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Original body model of ET expected to fetch up to $1m at Sotheby’s
Daughter of Oscar-winning special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi hopes item will ‘continue to inspire’
It was last seen standing at the entrance to a spaceship with a potted plant of chrysanthemums, its chest glowing bright red as it stared down at the tearful young boy on the ground below. The appearance of the model is said to have been inspired by a range of different sources, including the eyes of Albert Einstein, Ernest Hemingway, Carl Sandburg and the Rambaldi family’s cat. Cassandra Hatton, Sotheby’s vice-chair, said Rimbaldi’s “meticulous craftsmanship behind icons such as ET, the sandworms of David Lynch’s Dune and King Kong, remains a testament to the magic of practical effects”.
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