E.T?
My 10-year old son watched this movie for the first time but missed the first 30 minutes. When I tried to describe it to him, I told him it was sort of like the movie E.T. Man finds unusual being, she learns to talk by watching TV, she is abducted by the government to study, she begins to fade until he comes to rescue her and then he helps her escape back home. Never made the connection before. I'm sure others have and I am just late to the party.