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#87 - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Writers/Blockbusters Screenwriting Podcast

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The Peanut Butter Is a Hot Cake on This Pot

"I just, I'm a huge E.T. guy," says writer-director Jamie Bell. "This is the first movie I ever saw in the movie theater and it's incredibly special just for that." The film became aspirational to kids in his neighborhood after its 1984 summer re-release. 'It was really fun to kind of go back with like a screenwriting lens and deconstruct it'

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