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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with today’s Behind the Scenes Pic!
I can explain! This time the big gap between BTS images wasn’t work overload or travel (although I’ve had my fair share of both in this last week), but something even more beyond my control.
While in LA for a big Jaws Blu-Ray junket (video interviews coming up, fancy right?) my laptop took a little spill. To quote Hooper, “and this is what happens:”
Also I didn’t quite have my desktop computer (or my computer desk for that matter) set up at my brand new house, so it took a little elbow grease when I finally got home to get me back up and running. Many apologies for the delay. It kills me to be inconsistent with this column, which was set up with the express purpose of being a regular, daily dose of movie geekness. For a couple years I’ve been pretty on the ball with it, but it seems recently the fates have conspired against me.
So, mea culpas aside, here’s the long-awaited BTS picture, this time from the making of ET. We can file this one under the “this is why I love practical effects” tab. I bet you’re never going to look at ET’s hands the same way again!
Thanks once again to the good folks at the Practical Effects Group for sharing this one. Click to enlargen.
If you have a behind the scenes shot you’d like to submit to this column, you can email me at quint@aintitcool.com.
I’m still scrambling a bit here, trying to pull as much material off of my laptop as I can. The hard drive still seems to run, so I’m going to firewire rescue as much stuff as I can. That’s my fancy way of saying I’m not exactly sure what tomorrow’s pic will be.
-Eric Vespe
”Quint”
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Where has the time gone?
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Ack. I'm am so sorry for that.
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Aug. 4, 2012, 8:01 p.m. CST
The feds coming in scared the living shit out of me when i was a kid...
by diseptikon
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Aug. 4, 2012, 8:08 p.m. CST
Sure, Quint. It wasn't my fault! Honest... I ran out of gas. I... I had a flat tire.
by ExcaliburFfolkes
I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake. A terrible flood. Locusts! IT WASN'T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD!
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It's not my fault!
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watching the other day and to show the importance of soundtracks they showed the ending to e.t. without the music and it was the dullest most unemotional shit you've ever seen.
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Hrmm... I might have to dig up a Blues Bros pic for tomorrow. heh.
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Aug. 4, 2012, 8:44 p.m. CST
Even in '82, I never got the kid calling the mother by her first name.
by Angry Mike
I don't buy that its because she was a hippie.
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Aug. 4, 2012, 8:45 p.m. CST
oh well, at least it's not the Blue Screen Of Death, I guess, yea?
by TheSeeker7
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I watched it so much as a kid, that film, is etched into my synapses. I honestly, do not think, i ever have to watch it again. And yes, I cried like a pathetic fuck in the movie theater. God bless you, Steven.
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What are ya, some kinda half-assed astronaut?
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... we got an E.T. BTSD pic of the "hands" puppeteer. They had to use all kinds of goofy shit to animate E.T., the most disturbing one, of course, being the double-amputee that walked on her hands, which they used for E.T.'s waddling around full body stuff. Spielberg got the idea from Douglas Trumbull, who used the double-amputee-walking-on-their-hands trick for the robots in SILENT RUNNING. As you can tell from the four or five shots in the entire movie where you see E.T. actually walking around full-body, it didn't work out quite so well.
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ET looks nervous as the only goyum in the shot.
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Aug. 4, 2012, 9:24 p.m. CST
ET: don't believe the hype! Boycott this horrible monster movie. The creator of the Alien made this thing. Do you really
by UltraTron
want your kids seeing that knarled stump of a creature with a voice like Joan Rivers and saying it's cute? Proclaiming that they love it?!
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I use that same model, and it's been great, but it's starting to show it's age. When I get some money together and sell my old desktop I'm getting another one (from B&H in New York if you're wondering... not affiliated with them at all BTW). The new ones are pretty nice. Looks like you don't really have the luxury to wait. Might I suggest a cover in the future. I always get a plastic or rubber case (like Speck, but they're expensive) as well as a keyboard cover. Not saying it would have prevented this from happening, but couldn't hurt. Sorry, I do this for a living, so that was the first thing I thought of when I read this.
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You are starting to remind me of my arch- nemesis Creepythinman. Watch your fucking mouth. You've been talking a gang of shit lately. Check yourself.
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Aug. 4, 2012, 10:25 p.m. CST
“and this is what happens” is the one part of Jaws that...
by ufoclub1977
that really sticks out like an ADR'd line and even an added shot. The tone of the voice is so different... so much so, that it has been an joke between me and my friends to say this in a fake tone at illogical moments.
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I'm playing ignorant here. When does that happen in the film? Just wonderin'.
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Aug. 4, 2012, 10:39 p.m. CST
E.T.'s eyes look terrfic in this picture. Also I recognize Dennis Murren
by Proman1984
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Aug. 4, 2012, 10:52 p.m. CST
"and this is what happens" is during the inspection of Chrissie Watkins remains in the autopsy room.
by ufoclub1977
On a side note, I once worked a boring temp job and sat next to a girl who's most famous family member was the unfortunate bikini clad skier in Jaws 2 who also (according to her) served as the model for the poster painting for that film. I don't speak of anything that followed Jaws 2. Speak no evil.
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ET looks like he is going to pull a Christian Bale because someone is fucking with his lighting.
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Aug. 5, 2012, 12:06 a.m. CST
armageddonproductions: That's not exactly correct. E double amputee was used for only once scene...
by Emperor_was_a_jerk
The filmmakers found a boy (around age 12-13) with no legs who was able to walk around on his hands. He was used only for the scene where ET drank all the beer in the fridge. Spielberg wanted ET to have "drunk walk" and the boys particular "waddle" fit the bill. For the rest of the movie two different little people were used for the walking scenes- one a man the other a woman.
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It's "so this is what happens". An honest mistake for anyone else. But for you? C'mon...
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Aug. 5, 2012, 12:21 a.m. CST
E.T. in drag is still one of the funniest images I've ever seen.
by Sean
Wonder if they have action figures of that? ...E.T. Drunk, penis breath...good stuff.
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That's all
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ultratron works for James Cameron.
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It's bad for them.
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Aug. 5, 2012, 1:34 a.m. CST
Best part of the movie was finding out that E.T. is from the same galaxy as fucking Yoda!
by Christian Sylvain
Spielberg, you mad genius you.
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Aug. 5, 2012, 1:56 a.m. CST
@taylor_kitsch: http://necaonline.com/33701/products/toys/action-figures/e-t-7-scale-action-figure-series-1-assortment/
by justmyluck
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.... sentimental claptrap of the highest order. I've never understood the love for this movie. Aside from it being the most overrated entry in Spielberg's filmography, it derailed the careers of both Ridley Scott and John Carpenter. If this piece of shit hadn't had whipped up a bunch of dumb shits Blade Runner and The Thing, two vastly superior films, wouldn't have been overshadowed. Fuck ET. Fuck that film right in the ass.
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The good ole days of physical effects.
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Cool, thanks.
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Damn, I didn't know THAT. I better check myself :)
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Aug. 5, 2012, 3:25 a.m. CST
How about a Big Trouble in Little China behind the scenes pic?
by Dennis_Moore
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Aug. 5, 2012, 4:49 a.m. CST
**This is what happens.** still sounds looped in the JAWS digital restoration, BTW.
by justmyluck
**I had cut out a line of dialogue and inside the line of dialogue I manufactured artificially a new line: *This is what happens.* Originally, he said more than that. I can’t remember what he said exactly. (Editor) Verna Fields and I pieced together, *This is what happens,* from other words he was saying because the scene was too long. I was able to cut a huge — maybe 30-second — part of the scene out, simply by cutting to the insert of the arm coming up and putting the words, *This is what happens,* over it.** - SS http://jawsmovie.com/forums/topic/finally-spielberg-on-this-is-what-happens/
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being taken to see this when it was first released in cinemas - or hearing the song "Rosanna" by Toto on the radio. Not sure. My number one favourite film ever.
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There's been at least one already (Carpenter and Russell hanging out on set), there may have been more.
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The Thing and Alien are probably my favorite films of all time. However, E.T. is also one of them. So go take a flying fuck at a rolling donut, slick.
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As if The Thing and Blade runner need defending. Who cares? They didnt make a ton of money, but have found their audience and gone on to be hugely influential movies.
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Which had some great movies.But seeing parts of ET over and over pretty much filled my quota. I liked it maybe the first 20 times or so, and it was always good seeing Dee Wallace in that halloween outfit but i don't really need to see it again. Sorry about the laptop, Quint.
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John Carpenter derailed John Carpenters career.
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Aug. 5, 2012, 7:51 a.m. CST
but I don't like him as much as you do with your bukkake ET fetish
by UltraTron
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Aug. 5, 2012, 7:55 a.m. CST
ET gives good deep throat I bet. Tell us all about it. Be proud to be an ET lover.
by UltraTron
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Aug. 5, 2012, 7:59 a.m. CST
Haters: Rather than look at E.T as a kid's film, look at it as a sci fi movie...
by ChickenStu
And you'll see elements of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and even a touch of Ray Bradbury in the evolution of ideas. It ain't some wimpy Walt Disney lite kinda thing. It works as wonderful whimsy for kids, and hard sci-fi for adults.
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Aug. 5, 2012, 8 a.m. CST
Anyone else have an ET lying around? Well then I guess it's time to jam it's folds with as many bukkake friends as you can find.
by UltraTron
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Aug. 5, 2012, 8:04 a.m. CST
They still have the ride at universal where you go to ETs home planet of Pandora. Lots of ETs there. Potential for ET bukkake very high there.
by UltraTron
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Seriously?
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Aug. 5, 2012, 8:07 a.m. CST
ET bukkake founded this city in 1781. After the revolution many settled there simply because they didn't have the resources to get to California.
by UltraTron
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Aug. 5, 2012, 8:15 a.m. CST
Again, the meaning of "bukkake" please? I can't be assed to go to the urban dictionary...
by ChickenStu
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Well, maybe I liked it when I saw it in the theater. I was like 5. But even then I felt like I was being manipulated. Jaws is everything I love about Spielberg. E.T. is everything I don't.
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The man and the man and the man and the man and the.. man and the man.. and the man.. and the man and the woman decide that they don't want to make a baby. So the man and the man and the man and the man and the man and the man and the man and the woman stand around the room. How old are you because this next part is for someone at least pg13
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and on another note, I think this Jaws Blu-Ray will be my 1st blu-ray purchase. Bam. A wise purchase indeed.
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Aug. 5, 2012, 9:03 a.m. CST
Someone should remake this from the Peter Coyote character's perspective.
by FluffyUnbound
But with Elliot as an emo douchebag tween instead of a 10 year old.
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Aug. 5, 2012, 9:05 a.m. CST
They should remake this from the older brother perspective
by ajit maholtra
Then we can see why his breath smells like pennis.
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Aug. 5, 2012, 9:17 a.m. CST
Ok well then the man and the man and the man and the man and the..
by UltraTron
man and the man and the woman decide that they are DEFINATELY not going to make a baby. Just let's just be clear on that point. So then.. I forget. Am I describing a bukkake or an ET bukkake?
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Aug. 5, 2012, 9:28 a.m. CST
Ok for the sake of arguement we'll keep it easy and just describe an ET bukkake. Ok so
by UltraTron
they're all standing there and instead of the woman it's an ET. So we've already covered the whole not gonna make a baby decision. Ok. So then they all start rubbing on the ET and squeezing the various folds and nooks and crannys and at this point ET's neck is fully extended. Hold on I'll be back in a bit.
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Let's see a BTS image of Lady of the Lake
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Still works brilliantly. I've made a few special modifications over the years (well, okay, I doubled the RAM and put in an SSD drive). Still runs as smooth as butter, although the graphics card is getting a little long in the tooth. People say that Macs are overpriced but this thing keeps going with no pressure to replace it. Running Mountain Lion just fine (although I don't recommend people upgrading yet as that thing is full of bugs).
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I like it. But it's interesting how it hasn't stayed in the popular imagination as much as other big movies of the era (despite it being the biggest of them all). I guess this is due in large part to it having had no sequels or spinoffs, and it's not the kind of movie to prompt a series of action figures and vehicles. (T-shirts and plush toys, yes.) Its 25 year anniversary re-release at the cinema went virtually unnoticed, as I recall.
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Aug. 5, 2012, 10:48 a.m. CST
Cool info up there on why "This is what happens" sounds and even looks weird.
by ufoclub1977
Thanks "Justmyluck"
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Aug. 5, 2012, 10:53 a.m. CST
And cool link to that Jaws fan site where people remember a different longer cut of the Jaws scene.
by ufoclub1977
http://jawsmovie.com/forums/topic/finally-spielberg-on-this-is-what-happens/
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Aug. 5, 2012, 11:07 a.m. CST
Then ET laps up the entire thing like Reese's Pieces. I might have missed a part or 2. To my knowledge ET bukakkes are very rare. Only 1 in 10,000 or something
by UltraTron
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Aug. 5, 2012, 11:54 a.m. CST
I learned about bukkake from porno movies. Its sooooooo funny
by ajit maholtra
Its where a Chinese lady gets naked and sits down on the floor, and then a bunch of Chinese guys rub their lullis and squirt their semmen all over the naked Chinese lady. LOL
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Aug. 5, 2012, 11:58 a.m. CST
Ok so my agent tells me I have nothing going on except appearing full frontal in a movie so I'm going to try and stir up controversy by revealing my real name. UltraTron isn't my real name you see. It's..
by UltraTron
Sarah Silverman. Cool huh? Sorry about the whole giant Mandingo cock thing. I don't really have one of those. Anyway I'm sure you're all going all 6th sense right now and realizing everything I've ever said has been ludicrous and completely in line with the humor I'm famous for. Sorry about the fibbin! It's what I do for a libben! I'll scissor you to make up for it.
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I am ajit.
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Who the fuck would claim to be Sarah Silverman? Robby Bensons goat faced sister whose face Jimmie Kimmel used to paint with baby blanks.
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Aug. 5, 2012, 2:33 p.m. CST
good news the alien is still working documentary WILL be available on the Blu Ray disc.
by DarthBlart
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Trying to post a message and it won't take.
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I have sworn for years that i have seen the dead body of Chrissie in the morgue in the tray. there are a couple of my friends that swear by it too! from what i can remember, if my brain serves me correctly, i remember seeing like the upper torso sort of ripped from the rib cage up to the opposite shoulder, with only one arm intact, and i swear, that she had an eye hanging out. maybe i am remembering correctly or not, i am not sure, and i am not sure where or when i seen it, it would have been in the real early 80s on tv and i was very young, 5 or 6 years old, but i have loved the movie for as long as i have been alive.
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I saw this twice at the cinema in the UK. I remember the dialog distinct as I wrote it down that evening in an essay for school… it goes like this… “So this is what happens when a young girl goes swimming”. The camera pans up and shows you more of what is in the container. Hooper then picks up a tape measure, and measures a bite on the remains of the torso. (I cannot remember if you saw this completely – or, if there was any dialog from the others). He then says “The bite radius” (and that is where the cut joins in) “indicates…”. That’s why when he measures the bite radius on the Tiger shark, and discussed it with Brody, it doesn’t make as much sense… after all, you never saw him with a tape measure in the autopsy scene, but he’s got it when he’s measuring the bite of the wrong shark. That adds further credence to the cut.
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I'm guessing the TBs don't like web site links or something, as I've tried to post that for the past 5 minutes without it showing up.
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Maybe Speilberg had some bad experiences with the ratings board after the shooting and editing. Considering how well THAT went down, it was probably the icing on the psychological breakdown cake.
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Aug. 5, 2012, 4:08 p.m. CST
@monroville: there's also some deleted pages from that scene in the *late draft* JAWS script
by justmyluck
**It wasn't an 'accident,' it wasn't a boat propeller, or a coral reef, or Jack the Ripper. It was a shark. It was a shark.** 92 92 thru OMITTED thru 94 94 http://home.online.no/~bhundlan/scripts/Jaws_later-unspecified-draft.htm Can't seem to find the deleted material anywhere online. Re: the late appearances of your postings, 5-15 minute delays are something you get used to on this board!
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Aug. 5, 2012, 4:52 p.m. CST
All movies manipulate. E.T. was great when I was a kid.
by shane peterson
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That may be where it's from. But I haven't seen JAWS 2 since I saw it in the theatre, and that's 35 years ago, so I could be wrong.
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I remember a guy running out of the theater while holding his mouth--and vomit streaming through his fingers. I was 8 years old and remember seeing Chrissy in the tray. To this day, I can't get anyone but my father (who was with me in the theater) to confirm this--including that dickhead Spielberg.
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The only time he doesn't look real is in the stupid waddling around drunk scene. It's a shame Spielberg couldn't pull that off in any other way. When it's the main puppet it's one of the most believable effects in history.
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The bit with the vomit seeping through the fingers... I remember seeing STIGMATA (which is a decent enough movie for what it is, ie. an EXORCIST rip-off) and the movie had to be shut down because one of the underage girls who snuck in with her friends passed out. They brough 2 paramedics and had her carted out on a stretcher (she was awake by then, and looked thoroughly embarrassed). (Sigh) Remember when that kind of stuff used to happen? Now when they re-release THE EXORCIST you have 14 year old kids making fun of a little girl cussing. Of course, now that I think about it, it did get really quiet as the movie went along...
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the only version of E.T. available will have the extra-terrestrial redone in CGI, and replaced with the soundtrack of fifth element.
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if you are sarah silverman i will see you in hell.
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Aug. 5, 2012, 11:18 p.m. CST
If that is Silverman, someone tell her I dug her in that one Steve Buscemi movie.
by Shermdawg
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... has long since stopped making reliable machines. ... That screen looks horribly familiar...
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Is smokin' hot! There is something totally sexy about that chick. I hope if that is really her that she is really doing full frontal. I'd love to see that! That, and me doing bukkake all over her face.
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Aug. 6, 2012, 11:41 a.m. CST
My 6 year old twin nephews saw this for the first time over the weekend
by Gabba-UK
There were a lot of tears.
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Aug. 6, 2012, 11:55 a.m. CST
Carlo Rambaldi always seems to get overlooked when discussing the Rick Baker's and Rob Bottin's of the day.
by openthepodbaydoorshal
He only had a hand in two of the most iconic alien creatures to appear on the movie screen..E.T. and the original Alien. Maybe it was his giant lump of King Kong that put a shadow on his career.
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