Ngo-1982, isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuba abaningi bethu bazalwe, umfokazi weza emhlabeni. "ET umfokazi”, Kwavela eminyakeni engama-25 edlule kusukela esandleni sika Steven Spielberg, futhi isibe yisithonjana se-cinema yomhlaba.
Le filimu ikhonjiswe okokuqala ngoJuni 11, 1982 emkhosini we Cannes, nombono esasinikezwe yi-cinema mayelana nabavakashi basemkhathini, isihloko uSpielberg uqobo ayekhulume ngaso ngaphambili kwifilimu yango-1977 ethi “Close arrows of the third kind” yehluka kancane.
Le filimu ayilibaleki, ikakhulukazi imishwana efana ne- "ET phone home" (ET, ucingo, indlu) nohambo olungokomzwelo lomfokazi omncane olahlekile emhlabeni.
I-ET yazuza ama-Oscars amane ngo-1982 kanti uSpielberg wahlela ingxenye yesibili, kodwa ekugcineni iphrojekthi ayisebenzi. Iphakathi kwamafilimu ayi-16 aphuma phambili emlandweni, anezigidi ezingama- $ 792.9.
Siyakhumbula futhi ukuthi lokhu kwakuyisigelekeqe somlingisi, ngaleso sikhathi esincane, Drew Barrymore ezigabeni zaseHollywood.
