Grab those Reese ’s Pieces , your bicycle , and get ready to fly . This week , a marque raw book diving intothe making ofSteven Spielberg’sbeloved E.T. the Extra - planetary is being released . Written by Caseen Gaines , with a foreword by star Drew Barrymore and introduction by manufacturer Kathleen Kennedy , E.T. the Extra - telluric : The Ultimate ocular History anticipate to explore every facet of what was , at the time , the highest - gross movie ever .
The book is out Tuesday , August 30 , and io9 has your exclusive first feeling at three spreads detail themost famous , iconic thing about the flick . First is a spreaddetailing the creation of E.T.himself . Check it out .
Six months seems like a lot of time , but not when you ’re building something from scrawl — and especially when that something is the hotshot of the movie . utter about pressure .
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Next up is the motion-picture photography of not just the most famous gibe in E.T. , but one of the most famous shot in cinema history . Elliott and E.T. flying across the lunation .
Again , awesome details here . They shot the synodic month with a particular lense three days a week for three months to get just the veracious feel of it ? Then , combining that with miniatures and everything ? Fascinating hooey .
Finally , because I ’m something of a poster devotee , here ’s a little minx of the part on one of the moving picture ’s iconic card , done by artist John Alvin .
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That ’s just six pages out of 240 so who knows what other magic can be found inside . Plus , there are also 16 inserts in the Bible , which is a hardback and retails for $ 60 . you’re able to order itover at Insight Editionsor wherever you get your rule book . Here ’s the cover .
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