on other planets--Drama