Et Tu, Halle Berry? Nooo, That’s Her as E.T. Fan for AFI Movie Club

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent

Mod-hatted, awesome Oscar winner, Halle Berry has it going on at-home-fashion-wise in her touching introduction to the Spielberg family classic, E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL for #AFIMOVIECLUB. Berry earned her place in Hollywood History for the MONSTER’S BALL Academy Award, but Halle earned her place in our hearts as the superstar who is a health, fitness, and survival mentor for so many girls and women…

Not to mention as a recovered Bond “Girl” (yes, just kidding), mother, and powerhouse in her own right in with her production company 606 Films, named in honor of the California State Senate legislation that prohibits paparazzi stalker shots of celebrity children.

Now, back to our film, ET. Yes, there’s that moon-shot flyover bicycle scene that set a million underage hearts racing for their Huffy bikes, but there’s more to the dress-up playing space visitor than meets the eye on screen. Uncle Spielberg also gave us more than the cute tot to future mogul Drew Barrymore, he opened our imaginations to the space-time continuum and the possibility of life on other planets. Okay, maybe he just threw all that in as the backdrop to an extraordinary coming-of-age family epic about closeness learned from the farthest reaches of the galaxy. All in the guise of a pruned puppet with a big heart, who shined star light on our everyday lives back in 1982…

Here’s Halle Berry for E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL

WHAT:     Halle Berry announces today’s AFI Movie Club selection: E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL. The film is a fixture on AFI’s lists of the greatest American films, appearing on five of the iconic lists – including #6 among the most inspiring films of all time! Two AFI Life Achievement Award recipients helped bring E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL to our world – director Steven Spielberg (1995) and composer John Williams (2016).

 DID YOU KNOW? Steven Spielberg and producer Kathleen Kennedy thought of the idea for E.T. before starting production on RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. It was Kennedy who suggested screenwriter Melissa Mathison – who had worked on one of Kennedy’s favorite films, THE BLACK STALLION. View this exclusive AFI Archive video of Spielberg talking about the film.

WHERE:     AFI.com/MovieClub

ET as The Extra-Terrestrial, But Not an Extra, Rather a Leading “Man”

Your AFI MOVIE CLUB

AFI Movie Club is a newly launched free program to raise the nation’s spirits by bringing artists and audiences together – even while we are apart. AFI will shine a spotlight on an iconic movie each day, with special guests announcing select AFI Movies of the Day in short videos posted on AFI.com and social media platforms. Audiences can “gather” at AFI.com/MovieClub to find out how to watch the featured movie of the day with the use of their preexisting streaming service credentials. The daily film selections will be supported by fun facts, family discussion points and exclusive material from the AFI Archive to enrich the viewing experience. Audiences can continue the conversation online using the hashtag #AFIMovieClub. Learn more at AFI.com and follow us on social media at Facebook.com/AmericanFilmInstitute, youtube.com/AFI, twitter.com/AmericanFilm and Instagram.com/AmericanFilmInstitute.

Keep staring up at the stars, ps, and phone all home from home during #COVID19 captivity.

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