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: TCFHE
Cinematographer: Leo Tover
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, 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: THIS MOVIE IS A CLASS ACT...Good story line
Summary: 5 Stars
A SPACE SHIP LANDS IN WASHINGTON AND TROOPS ARE SENT TO GUARD THE PREMISES...
ATTEMPTS ARE MADE TO GET IN the ship TO NO AVAIL...
when the spacecraft finally opens Klaatu a immisary sent by
the interplanetary commission greets the people outside the ship and
and reaches in his vest to get a gift for earth and he is
shot by a nervous soldier...Gort the Robot starts to retaliate
and looks as though he could destroy the whole city with the rays
emitting from the slowly opening eye shield....the concerned Klaatu
issues Gort a command and the robots face shield closes..Klaatu is
taken by the military to a facility....
Klaatu tells the general why he has come and needs to speak to world leaders
but is still held by the military...impatient with progress he slips away
and the news media causes panic because the spaceman is on the loose...
This movie is a classic and more concerned with a moral statement than
special effects...and if you are looking
for a noisy, bloody sci fi with continious action
this is not for you..but enough suspense for those
that like a well done story...this movie can be enojoyed
by any age...
Micael Rennie(KLaatu) and Patricia Neal are some
of the classiest actors of their day and far more interesting
than actors today.....
DVD Review: "Klaatu Barada Nicto" means "I love you"
Summary: 5 Stars
The Shakespearean actor Michael Rennie lamented that he would be forever remembered for a few words of gobbledygook ("Gort---Barenga!") instead of "What a piece of work is man!" but the beautiful thing about this ageless 1951 classic is that it IS Hamlet's Soliliquy. Rennie plays Klaatu, an interstellar ambassador who lands in Washington DC to bring peace to the planet Earth. Unfortunately, he's immediately shot by a soldier with an itchy trigger finger. After recovering, he decides to go incognito to observe human society.
He quickly makes the acquaintance of Patricia Neal, a single mother boarding in his rooming house. She begins to think there's something unusual about "Mr. Carpenter," but Klaatu is never frightening. Quite to the contrary. He is a soft-spoken, pacific, and gentlemanly sort who, though occasionally dismayed by human nature, recognizes it for what it is---evolving.
Even after being shot, killed, and regenerated by his android assistant Gort (played in a rubber suit by the very tall doorman of Grauman's Chinese Theatre), Klaatu asks for nothing more than an opportunity to address Earth's combined leadership. The scientific community applauds his request, but the military-industrial complex shudders. Things reach a climax when Klaatu uses the immense power of his culture to de-energize all Earth machines for one hour. The Earth stands still. Faced with such awesome power, humanity listens to this quiet, articulate, reasonable space visitor.
This is a thoughtful and intelligent film, short on effects but long on story, a tale of hope and of the ultimate redemption of the human spirit. It's antiwar message strikes just the right balance. The choice is ours.
Given it's era, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL could have degenerated into a paranoid red-baiting fantasy, but it doesn't. The anxiety of the time is present and destructive, but is rendered understandable. The threat of nuclear annihilation is very real, and is the one thing really to be feared. At this time, the U.S. was destroying atolls in nuclear tests, Russia had just developed the bomb, and the hydrogen bomb was in final development.
The early Cold War has given us a parable of tolerance, a critique of xenophobia, one that addresses what's best in human nature while never ignoring what is worst.
DVD Review: Accepting the Unknown
Summary: 5 Stars
If there is any message I can find in the original version of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" it is that of accepting the unknown as a source of wisdom rather than fearing it as an antagonist. We cannot survive on this planet if we are always going to insist that everything becomes the way that we want it. We must meet the Infinite on its own terms or become superfluous.
It's a great flick!
DVD Review: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Summary: 5 Stars
Quick delivery. Quality product. Classic Sci-Fi movie. Fantastic scenes in Black & White. Great entertainment. Well worth the money. I am a very satisfied customer.DVD Review: TDTEST: Best of Breed
Summary: 5 Stars
The Day The Earth Stood Still was the first s-f movie I ever saw with my dad. I was awestruck then and it gave me an appetite seldom satisfied since. The modern day version of TDTEST (with Keanu Reeves) falls far short of the original and its unforgettable score by Bernard Herrman.
This 2-disc DVD set is the only one you want. It contains not only the flawlessly restored original b&w movie from the early 50s, but HOURS of related video commentary and press releases. Other remarkable material includes behind-the-scene shots, the saucer blueprints, how GORT was made, promo art, a video of a thereminist playing the eerie prelude to TDTEST, and a reading of the original short story, "Farewell to the Master", by it's late author Harry Bates. You will never find better than this.
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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