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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Cinema Studies Screening & Lecture on June 14

1982. 115 m. Steven Spielberg. Universal Pictures. US. English. Rated PG. Family Friendly

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is the thrilling, deeply moving story of the special friendship that develops between Elliott, a lonely young boy living in a suburban California community, and a wise, benevolent visitor from another planet who becomes stranded on Earth. As Elliott attempts to help his extra-terrestrial friend contact his home planet so that he might be rescued, they must elude scientists and government agents determined to apprehend the alien for their own purposes…which results in an adventure greater than anything either of them could have imagined. Nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning four (including one for John Williams’ unforgettable score).

Saturday and Sunday 11:00am screenings will feature All Ages pricing, Monday screenings to feature standard pricing.

All Ages screenings are just $5 for everyone—kids and adults alike. Enjoy a new family-friendly film each week on Saturdays and Sundays at 11:00AM, with the first Sunday of every month offering sensory friendly screenings.

To highlight our release of Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, the newest science fiction film from one of cinema’s great pioneers of the genre, the Jacob Burns Film Center will present screenings of a Spielberg-directed sci-fi film every weekend from May 9 through June 21 as a part of our series Steven Spielberg’s Sci-Fi.

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"Seeing E.T. again reminds us of how much we've remained the same, how gratified we still are by a film that connects so beautifully to our sense of wonder and joy."
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
"Spielberg has always demonstrated extraordinary aptitude for filmmaking, but E.T. is far and away his most satisfying work to date. He knows how to transform the raw material of his childhood into an appealing popular fable. There are sequences that touch you to the quick in mysteriously casual ways."
Gary Arnold, Washington Post

SPECIAL EVENTS

Cinema Studies Screening & Lecture by NYU professor Gail Segal

Cinema Studies Screening & Lecture by NYU professor Gail Segal

Sunday, Jun. 14 2026, 11:00

  • Gail Segal is a writer, filmmaker, and teacher at NYU's Graduate Film department. Her film work includes the Peabody Award-winning documentary Arguing the World (co-producer) and a 15-part PBS series, The Shakespeare Hour. More recently, she wrote and directed the award winning narrative short, Filigrane, set in the Empty Quarter of the U.A.E., as well as a documentary portrait of women textile workers in Turkey, entitled Meanwhile, in Turkey. She is currently in development on three narrative feature projects. Lila Rose, a participant in the 2018 Nicole Kidman/Meryl Streep/NYWIFT Writer’s Lab; Une Famille/One Family, following the siblings featured in Filigrane as they explore the limits of the nuclear family; and a third feature project, The Ferry Child, a post-pandemic love letter to New York City.

Tickets: $35 (members), $40 (nonmembers)

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This film is part of the Steven Spielberg's Sci-Fi series.



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