About this episode

The episode explores Steven Spielberg's 1982 film E.T. The Extra Terrestrial through a personal and critical lens.

""I'll... be... right... here." In the latest episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s, we get in our DeLorean head back to the 1980s, as your host A. J. Black looks at Steven Spielberg's 1982 science-fiction drama, E. T. The Extra Terrestrial. Joined by co-host James Harvey, this was initially the pilot for an intended 80's focused spin-off podcast show, timed to co-incide with Spielberg's new film Disclosure Day. While the spin-off might still one day happen, it felt a shame to leave this conversation on the shelf. Let us know if you thirst for an 80s version of our show! James and I nonetheless look at E.T. through a personal and indeed critical lens, getting under the skin of a film oft-remembered for the wrong reasons... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host James Harvey Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/atthemoviesinthe90s Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'I Am Changing' by Isaac Elliott (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: A. J. Black

Guest: James Harvey

Topics covered

• 1980s cinema
• Steven Spielberg
• science fiction
• film analysis
• E.T.

Keywords

• E.T.
• Steven Spielberg
• 1980s
• science fiction
• film analysis
• A. J. Black
• James Harvey

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Film Stories, Linktr.ee, Patreon, epidemicsound.com, megaphone.fm

Books & works: E. T. The Extra Terrestrial

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