11 Reshoots That Actually Improved Movies
3. E.T.
The Reshoot: In the original ending of Spielberg's beloved classic, E.T. actually died in the government facility and wasn't resurrected. Naturally, test audiences hated it, and Spielberg went back to reshoot an ending where the lovable alien survived and got to go home.
How It Improved The Movie: Watching the final movie, it's insane that any other ending was even an option. The test audiences were 100% on the money, and the result was one of the most memorably affecting climaxes in cinematic history.
Can you imagine E.T. being the unassailable family classic it undeniably is if the title character just died at the end? Christ...