The Day the Earth Stood Still
by Robert Wise
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Actor: Frances Bavier, Hugh Marlowe, Lock Martin, Michael Rennie, Patricia NealDirector: Robert Wise
Brand: RENNIE,MICHAEL
Cinematographer: Leo Tover
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-03-04
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of The Day the Earth Stood Still
DVD Review: The Day the eath Stood Still (1951)
Summary: 4 Stars
An excellent classic for those who enjoy such.
Special features are interesting also.
Note: The doctors action and discussion of Klatu's health/longevity is absolutely histerical from the present day point of view.
DVD Review: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Summary: 5 Stars
This Blu-ray version of the classic movie looks and sounds great. The special feature with commentary on the musical score(s) of Bernard Herrman is really interesting. This 1951 version beats the newly released version hands down. They just don't make movies or write musical scores like this anymore.DVD Review: Makes The 2008 Re-Make Seem Pathetic
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an excellent cerebral fifties sci fi classic. The remake did not do this original justice. The performances were above average for a B movie - Patrica Oneal was looking good even without showing cleavage or a bullet bra. DVD Review: This movie was not worth the money!
Summary: 2 Stars
I am shocked as to how bad this movie was. No guts to it; just smoke and whistles. I hope Hollywood will get on board with better movies. The only good thing about the blue ray edition, it came with the original black and white movie and a digital copy to load on your PC.DVD Review: Other Than Transformers, The First Sc-Fi I Ever Saw
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this DVD a week before I went away to West Virgina for a family reunion. Something I noticed was when Gort goes haywire with his laser when Klaatu gets shot (while trying to present a gift for the president which they thought was a weapon) Klaatu says "Gort, Deplado Prosko" which means "shut down". Of course, this is where the famous line "Klaatu, Barada, Nikto" originated. I like Gort between him and Klaatu. I am doing a movie marathon tommorow with this movie and the 2008 remake.
Description of The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Day The Earth Stood Still 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 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 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 and her inquisitive son. 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.A hallmark of the science fiction genre as well as a wry commentary on the political climate of the 1950s, The Day the Earth Stood Still is a sci-fi movie less concerned with special effects than with a social parable. A spacecraft lands in Washington, D.C., carrying a humanoid messenger from another world (Michael Rennie) imparting a warning to the people of Earth to cease their violent behavior. But panic ensues as the messenger lands and is shot by a nervous soldier. His large robot companion destroys the Capitol as the messenger escapes the confines of the hospital. He moves in with a family as a boarder and blends into society to observe the full range of the human experience. Director Robert Wise (West Side Story) not only provides one of the most recognizable icons of the science fiction world in his depiction of the massive robot loyal to his master, but he avoids the obvious camp elements of the story to create a quiet and observant story highlighting both the good and the bad in human nature. --Robert Lane
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