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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 | UK Quad
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 | UK Quad

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 film directed by Steven Spielberg who co-produced the film with Kathleen Kennedy. The screenplay was written by Melissa Mathison. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial stars Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote and Pat Welsh. The storyline follows Elliott, a lonely boy who befriends an extraterrestrial, dubbed E.T., who is stranded on Earth. Elliott and his siblings help E.T. return to his home planet while attempting to keep him hidden from their mother and the government. The concept for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was based on an imaginary alien friend Steven Spielberg created after his parents' divorce in 1960. He said that the imaginary alien was "a friend who could be the brother I never had and a father that I did...
Short Circuit | 1986 | Final | US One Sheet
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Short Circuit | 1986 | Final | US One Sheet

Short Circuit is a 1986 film directed by John Badham. It was produced by David Foster and Lawrence Turman with the screenplay being co-written by S. S. Wilson and Brent Maddock. The films stars Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton and G. W. Bailey. The storyline of Short Circuit is based on Number 5. A robot built by NOVA Laboratories and is part of a series of prototypes for the US military under the S.A.I.N.T. (Strategic Artificially Intelligent Nuclear Transport) project. Unfortunately for Number 5 he is hit by lightning which causes a power surge, scrambling his programming and giving him a sense of free will. He flees the facility and following his need for ‘input’ he meets Stephanie Speck, who realises he is a military project and contacts NOVA. When NOV...