At the time, the flight on the bicycle in Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was something totally outstanding. The director even used this shot for the logo of his company, Amblin Entertainment.

But few people actually know that with this scene, Spielberg was actually showing respect to one of his favorite directors Vittorio De Sica. But in his Miracle in Milan, the characters were traveling on a broom. In E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, the concept changed a little bit, but it’s still pretty similar.