Word: spielbergisms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...message in Steven Spielberg's E.T. is similar, but hardly as pessimistic, The main characters in this film are not merely likeable; they're irresistible. The relationship between the boy, Elliott (Henry Thomas), and his extraterrestrial friend is so real that we almost forget that E.T. is a mechanical creature. Spielberg draws our attention away from the technological wizardry and toward the human side of the story, toward the very simple themes of love and friendship...
...Biggest opening two weeks: E.T. (June 11-24). Flashiest streak for the industry: the past six weeks, every one of which earned $100 million in the U.S. Moviegoers were still lining up to see Rocky III ($75 million in six weeks), Conan the Barbarian ($39 million in eight weeks), Spielberg's suburban gothic chiller Poltergeist ($39.5 million in five weeks), and the surprise hit of the spring, the basement-budget Porky's ($100 million in 16 weeks...
...biggest noise-the music of a celestial cash register, 3 million light years above Sunset Boulevard-is for E.T. Spielberg's rapturous space romance touched down on June 11, made $86.9 million in its first 25 days (see chart) and by last weekend had raced to a record $100 million. As one awed executive says, "E.T. is beyond moviemaking." Indeed, it is mythmaking. It has become that rare film that seizes the popular imagination and attracts people who rarely go to the movies. Already the word is being passed in Hollywood and on Wall Street: E.T. should pass Star...
Galloping inflation has robbed some glamour from the phrase "alltime box-office champ"-in real dollars, Gone With the Wind is still No. 1-but even these days, a projected worldwide gross of $400 million is decent money. So why the boom in so many movies? And why now? Spielberg, the 34-year-old boy who wove the magic carpet of E. T. (as well as Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Raiders of the Lost Ark, all among the ten top grossers in movie history), sees a simple explanation: "A good film is kidnaped by its audience...
When the remake is as enchanting as E.T., no one can complain. But a prodigiously gifted film maker like Spielberg might hold even his youthful fans if he were to expand his range and make other kinds of movies-as Lucas and John Carpenter and Brian De Palma might. The stray adventurous mogul might be persuaded to finance their ventures into the adult world. And the baby-boom audience, just now approaching early middle age, might follow them. All this could happen tomorrow, and nobody could guarantee that the movie industry would break another box-office record. But the eager...