E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

One of the most popular films (based on box-office returns) of all time, Steven Spielberg's E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial is a heartwarming fable of a boy and the gentle alien he befriends. With enormous, expressive black eyes and a face said to be based on those of poet Carl Sandburg and Albert Einstein set upon a long, almost reptilian neck supported by a strangely dumpy little body, the Extra Terrestrial came to Earth with a shipload of others to gather plant specimens for research. Unfort...