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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Robert Wise |
| Stars: |
Michael Rennie |
| Actors: |
Frank Conroy |
| Genre: |
Science-Fiction/Fantasy |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended · Politics · Justice · Aliens · Robots · Essential Cinema · Classic · Science-Fiction |
| MPAA Rating: |
G (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: 2-Disc Set; Canadian; Sensormatic; Pan and Scan |
| UPC: |
024543553212 |
| Release Date: |
1951 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 32min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: 2-Disc Set; Checkpoint; Sensormatic; Pan and Scan, 1hr 32min
Release Company: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (December 02, 2008)
UPC: 024543553212 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 32min
Release Company: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (March 04, 2003)
UPC: 024543068525 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Edmund H. North |
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Professional Reviews
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(07/28/1995, p.14D, Mike Clark): "...One of the classiest sci-fi staples ever..." |
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Quotes from the Movie
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"Klaatu Barada Nikto"--Alien (Michael Rennie) to his robot guard, Gort (Lock Martin) |
| More Information |
| Details: |
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 moth... |
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