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11/06/1982 Adventure, Science Fiction, Family 1h 55m
75
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He is afraid. He is totally alone. He is 3,000,000 light years from home.

Overview

An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliott who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliott, his brother, and his little sister Gertie form an emotional bond with their new friend, and try to help him find his way home.

  1. Steven Spielberg

    Director

  2. Melissa Mathison

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Henry Thomas

    Elliott

  2. Drew Barrymore

    Gertie

  3. Robert MacNaughton

    Michael

  4. Peter Coyote

    Keys

  5. Dee Wallace

    Mary

  6. Erika Eleniak

    Pretty Girl

  7. K.C. Martel

    Greg

  8. C. Thomas Howell

    Tyler

  9. Sean Frye

    Steve

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by jeremiah
Written by jeremiah on 2018-10-27
Watched with my wife, the 7th grader, and the kindergartner. I only kind of half watched... It's been a long week. I really wanted to check out my youngest's reactions.

Watching this with my 5 y.o. involved answering a lot of questions, but she LOVED it: wide eyed amazement, tears at the appropriate places, and shouts of "YEAH!!!" during the bike scenes.

Some of the animatronics are definitely dated, but it's weird seeing these older movies with kids so used to everything being CGI... Even my 7th grader said that some scenes seemed really realistic, which surprised me.
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$10,500,000.00

Revenue
$797,307,407.00

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