While instantly recognizable today, E.T.’s overall look was completely absent from Melissa Mathison’s screenplay. Creating the character from scratch came through a collaboration between Spielberg, ...

Created by Italian special effects designer Carlo Rambaldi, the three-foot-tall prop can be seen in the film hiding among stuffed animals in 10-year-old Elliott's closet ...

ET will be 20 in May. It's lasted well ... For the computer age, it's a boy and his alien. Spielberg in 1982 hadn't yet gone adult. He was still keeping an open pipeline to his own childhood ...

After being put up for auction at Sotheby’s in New York, an original model of E.T., created for Steven Spielberg’s beloved movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, failed to find a buyer. The piece, which is ...

An original model of E.T., created for Steven Spielberg's beloved film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," did not find a buyer at ... The model offered for sale is one of three used by Spielberg for his ...

The Extra-Terrestrial for sale An original E.T. model from the 1982 film is up for auction along with other items from classic horror, science fiction, and fantasy films. Ariana Triggs ...

The three-feet tall prop -- created by special effects and makeup effects artist, Carlo Rambaldi -- that was used in the 1982 classic "E.T., the Extra Terrestrial" is up for auction at Sotheby's ...

When Steven Spielberg featured Reese's Pieces in his 1982 blockbuster "E.T. The Extra Terrestrial," the candy experienced a big boost in sales. The only reason Reese's Pieces got the lucrative ...

An original model of E.T., created for Steven Spielberg's beloved film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," did not find a buyer after being put up for auction, Sotheby's auction house in New York said ...