Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!enterpoop.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.life From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: 'E.T.' pays another visit to Earth this Thanksgiving Date: Thu, 26 Nov 92 15:00:28 EST Message-ID: Lines: 32 \SE E;LIFE \SS (WS) \HD 'E.T.' pays another visit to Earth this Thanksgiving \BY JOHN MARTIN/NEW YORK TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES For the second consecutive Thanksgiving, CBS airs director Steven Spielberg's 1982 "E.T., The Extraterrestrial" tonight at 8. Even though it's a classic that just about everyone has seen, it's worth watching again. This winner of four Academy Awards (Original Score, Sound, Sound Effects Editing and Visual Effects) is truly a treat for the entire family. "E.T." captures our hearts in more ways than one. While it appeals to our fantasies of interplanetary adventure, its essence is a very down-to-earth story about the friendship between a boy (Henry Thomas) and a visitor from outer space. The message: Although we are mere grains of sand in the scope of the universe, we can find the most important aspect of our existence - the ability to love - right where we live. For those who like their space-tales spiced with buxom maidens, ray guns and monsters, TNT airs the 1956 icon "Forbidden Planet" opposite "E.T." Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, a straight-faced Leslie Nielsen and Robby the Robot star in an outer-space adventure inspired by Shakespeare's "The Tempest." It's an intelligent, well-acted tale - although Robby's performance tends to be mechanical. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM