E.T. The Extra Terrestrial

Director(s)

Steven Spielberg
Production Year

1982
Release date

22/03/2013
Genre(s)

Children, Fantasy
Approx. running minutes

114m
Cast

Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, K. C. Martel, Sean Frye, Tom Howell, Erika Eleniak, David M. O'Dell, Richard Swingler, Frank Toth

Film

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial

Contains very mild language and threat

A young boy meets an alien who is stranded on Earth and helps him repair his spaceship so he can go home. The film contains some mild threat and emotional scenes but the context is reassuring.…

A young boy meets an alien who is stranded on Earth and helps him repair his spaceship so he can go home. The film contains some mild threat and emotional scenes but the context is reassuring.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

threat and horror

language

rude humour

violence

sex

discrimination

drugs

dangerous behaviour

Director(s)

Steven Spielberg
Production Year

1982
Release date

22/03/2013
Genre(s)

Children, Fantasy
Approx. running minutes

114m
Cast

Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, K. C. Martel, Sean Frye, Tom Howell, Erika Eleniak, David M. O'Dell, Richard Swingler, Frank Toth

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Contains very mild language and threat

Classified Date:

14/02/2013

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Universal Pictures Int (UK)

threat and horror

The main character is initially frightened when he first encounters the alien, screaming in surprise. Later in the film, the character's sister also screams in fright when she first sees the alien but by this point the audience knows the alien is not a threat. When the authorities discover the presence of the alien and come to take him away, there is a sense of threat as several men enter the boy's house to get to the alien. There is also some tension when it appears the alien and the central character are ill and might be dying, and as the scientists administer electric shocks in an attempt to revive the alien.

language

There is some use of mild bad language, including 'dammit', 'God', 'hell', 'son of a bitch' and 'shit'.

rude humour

One child refers to another as 'penis breath', as a comic insult.

Contains mild language

Classified Date:

07/02/2002

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

U.I.P. (UK)

Classified Date:

30/07/1982

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

U.I.P. (UK)

Contains mild language

Classified Date:

28/01/2003

Version:

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd

Classified Date:

08/08/2002

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd

Paperwork Remarks:

20th-anniversary re-edited version

Classified Date:

07/08/2002

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Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd

Classified Date:

01/03/1998

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CIC Video

Classified Date:

24/02/1998

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Physical media

Distributor:

CIC Video

Classified Date:

03/06/1992

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CIC Video

Classified Date:

04/11/1988

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CIC Video

Classified Date:

26/08/2022

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Universal Pictures Int (UK)

Classified Date:

04/12/2002

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd

Paperwork Remarks:

DVD Trailer

Classified Date:

06/08/2002

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd

Paperwork Remarks:

Original theatrical trailer'

Classified Date:

01/08/2002

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd

Classified Date:

17/01/2002

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

U.I.P. (UK)

Classified Date:

03/01/2002

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd

Classified Date:

14/11/2001

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Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

U.I.P. (UK)

Classified Date:

29/10/2001

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd

Classified Date:

09/02/1998

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Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CIC Video

Classified Date:

25/01/1989

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Physical media

Distributor:

CIC Video

Classified Date:

04/08/1988

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Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CIC Video

Classified Date:

26/12/2022

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd

Classified Date:

26/12/2022

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd

Classified Date:

06/08/2002

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd

Paperwork Remarks:

DVD additional material

Classified Date:

01/08/2002

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd

Classified Date:

01/08/2002

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd

Classified Date:

13/02/1998

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CIC Video

Cuts:

This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.

Classified date

14/02/2013
BBFC reference

CFF029778
Language

English

Director(s)

Steven Spielberg

Production Year

1982

Release date

22/03/2013

Genre(s)

Children, Fantasy

Approx. running minutes

114m

Cast

Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, K. C. Martel, Sean Frye, Tom Howell, Erika Eleniak, David M. O'Dell, Richard Swingler, Frank Toth