Skin peeling, powdering to dust at the slightest touch, eye sockets protruding painfully from his naked skull, his crudely exposed metal skeleton lying limp in a tangle of wires.
These images reveal the remains of E.T, 40 years after the Extra Terrestrial captured our hearts and moved us to tears as he appears to die by his friend Elliott’s side in one of the most beautifully touching movie moments of all time.
Four decades after the adorable alien became a global superstar following the film’s US release on June 11, 1982, he looks to be dying again. If you were ever transported by Steven Spielberg’s irresistible magic back then, you have to fight the urge to scoop his lifeless skeleton up in your arms.
