A model of Hollywood's favourite alien, E.T., made by the legendary special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi, is going to auction at Sotheby's in New York. The model appeared in the 1982 Steven Spielberg film of the same name.
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00:36This is fantastic.
00:37We're very lucky to have a collection of property
00:40that comes from the estate of Carlo Rimbaldi.
00:43Now, Rimbaldi was the man who was known for bringing to life
00:48the creatures, the monsters,
00:50these objects that we hadn't seen before.
00:54So he not only did he design the look of E.T.,
00:58but he also created the animatronics,
01:01you know, the mechanical apparatus
01:04underneath to get E.T. to move around.
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