Contains:

• Limited numbered edition of 8,000 copies
• New letterbox THX transfer of E.T., presented entirely in the full-feature CAV standard play format
• Full-color tri-fold booklet with director notes, photos and chapter stops
• Exclusive 24K Gold Compact Disc of the Academy Award winning soundtrack by John Williams newly expanded and digitally remastered exclusive to this special edition
• The Making of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: An original 90-minute documentary featuring 1996 video interviews with director Steven Spielberg, actors Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Robert Mcnaughton, Dee Wallace Stone, Peter Coyote, writer Melissa Mathison, producer Kathleen Kennedy, composer John Willams, director of photography Allen Daviau, George Lucas, and others involved in the film;
• Never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage shot by Academy Award winner John Toll
• Henry Thomas' original audition tape
• Outtakes from the film
• Conceptual designs and drawings of E.T. and the spaceship
• Original advertising, marketing and publicity materials
• 3 original theatrical trailers
• Special Bonus: John William's musical score isolated in stereo on the analog audio tracks

Features a deleted scene with Elliot speaking to his Principal portrayed by Harrison Ford after the frog incident and an alternate ending after E.T. departures Elliot makes a prayer for E.T. and you can see the communicator on the roof while everyone is playing Dungeons & Dragons.

Supposedly in units sold in Canada, there is a sticker that states "A Limited Quantity of 800 issued in CANADA with each individually numbered."

I am not sure if this 800 is part of the 8000 total pressed for the USA/North American market.