By Mark Nobes, chief editor
Firstly, the video clip features the flying theme music to the E.T. film, which was written by John Williams. Released in 1982, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial is a classic American sci-fi movie co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg. Of course, if you were a child of the 80s, then you would have known that already, unless you were living on another planet, of course!
This heart-warming story revolves around a lonely ten year old boy named Elliot (played by Henry Thomas) who becomes friends with an alien (E.T.) who has become stranded on Earth. Whilst trying to keep E.T. hidden from his Mother and the Government, Elliot and his siblings try to help the confused but friendly alien to return home.
The E.T. bike across the full moon is probably the most iconic image from the movie.
E.T. is a perfectly crafted, magical family movie that just works on so many levels. If you've never watched it then you really should, as you will find yourself on an emotional rollercoaster throughout the film. You will laugh, you will cry, and you will most definitely be thrilled and entertained by this thoroughly enjoyable masterpiece.
What really makes this movie stand out from other countless other alien films. is that the E.T. is friendly. While almost every film seems to be about big budget alien invasions and blowing them to smithereens, this one shows a very different side to how an alien visitation could turn out.
Of course, it's bums on seats at that really count for the film makers, and E.T. became even more of a success than Star Wars, Indeed, it soon became the highest-grossing movie ever. This was surpassed in 1993 by Jurassic Park, which just happens to be another Spielberg classic. However, E.T. holds the record for the highest grossing film of the 1980s.
I was 14 when this film was in the cinemas, and the mention of E.T. always triggers a memory of some moron stealing my seat while I was getting some popcorn. Luckily, he was about half my age and so there was no problem getting my seat back! Actually, come to think of it, most of the audience was younger than both myself and my friend from school, so it felt a little awkward. We still enjoyed the movie, nonetheless.
You may remember that E.T. used this concoction to phone home. It included a Speak & Spell by Texas Instruments, a coffee can filled with electrics, and an umbrella with a tin foil lining.
The real surprise is that Spielberg never made a sequel, given its success, but that's probably for the best, as the final scene of the film in which E.T. tells Elliot "I'll be right here" (as his finger lights up), before vanishing into space needs to remain that way, It would be incredibly difficult to produce another movie that would have the same emotional impact, and maybe that's why Spielberg left well alone, as the movie is perfection.
This video clip features the first official movie trailer in HD. E.T. starred Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Robert MacNaughton, Peter Coyote and, of course, Drew Barrymore.
