“E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” turns 40. But the iconic alien doesn’t look a day over 10 million — his approximate age in a novelization of the 1982 film.
Steven Spielberg’s family drama, in which a young boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas) finds a lost alien in his yard, was an instant classic.
It made “E.T. phone home” one of the most enduring catchphrases in all of cinema; it anointed Reese’s Pieces the It candy of the decade.
It also introduced the world to 6-year-old Drew Barrymore, who played Elliott’s adorable younger sister Gertie. The movie ran in theaters for an unheard-of full year, until June 1983.
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