The Woman Behind E.T.

Melissa Mathison was the screenwriter who wrote E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), generally considered the best of all director Steven Spielberg’s screenplays. As part of the California film community, she was also married to Harrison Ford for twenty years. Helmut Schmidt was the Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. He was a key personage in the negotiations over arms reduction in Europe and the European monetary system. George Barris was the Hollywood custom car designer whose most famous creation was the Batmobile.