Director Steven Spielberg starts conceptualizing and developing the story for the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
Editing, special effects, and musical scoring for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial are completed.
The film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial premieres in US theaters, becoming a critical and commercial success.
The film wins four Academy Awards including Best Original Score and Best Visual Effects at the 55th Oscars.
E.T. and his fellow extraterrestrials arrive on Earth for a botanical expedition but are discovered and must flee, leaving E.T. behind.
E.T. hides in a backyard in a quiet suburban neighborhood to avoid human detection.
Young boy Elliott discovers E.T. hiding in his home and befriends him.
Elliott, his brother Michael, and sister Gertie become friends with E.T. and help care for him.
E.T. reveals his healing, telekinetic, and telepathic abilities to Elliott and the others.
Government agents start investigating strange phenomena and begin searching the neighborhood for E.T.
E.T.'s health deteriorates as he becomes weak and ill away from his spaceship.
E.T. and Elliott form a deep psychic connection as E.T.'s condition worsens.
E.T. heals Elliott's cut finger, displaying his healing powers.
E.T. expresses desire to 'Phone Home' to contact his people.
The kids create a makeshift device with household items so E.T. can contact his home planet.
Government agents seize E.T. and take him for study, separating him from Elliott.
Elliott and his siblings sneak into the government facility to rescue E.T.
E.T. uses his powers to make the children's bicycles fly as they evade government agents.
E.T. bids emotional farewell to Elliott and his family before returning home.
E.T.'s spaceship arrives and departs Earth, taking him back home.
