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The Day The Earth Stood Still (DVD, 2012)

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Robert Wise directs this adaptation of the novel by Harry Bates. When a non-threatening alien (Michael Rennie) comes to Earth in 1951 with a message of peace, he is shot and wounded by nervous troops. Seeing this as an act of aggression, his ten-foot robot Gort (Lock Martin) immediately renders all Earth's weapons useless while the alien delivers an ultimatum to the world: stop fighting or be destroyed.

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A craft lands in Washington and an alien appears. He's come to speak to the leaders of the world in the hope that he can convince them of the danger that Earth is in. Finally he is forced to show his true powers to teach mankind a lesson.

Product Identifiers

Producer
Julian Blaustein
EAN
5039036056663
eBay Product ID (ePID)
168167936

Product Key Features

Film/TV Title
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Actor
Michael Rennie, Frances Bavier, Hugh Marlowe, Patricia Neal, Sam Jaffe, Lock Martin, Billy Gray
Director
Robert Wise
Format
DVD
Language
English
Release Year
2012
Genre
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, General
Run Time
92 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate
U
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States of America
Reviews
Entertainment Weekly - Rating: B
Consumer Advice
Contains very mild violence and threat
Additional Information
Beginning with a documentary style that immediately hooks the viewer, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, based on the Harry Bates short story FAREWELL TO THE MASTER, becomes as much a human interest story as it does a sci-fi B-movie classic. The film soberly depicts the arrival of an alien dignitary, Klaatu (Michael Rennie), who has come to earth with his deadly robot, Gort (Lock Martin), to deliver the message that earthlings must stop warring among themselves--or else. After being shot at by ignorant, panicky military guards, Klaatu is brought to a Washington, D.C., hospital, where he begs a sympathetic but frank Major White (Robert Osterloh) to gather all the world's leaders so he can tell them more specifically what he has come 250 million miles to warn them about. Losing patience, Klaatu slips into the human world, adapting a false identity and living at a boarding house where he meets a smart woman with a conscience, Helen Benson (Patricia Neal), and her inquisitive son, Bobby (Billy Gray). Both mother and son soon find themselves embroiled in the complex mystery of Klaatu, his message, and the government's witch hunt for the alien. Made during the cold war--when Americans were obsessed with the destructive capabilities of the atomic bomb--THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, thanks to its beautiful pacing, excellent dialogue, and haunting score by Bernard Herrmann, is still a treat for contemporary audiences.
Movie/TV Title
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Composer
Bernard Herrmann
Sound source
Dolby Digital
Screenwriter
Edmund H. North

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