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You asked about my reaction to first seeing ET for the first time. Well, it went like this. I let out a loud scream, hid under my dad's seat in the cinema. He coaxed me out. And I had to watch the rest of the movie sitting next to my dad, hanging on for dear life. But to this day, it's my favourite childhood movie. When my dad died. I had a tattoo that says "I'll Be Right Here" done. It's the last thing ET says to Elliott. The tattoo is in memory of my dad because he stayed right there next to me in the cinema watching it because he knew I was scared. RIP Dad x

I'm 48 now. Imagine the shock of watching this movie at that kid's age. I distinctly recall my whole family sitting in the steps because the theater was packed. Unforgettable movie going experience.

This was my late wife's favorite movie. I haven't seen it since she passed away 34 years ago. Thank you for finally giving me the fortitude to watch it again.😢😊❤

i love how E.T.'s race was added to the Galactic Senate in The Phantom Menace it made the E.T. recognizing Yoda scene better

The Annabelle is a Raggedy Anne doll that was a popular toy in the past. She was one half of the duo, Raggedy Anne & Andy.

Did you recognize the little girl? It’s Drew Barrymore.

Interesting fact: Even though this film won 4 Oscars, it lost Picture and Director to GANDHI (directed by Richard Attenborough). Attenborough felt so bad beating Spielberg that he agreed to appear in JURASSIC PARK as John Hammond to make it up to him.

I was 12 when this came out. It was the first movie I saw multiple times in the theater, and I cried each time (and this time). It was such an unbelievably huge phenomenon.

I was a counselor at a psychiatric school and rehab center for children and I took my kids to see this and they absolutely loved it. It was great therapy for them, but to be honest we all just had a great time and sometimes that's way better therapy than all that psychiatric twaddle anyway.

A couple interesting facts: Elliot's actor's dog had recently died when he auditioned for the role. And that was what he was thinking about as he was asked to cry during the audition. And Gertie's actor was actually made to believe ET was actually real. Spielberg had people at the ready on the animatronic's controls even when they weren't filming because Gertie's actor loved to interact with him. So, when he "died", that was her real, raw reaction.

The filmmakers wanted to use M&M’s as the candy to lure ET with but they were turned down by the Mars company. They then went to Hershey’s for their Reese’s Pieces, which saw a huge surge in popularity and sales.

I saw this as a kid when it came out and no one knew what ET looked like before seeing it in the cinema. No pictures were published of ET or anything. So what Elliott experienced we all experienced. Still a classic.

I still cry when I watch this. This was the last movie I saw with my grandpa. I’m 46 years old and I remember sitting on his lap snuggling with him in the theater. Great memories with this movie

Classic movie. A prime example of 80s movie magic that can't be replicated.

"Why am I scared? ... Why am I saying run? What if it's evil?" You know Steven Spielberg's camera and John Williams' music are something special when the audience is feeling scared on behalf of an alien they are uneasy of and haven't even really seen yet.

The bike scene is iconic and my absolute favorite.

I was 7 when this came out. Never have so many children - and adults - simultaneously cried together. It was a unique experience.

I saw this as a little kid in the theaters and that scene where they are sick and they take ET away traumatized me

From TV Tropes (spoilers for the novelization): In The Book of the Film by William Kotzwinkle, E.T. is given more of a backstory. He's a ten million year old member of a low-grade Hive Mind, essentially a sentient drone: In some ways his intelligence is very simple and childlike, in others, very sophisticated, as befitting field crew. When he is cut off from his group mind, his body, not equipped to handle isolation, begins to break down, hastened by Earth's very high gravity. His telepathic bond with Elliott slows the process, but also makes him an accidental Power Parasite, draining Elliott. When his ship gets in range, he automatically reconnects with the network, which immediately halts the decay and heals him.

There are no words to describe how beautiful this movie is.

I saw this in theaters when it came out. My parents heard that it was going to be different from anything they'd seen before and it certainly was. I still remember the audible gasps of the entire theater as ET was dying. When they did the flying scene the entire theater cheered. It was an awesome experience. I'm glad you finally got a chance to see it.

I'm 49 and ET was the very first movie I've ever seen in my life in a cinema. As a little kid I was simply mesmerized by the visuals and the whole story and I believe my love for sci-fi was born right there in that movie theatre.

As a kid who grew up in the 80s my personal favorites are "Better Off Dead" great comedy, then "Legend" "Lady Hawk" in the fantasy genre, and "The Last Starfighter" for Sci Fi

Something I learned recently is that the line "I don't like his feet" was created by Drew Barrymore, who said it during rehearsal. Steven Spielberg liked it so much that he asked her to say it again during filming. He mentioned that she came up with a lot of the lines in the movie.

I saw it summer of 82 as a child. My parents went to see a different movie and instead of waiting for the next ET showtime to begin, I went in the current showing early. I walked in right as they were trying to resuscitate ET. I balled in both movies but didn't find him scary.

E.T. flying on the bikes for the first time is pure movie magic. E.T. making ALL the bikes fly at the end is a forever chills-inducing moment and the first time I don't get chills watching that scene, with the epic John Williams score accompanying it, is the time I know my time on this world is coming to an end.

“E.T. The Extraterrestrial” was like an unofficial sequel to “Close Encounters of The Third Kind”. Both films are all-time classics.

Watched this in the theater at 7 yrs old, and the thing I remember most (other than the introduction of Reese's Pieces!) is that it was the first movie I ever saw that made me feel so many different emotions. Fear, Joy, Sadness, Wonder, Excitement, Anger, etc. My mom took me and my older brother and she was in tears when we left. I didn't understand why until later in life.

28:05 There's a popular theory that E.T. is actually a Jedi....think about it, he can levitate objects, when he saw that Yoda costume, he kept repeating "home home home home", and in "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" during a Galactic Senate meeting, there were a group of aliens sitting together that were the same species as E.T.

I took a friend and her little girl to see the 20th anniversary of this movie and she was about seven or eight but she cried so hard after the movie she was so emotionally and involved into it so I’ll never forget that😃

I was fortunate to first see this at the UK royal premier in Leicester Square (with Charles and Di, the then Prince and Princess of Wales). The front page headlines in the papers next morning said "Di weeps for ET"!

The year i was born. As a kid you just think everything came out the year you found out about it. It was still big for us in elementary. They use to show it for neo geo.

This movie was in theaters a full year due to its popularity. I was 7 in 82 and tried to see this about 1 month after its release with my Dad, but I was very so sad it sold out. As did my other movie option. Disney's (The Secret of Nimh) animated movie. It's also worth a reaction by the way. Sadly somehow I didn't see E.T until 1988 on VHS cassette.

Yes, in the U.S., in the 1980's and before, we dissected live frogs.

36:36 I resonate deeply with that sentiment, especially since my cousin Joi (Joilene) passed away on April 6, 2024, at the young age of 25. It's truly devastating, leaving me feeling emotionally numb and uncertain about how to process my emotions, similar to what Elliot is experiencing.

Worms, frogs, and fetal pigs is what I dissected in 8th, 9th, and 10th grades respectively.

Even for an 8 year old me back then, I knew I was watching something… special, different, almost magical.

As a kid of the 80's, E.T. was a HUGE part of my childhood. I absolutely loved the movie, and was obsessed with eating Reese's Pieces after it came out. I felt a kinship with Elliot even at a young age, bc I was a geeky kid, into Star Wars, didn't have a lot of friends growing up till I was at least 9 or 10. So finding an alien in my back yard would have been pretty cool.

Hi Kamilla. I actually saw this movie in the theater when it was released. It was very popular. The theaters were full of families excited to see it. The part when we thought E.T. died got me as a kid. Glad you liked it. There have been many movies over the years that have had an E.T. reference in them, maybe you will spot them from now on. Take care

i am an old fart, so yes i have seen it in cinema. as a matter of fact, it was my first movie ever at the cinema. i was 9 years old.

This movie was so huge at the time. That became my favorite movie, I was 6. The worst part is that once it was out of theater, we could not watch it anywhere until 1989 when they released the VHS. It took my 7 years to rewatch what was my favorite movie. I knew how ET looked before seeing the movie because it was everywhere on the news and newspaper and always loved the look. Had several posters in my room.

I saw this movie in theaters when I was 7. Great memories for me ❤

saw this as a kid in the theater. it's so beautifully done. even after all these years, it's still in my top 10.

In 1982,when this movie was released,i was 9 years old. I went with my parents and my brother to the movies and one of the things that stuck with me,besides the fact that we love the movie,was that it was the first time i saw my mother cry. From 1982 to 1997,when Titanic was released,it was the highest-grossing movie in history.

Summer of '82. I was out of the country and it opened in the U.S. My siblings and dad told me they saw it that first weekend. I think I saw it two weekends later when I was back in the U.S. It was OUTSTANDING. Audience Reaction was boisterous: when E.T. made Elliot fly; when E.T. made all the boys fly towards the end. Laughter throughout all the funny moments ("Give me a break!", etc.). Huge ovation at the end. I went back the following week and probably saw it 4 more times during that release. Saw it again at its re-release in Summer of '85, three years later. This is one of the all-time GREAT Movies of any Genre by the GREAT Spielberg. Period.

I was 23 y.o. when this movie came out. I went to see it at a Saturday morning sneak preview I got in line behind a bunch of very young and loud kids. They continued to be loud when we got into the theater. They continued to be loud when the coming attractions were run. Once the actual movie started the kids immediately quieted down and turned out to be the best audience to watch this movie with. I love this film.

One of the main doctors at the end of the film, the one with the dark, bushy beard, is director Francis Ford Coppola ("Apocalypse Now," the "Godfather" saga, etc.). A young Drew Barrymore got attached to the E.T. animatronic puppet and treated it like a real life person. When Spielberg filmed the scene with E.T. dying, she burst out crying and that's what you see on film.

The soundtrack is the real star here. This is, in my opinion, John Williams finest creation and that's some body of work to pick from ! The whole 'Adventures on Earth' suite from the beginning of the final escape and chase leading to that final rainbow stanza is PERFECT. It never, ever fails to reduce this 50+ year old guy to tears. Wonderful work from the Maestro of Maestros and he knew it because it was one of the rare occasions where Williams actually asked Spielberg to hear what he had composed without the footage. Why ? Because he couldn't match the visuals with the score as per usual but he knew he had something special. Spielberg agreed and once he'd heard it he took the movie back and re-edited the final scene to match the score.

I saw this movie as a kid in a full screen theater. I was blown away. This movie moved Spielberg into a new stratosphere.

Kamilla, there is a 7 minute sequel and it is so excellent.

I saw this when I was like 9. And it took like 10 years before they made it a Ride in Universal Studios Hollywood. By then I was employed there and went back in after one of my early shifts just to ride it a couple of times in the evening. Such a magical experience to walk in that forest "again," and fly over the Feds and the town on a BMX bike.

The very first time I watched this movie was on its theater release. I was 5 or 6 and it must have been my first movie on the big screen. I remember I cried so much through the end, and I still shed a tear when watching it.

That "Annabelle" doll is called Raggedy Ann (or Andy). They were VERY popular back in the day. They even had their own animated movie in the 1970s. They're supposed to be a patchwork doll.

Yes. We did dissect frogs in 7th grade biology class. But ours arrived already in formaldehyde. Long dead. We also dissected worms and crayfish. (Mini lobsters)

I remember going to the theater to see this with my Mom and Dad when it was originally released. It was one of my very first films that I got to see in the Theater. I absolutely loved it. I even had an E.T. poster. I remember the toys being rather pricy for what you got. I was only able to get the smaller figurine but I wanted the larger stuffed vinyl E.T. It looked amazing but it was pretty expensive. They also sold a toy ship that held a mini E.T. and it was cool as well. This film never fails to get me to cry. It is such a pure and innocent film about friendship. They don't make films like this anymore. One of the greatest films ever made.

I’m 45… the first time that I went to a cinema was to watch E.T… I still remember. I never felt scared about E.T, but I cried a lot when he was sick and when he left back home. I cried again watching your video…thanks

Drew Barrymore - a true credit to the Barrymore history of acting excellence. She apparently tested for Poltergeist but Spielberg thought this movie was better for her. Boy was he right. Such a great movie.

As a kid, I actually finished the E.T. Atari game. I figured out what the symbols in the game meant 🤣 4:20 Not green screen, but matte paintings 🤔 4:50 Dungeons & Dragons was big back then 👾 18:48 That pretty little girl will be the bod at Baywatch 😁 For awhile, until the Titanic, E.T. was the highest grossing movie ever 🤗

Back then it was NOT an Annabel but a Ragity Ann Doll, there was also a Ragity Andy Doll and both were favorites of children since at least the 1940ies.

For those who are curious the two movies within the movie are "This Island Earth" (1955) and "The Quiet Man" (1952).

E.T. Reunion short movie/commercial by Xfinity might be a tear jerker too, Henry Thomas actually played Elliot grown up.

I'm 48 and was Elliot's age when I saw this in the theater with my dad. The first third is filmed like a horror movie and I was terrified. But to this day it's my favorite movie. My best friend moved away the next summer and his gift to me was an E.T. soap saying "I'll be Right Here" that I still treasure. Also if you ever watch it again, notice how much of the story is told through music alone. And what little dialogue there is is usually just to set the scene, not to move the plot. Once you notice it, you'll realize the whole movie is as much symphony as it is cinema. And you'll never see it the same way again.

The teacher we hear in the school scene is Harrison Ford. Apparently it was a favor because the screenwriter of the movie, Melissa Matheson was his girlfriend or wife.

This film is a classic that'll live forever. Great reaction! 👍🏿

I was four years old on vacation in Texas. This was the first movie I ever saw in a theater, and one of my very favorites, to this day.

Good reaction, Centane. Adjusted for inflation, E.T. is actually the 4th highest box-office grossing movie of all time. The top 3 movies of all time are: 'Gone With The Wind' (1939), 'Star Wars Ep IV - A New Hope' (1977), and 'The Sound of Music' (1965). Btw, regarding your question about schools in the USA dissecting live frogs --- well, I know you're from Europe, and I've travelled throughout that region, but I realize that many Europeans misunderstand the USA, so I'll explain. Unlike most other nations in which there is a uniformity in the system of those countries (for instance, in England their Parliament creates the laws, and those laws are uniform throughout the nation. And every school in England follow the same carriculum etc). Same goes for Sweden, and Norway, and Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain etc etc etc. However, in the USA each of the 50 states can be seen as their own country with their own state Constitution, state flag, state President ('Governor), state legislature, state laws etc etc. And even within each state, the counties, cities, and townships within each of those 50 states would also have their own local bylaws and mayors etc. So, the education system and carriculum in the state of California may e far FAR different than the education system and school carriculum in the state of Texas, or Ohio, or New York etc. That's why if a foreigner asks 50 Americans each from the 50 states a question about the system in America, those 50 Americans may give the foreigner 50 different responses. That is the best way that I can explain it. So, to answer your question --- it depends on what state school system and/or what city or town within state school system. Because some school districts may allow for frog dissecting in biology class, while some districts school system may not allow for it. So it depends on what part of the USA.

I highly recommend the movie "SHORT CIRCUIT" (1986).

Harvey was saying goodbye to ET. Love your reactions. 😊

When I was a little child I saw this movie dozens of times. Even though I knew ET was a lovely little fellow, every time I watched this movie again I would still be sh*tless scared during the "first contact" scenes LOL

I saw it in the cinema when it came out. I was 7 years old and cried like mad. Now I'm 49 and I'm still crying.

Saw this when I was 3 in the theater!! ET scared the crap outta me. Then my two older sisters stuck ET stickers all over our toy room. I called it the ET room. Anyway, once I got older I realized what a brilliant movie it is. I love ET now!❤😊

This was the first movie I saw in theaters when I was 5 years old and it is my initials of my first and last name and I actually had to endure some harmful remarks about that over the years but I loved this movie and I did cry back then when first saw it, love your reactions. Amazing job

I must have been about 7 or 8 years old when I saw this movie, and I don't remember being scared _of_ E.T., I remember being scared _for_ E.T. It's really incredible, I haven't seen this movie in decades, but during that scene when the men are chasing E.T. through the woods, I felt the same sense of empathy and dread that I did when I was a child.

Young Drew Barrymore was so adorable. You can see more of her in Firestarter.

I was born in 1992 i grew up watching this and watch it with my son now! Your not alone, as a kid I was creeped out in the beginning of the movie by ET but its intentional. And It was funny as hell how concerned you where about the Pizza 😂

In high school biology class in the 80’s we dissected earthworms, frogs, and baby piglets. I don’t know if they still do that now, but it’s hard to forget what we were taught when we were learning so hands on.

I was 8 when this came out and got to see it a couple of times in theaters. I remember having an E.T. action figure, where he had a little Speak and Spell and if you moved a switch on this back his neck would extend. And I remember having an E.T. finger that you could put on and when you touched the tip of it to something it would light up.

I was 9 when this came out, and very much connected with it, especially since I was a HUGE Star Wars fan and Elliott was around my age and playing with Star Wars action figures. Also, the Yoda costume made me laugh. I also had JUST started playing D&D at the time, and that made me appreciate the movie as well. And the classic emotional storytelling from Spielberg touched everyone.

I wasn't mature enough to get over the way they set him up to be unknown and scary, so I was always creeped out. My older sister, on the other hand, loved him and had a stuffy of E.T. that was ugly as sin. I always hated that stuffy, lol. I got over it though. It's a great and heartwarming movie.

We mostly went to drive ins to watch movies when i was growing up and the drive in was packed with people to see this movie. It was quite popular. Gremlins and Ghostbusters were others that filled the theatres

Great reaction Centene to a 80s classic Love ET U will cry to this movie most

the actor that played Elliot (HENRY THOMAS) is also the father on the Netflix series "the haunting of Hill house"

The scene where E.T. is drunk and watching TV and Elliott feels E.T.'s emotions: the kissing scene is from one of Spielberg's favorite films. It's The Quiet Man from the early 1950s, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. I was 21 when E.T. came out, but I was into university social life and didn't see it until renting it from the video store in the early 90s.

im 60 years old, can remember the time of the video recorder, this was the very first prirate video i saw on the video recorder, just before pirate videos were becoming more common,

It's hard to understand these days, but Spielberg and Lucas wrote the visual to much of my childhood From Star Wars to Raiders of the Lost Ark to Jaws. Williams wrote the score. It was an ELECTRIC experience to sit in a theater with the latest/greatest sound system and the biggest screen and watch that creative gang churn out hit after hit after hit. Every summer, every new movie was singular in it's stature as a piece of art. Spielberg and Williams specifically played key roles in the formative years of Americans.

First time? Thjere were 8 grown adults in the cinema sitting next to each other, all friends, and we were all suppressing sobs! And now someones peeling onions!

In KZfaq exist a christmas comercial where ET come back 30 years later AND find to Elliot AND His family, so cute.

I was 10 when this was released and we LOVED ET! It was a huge hit and there was so much ET merchandise out there. I had a long sleeved shirt, a puzzle, and the movie soundtrack. Most of us bawled our eyes out when ET died and then again when he said goodbye. Most of the time we laughed at the fun. Most of my friends and I agreed we wanted an ET friend as well. My friends and I all rode our bikes around and we wished we had an ET to make us fly. We pretended we could fly and we all imitated ET's voice. I still can. Actually I can do quite as few impersonations to this day, and I'm now an old man, but ET was a favorite and I learned it during the time the movie was so big. Then I bought the novel of the movie with my allowance and read it at the age of 10. That's where I learned that the aliens were peaceful botanists and they traveled through space collecting plant life from all the planets they visited and their ship was created to house them all and they studied and cared for them. That's visually represented in the movie of course but a ten year old boy wouldn't know what a botanist was and I didn't understand why they were interested in plants until I read the book. John Williams' score for this movie, like all his movies, was EPIC and it's still quite moving and beautiful after all these decades. A brilliant composition for a wonderful movie.

I remember watching this as a kid but I believe we'd watched it when it first was released on cable television. New releases would go through cable about a year or two after its initial release. So, I would say it was about 1983/1984 when Id first watched it. I remember ET cereal, it was a blue box with ET on the cover. There was a huge market for the movie. Tshirts, action figures, posters, stickers, books, etc.

Great reaction video! When I saw E.T. in the theatre I was seven years old and I admit I found him a little bit scary at first but I warmed up to him quickly. It was the first time I cried at a movie.

Hate to make people my age feel old but not only is Drew Barrymore in this as Gertie as has been mentioned earlier, but the girl in the classroom Elliot kisses is Erika Eleniak who ended up in Baywatch and Under Siege among others.

Check out the movies The Goonies(1985), Gremlins(1984), Jaws(1975), Honey, I Shrunk The Kids(1989), and Back To The Future lll(1990).

There's a 20 minute commercial that shows ET returning to visit Elliot. Can't remember the name of commercial but just Google it. You gotta see it. Definitely a tear jerker

In any other year, ET would have won the best picture Oscar. Even Gandi producer/director Richard Attenborough, of Jurassic Park fame, said he thought his epic masterpiece would be eclipsed by ET. ET is great, but Gandhi is the greatest, an absolute must-see.

If you remember Star Wars Episode I Senate scene, there are a bunch of his species in a corner. In fact, Lucas paid tribute to Spielberg to return the favor of Spielberg paying tribute to SW in ET with all the SW goodies that appeared in the movie... Also, in some fan novel, ETs are kinda connected to the Force in SW too... What he demosntrates is very close to Jedi powers.

The TTRPG they are playing in the beginning is not DnD it is a game called Tunnels and Trolls. A similar game to DnD but still different. Came out allready in their first print in 1975. While DnD came out in 1974.

Listening to Camilla's intro, thinking "Oh, Honey.... STRAP IN!"

19:50 Fun fact: That blonde girl who keeps looking over at Elliot is Erika Eleniak, who went on to play Shawnie in "Baywatch"

the little girl is Drew Barrymore who now as a grown up person has her own talk show in the USA....she also did a fair number of movies etc!!