Release : 1982
Written By : Melissa Mathison
Directed By : Steven Spielberg
Genre : Sci-Fi Drama
Viewer Rating : * * * * * * * *
Cast : Henry Thomas DeeWallace-Stone Drew Barrymore Peter Coyote Robert MacNaughton K.C. Martel Sean Frye Richard Swingler
Log Line : A group of aliens visit earth at night and one of them is lost and left behind stranded on this planet. Fortunately, the extra-terrestrial soon finds a friend and emotional companion in 10-year-old Elliot, who discovered him looking for food in his family's garden shed. Soon the two begin to communicate, and start a different kind of friendship in which E.T learns about life on earth and slowly gets acquainted with Elliot's brother Michael, his sister Gertie as well as with Earth customs. . The wish to go home again is strong in E.T. and Elliot helps him to board the alien spaceship.
