This document provides a summary of the 1982 Steven Spielberg film E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. It describes E.T. as an ugly alien with a big head and eyes who communicates with Elliot, a boy whose parents are divorced, and his siblings. E.T. uses improvised technology like a record player to try to phone home to his spaceship. The document highlights a climactic scene where Elliot and his friends have a bike chase with police to help E.T. return home.

1. E.T.
THE EXTRA-TERRESTIAL
This is an American science fiction film
directed in 1982 by Steven Spielberg.
It tells the story of a boy, Thomas and
his brother and sister, who make friends
with an alien called E.T., and protect
him from scientists and government
officers who want to take him away.

2. MAIN CHARACTER
E.T. is a very ugly alien. He has a big head
with two big eyes and a flat nose. He is not
very tall but he can make his neck as long as he
wants. He is quite fat and he has got short
thick legs and big feet. He walks with
difficulty.
E.T. is very intelligent. Soon he learns to talk
and finds a way to communicate with his
people.
His first words are “BE GOOD” and “PHONE
HOME”.
He also has special powers. His long index
finger becomes bright red and he can cure
injuries and bring dead flowers back to life.

3. MAIN CHARACTERS
Elliot and his brother Michael and his
sister Gertie live with his mother in a
quiet neighbourhood. Their parents
have recently got divorced and they are
not very happy. The children help E.T.
to make contact with the spaceship to
go home.

4. SPECIAL EFFECTS
E.T. builds a communicator using a
can, and old record player and an
electronic game to learn how to spell
words.
You can tell this is a 1982 film because
the technology and the special effects
are a little bit old fashioned.
The spaceship that takes E.T. away is
not very impressive.

5. FAVOURITE SCENE
My favourite scene in the film is at the
end when there is a big police chase.
Elliot and his friends are riding their
bikes to go to the forest, so that E.T.
can meet his family and police cars are
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crashing into each other. At one point
the police has blocked the road, but the
E.T. works his magic and Elliot and his
friends start to fly.