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The Behind the Scenes Pic of the Day was nothing like that, penis-breath!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with today’s Behind the Scenes Pic!
If I had to rank my Spielberg obsessions when I was a kid you’d think I hated ET. I absolutely didn’t. I love that film with a passion, but I was a weird young guy. I watched Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom and Poltergeist (yes, it’s a Spielberg movie) more than ET, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t wear out my tape.
There was that period between 1974 and 1982, the Golden Age of Spielberg, where the man was just creatively on fire. Even his giant trainwreck, 1941, is spectacular. The films of this time period are just effortless. They don’t come off as pandering even though they are making blatant grabs for the audiences’ heartstrings every other cue. It’s just magical and his style has touched so many that it’s no surprise to me that today’s A-list filmmakers are trying to recapture that early Spielberg/Amblin vibe.
Surprisingly I don’t have a ton of ET BTS shots, but I quite like this one which features little Drew Barrymore throwing what looks to be a “Whatchu talkin’ bout, Steven?” bit of sass Spielberg’s way.
Thanks again to Pat Barnett for sending this one along. Enjoy!
Tomorrow’s Behind the Scenes Pic always gets the fuzzy end of the lollipop.
-Quint
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Don't remember Drew Barrymore saying that in the movie.
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PLEASE!
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Old school Berg is the ACE.
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In the re-release a few years back? Along with the guns and maybe even a few other "non-PG" elements? I'm really glad they decided to stick with the original, though, because it holds up very well even after some 30 years. The fact that "penis breath" is even in a PG movie is fucking hilarious.
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it got on his face and he went bad we gotta lop it off
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April 19, 2011, 6:22 p.m. CST
AHH CLASSIC. A TIME WHEN MEN WERE MEN AND LITTLE GIRLS WERE LITTLE GIRLS.
by BringingSexyBack
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April 19, 2011, 6:23 p.m. CST
Toe jam, there is no editing out penis breath.
by THE_CHOPPAH_STRIKES_BACK
You just live with that for 6 to 8 hours until it wears off.
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Drew: "No I don't have any. See my pockets are empty."
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Drew has that look of 'hey, where's my blow?'
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April 19, 2011, 6:30 p.m. CST
Penis breath still in, but health-shit" was cut to health.
by blackmantis
Which is lame.
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April 19, 2011, 6:31 p.m. CST
This film is far from perfect, and far from Spielberg's best...
by WriteForTheEdit
...but Drew was as cute as a little girl gets. And this picture is just one more example of that. She's still pretty goddamned cute.
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Screw the haters. 1941 is a brilliant mess. I love that flick. Plus the score is excellent.
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April 19, 2011, 6:36 p.m. CST
This picture does cry out for a caption, doesn't it?
by WriteForTheEdit
"A movie about dinosaurs?!? That's bullshit!"
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April 19, 2011, 6:38 p.m. CST
"How come all the other guys haftoo wear ties and jackets and you get to where that fugly hawhyan shirt?!"
by WriteForTheEdit
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April 19, 2011, 6:44 p.m. CST
"Yeah, I read the 'Temple' script... 'Short-Round' ?! You fucking kidding me?!"
by WriteForTheEdit
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April 19, 2011, 6:46 p.m. CST
"I'm telling you, that Capshaw bitch is trouble! I'm a blond; I know!"
by WriteForTheEdit
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Slightly unpleasant...
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You know you want to.
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ive seen that one so many times, its a common production still...aicn sucks
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its his most earnest work, holding nothing back, but not desperate to please the audience like in his other films...just a well told, timeless story
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April 19, 2011, 7:01 p.m. CST
"I'm telling you, I've never heard of Tintin. NOBODY in this country has ever heard of Tintin!"
by FlickaPoo
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April 19, 2011, 7:04 p.m. CST
10 years after E.T., Drew Barrymore's nickname could have been "penis breath."
by Doctor_Strangepork
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i didn't hate it or anything. but that film has a schmaltzy streak a mile wide. even as a 12 year old, i thought that was hella weak.
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as one of the government officials. He met his wife on this film. Side note - I was in L.A. last week, and drove past the E.T. house in Tujunga. Really hasn't changed all that much.
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I will never understand how this mean-spirited, threatening, manipulative piece of crap became so "beloved."
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"Mommy ET's leaving" is the quote i remember the most in the audience. My friends and i started laughing. 1941 does kick ass.
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Keep on Brainin'!
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Or Unforgiven.
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April 19, 2011, 8:34 p.m. CST
ryderdvs...Tujunga is a hotzone for alien activity and generally weird shit.
by fustfick
There's a book called "The Tujunga Canyon Contacts" (1980) detailing a bunch of abduction stories from the area. I always wondered if that book influenced Spielberg's decision to set his movie there. I just recommended that book to a woman I met last week who grew up in neighboring Sunland, CA and belives she was visited by aliens when she was 12. Rock on Sunland/Tujunga! Keep watching the skies.
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April 19, 2011, 8:34 p.m. CST
Fuck Spielberg for CGIing the pistols into walkie talkies
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
and removing the terrorist line.
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April 19, 2011, 8:39 p.m. CST
Um, calling the title of this topic "penis breath" and seeing a young Drew Barrymore makes this post uncomfortable...
by brocknroll
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That they have to hate on ET to make themselves feel good? What did your 70 year old mother not make it down the steps with another Mt Dew Code Red yet?
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awesome post
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I have no idea why those two movies are the ones that popped in my head, but they did. Maybe its a sign.
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I use it to sign my name.
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Zero, nadda. Let's get on the ball, here, Quint.
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April 19, 2011, 10:40 p.m. CST
When I watched it as a kid, I identified with Elliot.
by Chief Joseph
Watching it as an adult I identify with Peter Coyote. An alien being actually lands on earth and is being squandered by these little brats as a pet, and can't even properly care for him at that. Those feds were absolutely correct in doing what they did, guns and all. That's pretty brilliant filmmaking to have a story work on those two levels.
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April 19, 2011, 10:49 p.m. CST
Get me Steven Spielberg's non-union Mexican equivilent!
by Nasty In The Pasty
Eees muy bueno!
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I feel sorry for the kids of today. What do you get? Harry Potter, Twilight, and Bieber.
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...that I'd be jerking off to Drew Barrymore's photos years later.
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April 19, 2011, 11:21 p.m. CST
Don't wanna use the H-word, but don't fuckin hate on E.T. !!
by Carl XVI Gustaf
80's Spielberg movies, please come back!
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April 19, 2011, 11:32 p.m. CST
Ah, the days before every Spielberg movie was shot in smeary Kaminski-vision
by Nasty In The Pasty
I miss the crisp, colorful images of Allen Daviau, Dean Cundey, Douglas Slocombe and other DPs Spielberg used before the endless blown-out backlighting and lens flares of Kaminski starting to make every one of his movies look virtually identical.
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fact.
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.. and say that E.T. is one of the most loathsome movies ever made, IMHO?
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This was a perfect film. Every element of the film was extraordinary. It looked great, sounded great, had great acting, was edited with perfection, and was unbearably moving. If you don't like ET, there is just something wrong with you. And this is a wonderful photo-that look on Drew's face. Further, shame on you that attack Drew for having the disease of "ism". She overcame her addictions, and still must do so every day. She matured into a wonderfully weird and yet centered adult. Her performance in "Everybody's Fine" was Oscar caliber.
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Some of you might remember this, but for those who don't, the original script had Elliot baiting E.T. with M&M's. Mars Candy wasn't sure if they wanted their product in a movie about some "alien". So they passed. Needing a substitute, the producers approached Hershey and they approved the use of Reese's pieces.
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I've heard that since that movie, Spielberg became kind of a father figure to Drew, and still is. Ya know, cuz her parents were kinda fuck-ups. After once watching a show all about her effed up childhood, I find myself happy to see her be successful even if I can't stand some of the crap she's in. Probably also because we're just about the same age.
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Thanks so much for this. I've always wanted to see a BTS of E.T!
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Wow. Rose-colored glasses much?
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April 20, 2011, 11:12 a.m. CST
Fact 1: 1941 was not a trainwreck and was financially successful
by Proman1984
People forget that it more than tripled it's budget and was one of the worldwide high groessers of the year it came out. Everyone just thinks that simply because it didn't match to earlier two films means it lost money. It made profit.
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Just as effortless versatile and interesting. And Indy 2 is just as good as Indy 1.
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April 20, 2011, 11:37 a.m. CST
CHRIST...I REMEMBER BEING FORCED TO SING NEIL DIAMOND'S "HEARTLIGHT" IN 2ND GRADE
by Darth Busey
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April 20, 2011, 11:50 a.m. CST
For a man of the Jewish faith, there sure is a lot of Christian
by openthepodbaydoorshal
themes (death and resurrection) and imagery (ET's glowing heartlight as he emerges from the ambulance)...
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I posted on The Zone boards here: Audience Reactions In A Movie: 1982... Houston, Texas. Woodlake 3 cinema. Packed summer audience in the weekend afternoon. When the bikes all fly at the end the entire audience got on their feet and clapped. I have never seen such a reaction to a movie ever since.
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He could've written his own fucking cheque for that! Seriously, they would've paid him STUPID money! Yet he still stood his ground and hung onto his principles of the matter. Guy's a class act. Ugh, could you imagine how shit an E.T sequel would've been?
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There is a horrible E.T. 2 treatment floating around with Spielberg's name on it. A xerox copy scan. Dunno if it's legit. But it sure is bad.
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And I was in high school when it came out. Wierd. I don't particularly know why it didn't seem to appeal to me at the time. I just had no desire to see it back then and I was all over going to sci-fi and fantasy flicks during the 80's. I, of course, have seen it since several times and recognize how it appeals to some folks but it has just never clicked with me. I don't have any sort of hate for it. Just not my particular cuppa. I like it fine, though. On a side note, they have the animatronic E.T. (or one of them at least) and the spaceship (I think it's the real one) at the sci-fi museum in Seattle. Kinda cool to see something so icionic.
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Yeah, I read it. "E.T II - Nocturnal Fears" in which evil aliens from E.T's homeworld kidnap Elliott and his friends and E.T comes to the rescue. And you're right. Fucking awful! William Kotzwinkle wrote a sequel novel called "E.T - The Book Of The Green Planet", which is OK but certainly no great shakes. My daughter likes the storybook of Green Planet though, and it has some absolutely breathtaking artwork. In the meantime, check out this VERY IMPRESSIVE fan made trailer... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMW3W-G43gI
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Who "didn't cry" and "hated" E.T. and "it's far from perfect"... Shut the fuck up, you lying-ass bitches. It is a great fucking movie and Spielberg knocked that fucker straight out of the park. It's hard to find a more expertly-made or a more enormously entertaining film. If you didn't feel anything in the third act of that MOTHERFUCKING MASTERPIECE, then I have some bad news for you, you have no fucking heart. You're a fucking robot. Switch yourself off and call it a day. The only thing worse than a film snob is a wannabe-macho film snob who hates any movie with a love story or emotion... No, you'd rather watch superheroes in tights - how incredibly manly.
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I think it's possible that the 'berg could have been oblivious to it.
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ET, Last Crusade, Saving Private Ryan, Amistad, and Minority Report, just off the top of my head...
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It just doesn't come better than E.T. Never, ever will either. Greatest movie ever fucking made.
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April 22, 2011, 6:24 a.m. CST
smack_teddy and darkocity were nothing like that, Penis Breath!
by alexander
But Ambush was being a hack penis with penis breath, so he got an ear full, and so they had to make there feeling clear but got censored, so had to make there feelings and the fascism of censorship clear on Shinings BSPOTD so got banned ... whatever... this is not the site and people i knew who run it anymore, but I'm giving it one more go. I'll try to stop using overly offensive expressions like "Penis Breath" when i have serious beef with one of your contributors for being a hack from now on... This movie is fun... there... was that the third strike?... did i give the site runners a hernia or heart attack with that statement "this movie is fun" ?... here's hoping (not).
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