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
Movie Reviews of The Day the Earth Stood Still
Movie 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.....
Summary 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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