E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Original Siskel and Ebert Film Review Sneak Previews (1982)

This clip was taken from the show "Sneak Previews" hosted by Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. This is one of the first film reviews of the motion picture "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" from June 1982.
Sneak Previews is an American film review show that ran for over two decades on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). It was created by WTTW, a PBS affiliate in Chicago, Illinois. It premiered on September 4, 1975, as a monthly local-only show called Opening Soon at a Theater Near You and was renamed in 1977 when it became a biweekly show airing nationally on PBS. By 1979, it was a weekly series airing on over 180 stations, and it was the highest-rated weekly entertainment series in the history of public broadcasting. The show came to an end in 1996 and is no longer aired.
The success of the show led WTTW to decide to syndicate it to commercial television. Siskel and Ebert left Sneak Previews in 1982, citing contractual differences with WTTW. They indicated that they were offered a contract and asked to "take it or leave it", and they chose the latter option. The two critics were soon featured in At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, a similar show created with Tribune Entertainment and replaced in 1986 by a Disney-produced long-running show first known as Siskel & Ebert & the Movies (later adopting the title At the Movies in 2008).
Credits
"Sneak Previews"
Executive Producer - Thea Flaum
Producer - Nancy De Los Santos
Assistant Producer - John Davies
Technical Supervisor - Rich Well
Floor Director - Marvin Pienta
Videotape - Don DeMartini
Audio - Ron C. Maluchnik
Lighting Designer - Jim Gedwellas
Scenic Designer - Michael Loewenstein
Associate Director - Michelle McKenzie-Voigt
Director - Don Voigt
A Production of WTTW / Chicago
Sneak Previews - Episode 432 - Season 4, Episode 32
Recorded - June 3, 1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (also known simply as E.T.) is a 1982 American science fiction film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, and written by Melissa Mathison. It tells the story of Elliott, a boy who befriends an extraterrestrial, dubbed E.T., who is stranded on Earth. The film stars Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, and Drew Barrymore.
Released on June 11, 1982, by Universal Pictures, E.T. was an immediate blockbuster, surpassing Star Wars to become the highest-grossing film of all time-a record it held for eleven years until Jurassic Park, another Spielberg film, surpassed it. E.T. was widely acclaimed by critics and is regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, and it won four Oscars at the 55th Academy Awards: Best Original Score, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound and Best Sound Editing. It was re-released in 1985, and again in 2002, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, with altered shots, visual effects, and additional scenes. In 1994, the film was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, being designated as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
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