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Stranded on Earth (How Night Skies Became E.T. the Extra Terrestrial)
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Product Details
Author:
Max Evry
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
422
Publisher:
1984 Publishing (October 6, 2026)
Imprint:
1984 Publishing
Release Date:
October 6, 2026
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781948221450
ISBN-10:
1948221454
Weight:
36oz
Dimensions:
6" x 9" x 1.75"
File:
CONSORTIUM-Metadata_Only_Consortium_Customer_Group_Metadata_20260604161614-20260604.xml
Folder:
CONSORTIUM
List Price:
$28.95
Country of Origin:
United States
Pub Discount:
60
Case Pack:
12
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$24.90
Publisher Identifier:
P-PER
Discount Code:
C
Overview
Author and film journalist Max Evry returns with Stranded on Earth: How Night Skies Became E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, a follow-up to his acclaimed bestseller, A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch’s Dune.
Stranded on Earth is a thrilling insider’s look at the long, winding road that brought 1982’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial to the big screen. Following Steven Spielberg’s journey from his teenage UFO film Firelight in the 1960s through 1977’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the book then explores the creation — and collapse — of the nightmarish alien project Night Skies, ultimately reborn as the heartfelt classic E.T.
Along the way, Stranded on Earth uncovers the creative chaos, studio politics, and radical rewrites that transformed a dark and unsettling sci-fi film into one of the most beloved movies ever made. The book also reveals how pieces of the abandoned Night Skies lived on in classics like Poltergeist and Gremlins, helping shape the explosion of sci-fi horror from the early ’80s to today.
Featuring brand-new interviews with Spielberg collaborators, actors, artists, and industry insiders, Stranded on Earth is a fascinating chronicle of the making, unmaking, and remaking of a cinematic phenomenon.
Stranded on Earth is a thrilling insider’s look at the long, winding road that brought 1982’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial to the big screen. Following Steven Spielberg’s journey from his teenage UFO film Firelight in the 1960s through 1977’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the book then explores the creation — and collapse — of the nightmarish alien project Night Skies, ultimately reborn as the heartfelt classic E.T.
Along the way, Stranded on Earth uncovers the creative chaos, studio politics, and radical rewrites that transformed a dark and unsettling sci-fi film into one of the most beloved movies ever made. The book also reveals how pieces of the abandoned Night Skies lived on in classics like Poltergeist and Gremlins, helping shape the explosion of sci-fi horror from the early ’80s to today.
Featuring brand-new interviews with Spielberg collaborators, actors, artists, and industry insiders, Stranded on Earth is a fascinating chronicle of the making, unmaking, and remaking of a cinematic phenomenon.
