Paxton would go on to much bigger roles in movies like Aliens, Apollo 13, Titanic, and Twister.
While reading a Buck Rogers comic strip, E.T. is inspired to make a communicator out of various items he finds lying around the house, including a record player, a buzzsaw, a coat hanger, and Elliott's Speak & Spell.
He is programmed with three Prime Directives: serve the public trust; protect the innocent; and uphold the law.
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