Review: E.T.
More than four decades after its release, Erin McDonagh looks back at E.T. and considers why Spielberg’s tender exploration of childhood, family, and empathy continues to resonate.
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Born in Cincinnati, Spielberg is a director, producer & writer who rose to prominence with Jaws before directing Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List & Saving Private Ryan. He co-created the Indiana Jones franchise with George Lucas. Spielberg won 3 Oscars, including Best Director for Schindler’s List & Saving Private Ryan. Saving Private Ryan (1998). The latter's famous Omaha Beach sequence was shot at Curracloe Beach in County Wexford.
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