E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial （１）

E.T.

ハロウィンの季節ということで、今週はスティーブン・スピルバーグ監督の名作E.T.。ハロウィンと言えば、あのホラー映画のハロウィンが頭に浮かぶんだけど、去年やったので。 Holloween

下記本文にも出てくるけど、こういうE.T.のような大ヒット作を、英語で "blockbuster" と言う。ブロックバスターと言えば、アメリカのレンタルビデオ店を思い出すけどそういうことだったんだね。

E.T.  とは、"the Extra-Terrestrial" の略で、『地球外のもの』といったような意味。E.T. は、映画史上に語り継がれる名作中の名作だ。ドリュー・バリモアが子役で出演していることはよく知られているよね。

今月はハロウィーン月間ということで、ハロウィンにまつわる作品をお届けしていこう。今週は、不朽の名作にして感動大ヒット作、E.T.。


SUMMERY

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (often referred to simply as E.T.) is a 1982 American science fiction film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and starring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, and Peter Coyote.

It tells the story of Elliott (played by Thomas), a lonely boy who befriends an extraterrestrial, dubbed "E.T.", who is stranded on Earth. Elliott and his siblings help the extraterrestrial return home while attempting to keep it hidden from their mother and the government.

The concept for E.T. was based on an imaginary friend Spielberg created after his parents' divorce in 1960. In 1980, Spielberg met Mathison and developed a new story from the stalled science fiction/horror film project Night Skies.

The film was shot from September to December 1981 in California on a budget of US$10.5 million. Unlike most motion pictures, the film was shot in roughly chronological order, to facilitate convincing emotional performances from the young cast.

Released by Universal Pictures, E.T. was a blockbuster, surpassing Star Wars to become the highest-grossing film of all time —a record it held for ten years until Jurassic Park, another Spielberg-directed film, surpassed it in 1993.

Critics acclaimed it as a timeless story of friendship, and it ranks as the greatest science fiction film ever made in a Rotten Tomatoes survey. The film was re-released in 1985, and then again in 2002 to celebrate the film's 20th anniversary, with altered shots and additional scenes.


英単語

No.	英単語	発音	詞	意味
1	strand	strˈænd		座礁させる、立ち往生させる、行き詰らせる It tells the story of Elliott (played by Thomas), a lonely boy who befriends an extraterrestrial, dubbed "E.T.", who is stranded on Earth. Elliott and his siblings help the extraterrestrial return home while attempting to keep it hidden from their mother and the government.
2	blockbuster	blάkb`ʌstɚ	名	超大型爆弾、超ヒット作 Released by Universal Pictures, E.T. was a blockbuster
3	Terrestrial	təréstriəl	形	地球上の E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (often referred to simply as E.T.) is a 1982 American science fiction film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg
4	extraterrestrial		形	地球圏外の
5	dub	dˈʌb	動	・・・というあだ名をつける、・・・と呼ぶ
6	sibling	síblɪŋ	名	兄弟
7	stall	stˈɔːl	形	stall （名）馬屋、仕切った部屋（シャワールーム等） 　↓↓↓ 小屋に入った状態の　→　お蔵入りしていた Spielberg met Mathison and developed a new story from the stalled science fiction/horror film project Night Skies.
8	chronological	krὰnəlάdʒɪk(ə)l	形	年代順の、年表の The film was shot from September to December 1981 in California on a budget of US$10.5 million. Unlike most motion pictures, the film was shot in roughly chronological order, to facilitate convincing emotional performances from the young cast.
9	facilitate	fəsílətèɪt	動	容易にする、楽にする
10	surpass	sɚpˈæs	動	〔期待・判断力・力量など〕上回る
11	Extra	ékstrə	形	余分の　extra-　・・・の外の、範囲外の
12	befriend	bɪfrénd	動	見方となる、助ける
13	shot	ʃάt｜ʃˈɔt	動	shoot の過去形　 shoot - shot - shot １．発射する　２．〔映画の〕撮影をする （名）発射、〔写真の〕ショット
14	acclaim	əkléɪm	動	絶賛する、喝采を送る　（名）大喝采、絶賛 Critics acclaimed it as a timeless story of friendship, and it ranks as the greatest science fiction film ever made in a Rotten Tomatoes survey.
15	timeless		形	永遠の、時間を超越した
16	Steven Spielberg		固	スティーブン・スピルバーグ Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and business magnate. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as archetypes of modern Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking. magnate [mˈægneɪt] 立役者、大物 archetype [άɚkətὰɪp] 原型
17	Night Skies		固	ナイトスカイ Night Skies was a science fiction horror film that was in development in the late 1970s, but never actually made. Steven Spielberg conceived the idea after Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Instead, material developed at the time was used in Poltergeist and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
18	Star Wars		固	スター・ウォーズ スター・ウォーズ Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise centered on a film series created by George Lucas. The film series has spawned an extensive media franchise called the Expanded Universe including books, television series, computer and video games, and comic books.
19	Jurassic Park		固	ジュラシック・パーク ジュラシック・パーク Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and the first of the Jurassic Park franchise. It is based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Michael Crichton, with a screenplay by Crichton and David Koepp.

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