
celebrates the holidays with the family, sledding, snowball-fighting, and watching movies on the couch. This time, it's winter, and the ground is covered in festively appropriate snow.Į.T. But Elliott has clearly moved away from California. in his backyard, only this time, Elliott is accompanied by his two children - one of whom is, naturally, wearing a red hoodie and wielding a flashlight. The commercial recreates the famous scene of Elliott discovering E.T. It made the situation feel even more real for the cast and crew, who were already shaken up by the heart-wrenching scene. like a real patient who was crashing for unknown reasons. He told Yahoo! that Spielberg directed them to treat E.T. were actually ER doctors and specialists - including Spielberg's personal physician.

According to MacNaughton, the ER doctors who tried to resuscitate E.T. Some of the adult cast got to improvise too.

The pair would listen to "Weird Al" Yankovic's song "Yoda" (based on the Kinks' "Lola"), and Thomas suggested putting MacNaughton's impression in the movie. MacNaughton said that line read came from a joke between him and Thomas. That might mean saying the line in a slightly different way that felt more natural or adding new lines.Ī memorable example of one of the kids' additions that made it into the movie is Michael's very good Yoda impression in the scene when he meets E.T. Far from ensuring that the cast stuck rigidly to her original words, Mathison and Spielberg encouraged the kids to share their ideas and improvise.
