Is it possible that this new version will qualify for a new copyright?

In 1982, E.T. was playing all over Atlanta in many neighborhood theaters. The Columbia Theater (now gone) ran E.T. to a full house the night I saw it. The only seats available were in the BACK ROW of the balcony. It was an experience. Even in the back, the image was huge and sharp.

A couple of former projectionists at the Columbia regularly lurk here. Maybe one day they will tell us about the huge Cinemeccanica 70mm projector that ran this and all the other 70 stuff.

The Columbia ran: 2001, Sound Of Music, Dr. Zhivago, Oklahoma! And a host of others. We need more 70mm Productions!

Note that I mention the gorgeous 70 mm prints of "ET" (I recall they were 1.85:1 aspect ratio with masked sides).

Unless the "certain computer enhancements" are done at greater than 2K resolution, they may not stand up to the greater sharpness and detail a 70 mm print can deliver. The added cost and time of rendering higher res CGI may be another reason fewer movies are being released with any 70 mm prints. IMHO, even a 35 mm release print would look better if the CGI were done at higher resolution rather than 2K.

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E.T. was the first movie I ever saw in an indoor theatre. (West Theatre, Cedartown, GA, 1982). It was a single-screen theatre with a balcony.

I'd love to see that movie again on the big screen.

The only movie I ever ran in my 561 seat house that sold out every evening show for the first week....over 7,000 paid tickets sold. On Sunday we sold out four shows in a row. Only the Saturday matinees had any seats left.

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ALSO: My appologies for mis-spelling Spielberg in the original post. I'M GOING BACK TO FIX IT NOW!

I even remember what the first film I saw in a cinema was - Annie. I am pretty sure that I saw that in Brunswick, at the old four screen (that at one point in time had been a two screen) cinema, that has been closed for almost five years now... Heh, my liking of that movie prompted my first theatre experience, as my parents decided to bring me to see a Maine State Music Theatre production of Annie...
I couldn't say what the first film I ever saw at a drive-in was, it's all hazy and cloudy in the memory, I was only a toddler! I vaguely remember seeing Bambi and Song Of The South...and then proceeded to drive my parents nuts by singing "Zip-a-dee-doo-da"

...The things we remember...

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Paul, you've waited this long...wait to see it in a cinema.

...although I must say that I hate the way these guys are going back and altering original works...even if they did make them in the first place.

-Or yet another way to receive more media interest - Just as when Mr S. almost ruined "Close Encounters" to make his "Special Edition"

Commercial politics, you might call it!

It's a sad piece of history and it would have bothered me if Dreamworks had done this for any politician or political party before they actually produced any entertainment. I don't look to entertainers for political guidance. But at least they're not trying to fund some covert operation. At least they're advertising their affiliations.

I remember the days in 1982 when E.T. had premier in my town, the theater was called ''BIOGRAFEN'' or just ''CINEMA''. People where just mad to get tickets. ( No 70mm )

I still get does ''Goosebumps'' down my back when i hear John Williams wonderful score.

Bravo!