E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Synopsis

A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world.

After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, a young boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas) discovers and befriends it. He brings the extraterrestrial, dubbed E.T. into his suburban California home and introduces it to his brother and little sister, Gertie (Drew Barrymore). The children vow to keep E.T.’s existence a secret, but when the alien falls ill, government authorities intervene, placing both Elliott and his otherworldly friend in a dire situation.

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Movie Information

Release Date

26 November 1982

Duration

120 MIN

Rating

PG

Director

Steven Speilberg

Cast

Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Drew Barrymore

Genre

Adventure, Family, Retrospective, Sci-Fi