It makes us laugh, it makes us cry and it gives us a dose of 80s nostalgia that's hard to come by — ET the Extra-Terrestrial is a certified classic, and these fun facts are sure to surprise you!

A custom image of Harrison Ford's face superimposed on Elliot's body, riding a bike with ET in the front basket Image by Zanda Rice Eclipsed perhaps only by his role as Han Solo in the Star Wars films ...

Gregory Mysogland is a freelance writer living in New York City. He is a passionate, lifelong fan of film and television and currently works as a Senior Movie and Television Features Writer for ...

Few films have captured the imagination of audiences and redefined the possibilities of cinema quite like Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Released in 1982, Spielberg’s masterpiece ...

That movie would have included scenes of cattle mutilation and children being brutally interrogated by an albino-like mutation of the beloved Extra-Terrestrial, so it's probably for best that it never ...

FOR THOSE new to 1982's "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," it's one of the all-time greats, a sophisticatedly sappy masterpiece that bucked the prevailing Hollywood vision of aliens as nasty invaders and ...

E.T. wanted to "phone home," and now he has a new home. Starting Sept. 1, the sci-fi family classic will be available to stream on Netflix, where a whole new generation will discover the curious alien ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Director Steven Spielberg’s heartwarming masterpiece is one of the ...