ET Drew Barrymore admitted to keeping a movie prop from the film that made her a star but what was it?
So after a re-watch of ET the other night it’s safe to say the movie still holds as an absolute masterpiece.
Our very own Nick Clement also held a screening for the movie not too long ago and he had the following to say after the re-watch in this little ET movie review.
We did a family screening of this classic Spielberg POWER yesterday – grandma and grandpa were also in attendance – we broke out the party-size bag of Reese’s Pieces – it had to be done.
REAL DEAL MOVIE MAGIC MEMORIES being made with my son, and what a delight to hear him laugh whenever E.T. would freak out and yell and scream and extend that periscope neck POWER.
He’s now obsessed with aliens and UFO’s, as it should be for every five year old.
One of my favorite creative decisions about this film – and you best believe that EVERYTHING here is perfect – was the withholding of showing any of the adult faces, except of course for MOM POWER, until Peter Coyote at the start of the final act POWER.
This creates such an aura and mystique about the “bad guys” for a young viewer, and not having seen the movie from start to finish in many years, I was struck by just how beautifully directed the entire film is, with one line of great dialogue after another contained in Melissa Mathison’s bleeding-heart screenplay, which hits emotional high-notes that other films have repeatedly tried to replicate, with very few successfully succeeding on this level.
Books have been written about the brilliant performances on the part of all of the kid actors here, but it’s always worth mentioning just how special Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, and Robert MacNaughton really were in their respective roles.
One shot after another in this film gives me the goose bumps – this was the blueprint for the 1980’s Amblin Kids on Bikes that will always be very special to me.
In an interview Drew Barrymore was asked whether or not she still had toys from her childhood and she replied that she doesn’t have any toys from her childhood but rather the red cowboy hat that she wore when she was 6 in the movie ET.
That very same red cowboy hat now belongs to her daughters Oliver and Frankie.
I know if Prop Store got wind of that they’d certainly want to swoop it up and put it into one of their auctions.
I imagine that would be a very valuable piece for any budding memorabilia collector.
