Word: midget
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...Hollywood Bowl, in a surprise appearance after Maestro John Williams conducted the theme from E.T. Williams, 50, who composed the score for E. T. as well as for Star Wars, graciously shook hands with the world's most familiar otherworldly character (animated on this occasion by a midget within). The audience went wild. Who knows, E.T. may now develop an itch for show biz. Cut to the munchkin megastar, reclining by the pool, sporting dark shades, puffing a cigar. A voice over the loudspeaker says, "E.T, phone office...
...nightmare city surpasses that of Star Wars, without the razzle-dazzle light shows and battle scenes. Blade Runner may take the prize for special effects this summer, even with stiff competition from Tron and E.T. Extra-Terrest-rial. In addition, Blade Runner's throw-away humor, such as midget vandals and 21st century Coca-Cola billboard ads, provide a touch of campy humor which does help to compensate for the film's flaws...
...large body movements operated with cables from a distance of about 20 feet, another with electronic controls, for subtler articulation, and a third with a combination of control methods. Although Spielberg's organization does not like to speak of such a crudity, there was a fourth E.T., a midget in a costume, for the few scenes in which the creature had to lurch across the floor...
...served Joey as both center and receiver. He swayed the tire through which Joey flung the footballs. In those games, the natural child was never anything but the quarterback. No time was wasted punting the ball or running with it. When he was eight, to qualify him for midget football, they lied and said he was nine...
...stayed in one place, working at the Civic Finance Co. and with Joey, so that there would be no restraints on the boy's career. (His wife, Theresa, worked as a secretary in the same office.) "I remember when he was ten, he wanted to quit midget football. His mother said, 'If he doesn't want to play, why don't you leave him be?' So I said, 'The hell with it, go ahead and quit.' After work, when I got home, I said: 'Get your equipment; you're going...