Daily Dialogue — January 11, 2020
“Some of the things you should be looking for during the dissection, the intestines will be going through their peristaltic action...”
“Some of the things you should be looking for during the dissection, the intestines will be going through their peristaltic action...”
— E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), written by Melissa Mathison
The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Drunk.
Trivia: The script was largely written while on location filming for Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) during filming breaks. Steven Spielberg dictated the story to screenwriter Melissa Mathison who was there with her then-boyfriend and future husband Harrison Ford.
Dialogue On Dialogue: While the school teacher drones on about the upcoming frog dissection, Elliott is getting a good buzz on courtesy of E.T. who has discovered the joy of Coors beer.