Editing E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (section)

==Accolades==
[[File:E.T. figure at Madame Tussauds London.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Waxwork of E.T. at [[Madame Tussauds]], London]]
The film was nominated for nine Oscars at the [[55th Academy Awards]], including Best Picture. ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' won that award, but its director, [[Richard Attenborough]], said, "I was certain that not only would ''E.T.'' win, but that it should win. It was inventive, powerful, wonderful. I make more mundane movies."<ref>{{harvnb|Shay|Duncan|1993|p=122}}</ref> ''E.T.'' won four Academy Awards: [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]], [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]] ([[Robert Knudson]], [[Robert Glass (sound engineer)|Robert Glass]], [[Don Digirolamo]], and [[Gene Cantamessa]]), [[Academy Award for Best Sound Editing|Best Sound Effects Editing]] ([[Charles L. Campbell]] and [[Ben Burtt]]), and [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]] ([[Carlo Rambaldi]], [[Dennis Muren]], and [[Kenneth F. Smith]]).<ref name="Oscars1983">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1983 |title=The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners |access-date=October 9, 2011 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/55th-winners.html |archive-date=September 5, 2012}}</ref> At the [[40th Golden Globe Awards]], the film won [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Picture]] in the Drama category and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]; it was also nominated for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]], and [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor|Best New Male Star]] for Henry Thomas. The [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] awarded the film [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Picture]], [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]], and a "New Generation Award" for Melissa Mathison.<ref>{{cite web | title = E.T. Awards | publisher = [[AllMovie]] | url = https://allmovie.com/work/et-the-extra-terrestrial-15032/awards | access-date = April 17, 2010 | url-status=live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090321211804/http://www.allmovie.com/work/et-the-extra-terrestrial-15032/awards | archive-date = March 21, 2009 }}</ref> The film won Saturn Awards for [[Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film|Best Science Fiction Film]], [[Saturn Award for Best Writing|Best Writing]], [[Saturn Award for Best Special Effects|Best Special Effects]], [[Saturn Award for Best Music|Best Music]], and Best Poster Art, while Henry Thomas, Robert McNaughton, and Drew Barrymore won [[Young Artist Award]]s. In addition to his Academy, Golden Globe and Saturn, composer [[John Williams]] won two [[Grammy Award]]s and a [[BAFTA]] for the score. The film's audiobook album also won the [[Grammy Award for Best Children's Album|Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children]] at the [[26th Annual Grammy Awards]] in 1984.{{refn|In order to be eligible for a Grammy Award at the [[26th Grammy Awards|1984 ceremony]], nominated records had to be released between October 1, 1982, and September 30, 1983.<ref name=mjgrammy>{{cite news|title=Michael Jackson big Grammy winner|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OW4sAAAAIBAJ&pg=6904,6865310&dq=grammy+awards+eligibility&hl=en|newspaper=[[Spartanburg Herald-Journal]]|date=February 29, 1984|access-date=May 8, 2012}}</ref>|group=n}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Hilburn|first=Robert|date=February 29, 1984|title=The Jackson 8: A 'Thriller' at the Grammys|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/671418122.html?dids=671418122:671418122&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+29%2C+1984&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=The+Jackson+8%3A+A+%27Thriller%27+at+the+Grammys&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131211346/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/671418122.html?dids=671418122:671418122&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+29,+1984&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=The+Jackson+8:+A+'Thriller'+at+the+Grammys&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=March 9, 2012}}</ref>
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