Weird Facts That You Didn't Know About E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, io9
"6) E.T. was Spielberg's response to the "stalled space program."
That's what Spielberg said in 1981, adding: "If the government won't fund the space program, to allow people's imagination to soar, then all I can do is make movies that bring space down to earth and make it more accessible to the imagination."
Keith's note: Of course, E.T. was also a hacker.
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