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Sunday, January 5, 2025

E T - The Extra Terrestrial- Directed by Steven Spielberg- 1983 - The film stars Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton and Drew Barrymore



 E T - The Extra Terrestrial- Directed by Steven Spielberg- 1983 - The film stars Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton and Drew Barrymore

Available on Amazon Prime Video 

1983 Academy Award for Best Original Sound and Best Visual Effects

Wikipedia has a comprehensive article on the film.  I will just post a bit on my reactions.

I really enjoyed the movie.  The relationship of the young boy Elliott and the Alien, who he calls E T was very gratifying. The panic created among government law enforcement and military was such a contrast.  How E T comes to find a way to use 1983 technology to contact his home planet was wonderful.


Any body with some imagination and a heart will love the ending.


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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Westside Story - 2021 - directed by Steven Spielberg -Starring Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler in her film debut with Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, and Rita Moreno in supporting roles


 Available on Amazon Prime

The 2021 adaptation of West Side Story is a musical romantic drama film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Tony Kushner. It is the second feature-length adaptation of the 1957 stage musical of the same name, and it stars Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler in her film debut with Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, and Rita Moreno in supporting roles. Moreno, who starred in the 1961 film adaptation, also served as an executive producer alongside Kushner. The film features music composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

Differences from the 1961 film: Notably, the 2021 version aims for a more authentic portrayal of the characters' ethnicities and backgrounds, and it expands the roles of some female characters.

The film received seven nominations at the 94th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, with DeBose winning Best Supporting Actres. However, the film was a box office bomb, grossing only $76 million against a $100 million production budget, and an estimated $300 million break even target.





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