| The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Michael Rennie |
Klaatu
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| Patricia Neal |
Helen Benson
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| Frances Bavier |
Mrs. Barley
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| Billy Gray |
Bobby Benson
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| Sam Jaffe |
Professor Jacob Barnhardt
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| Hugh Marlowe |
Tom Stevens
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| Lock Martin |
Gort
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| Holly Bane |
Army Captain
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| Marshall Bradford |
Chief of Staff
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| John Brown |
George Barley
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| John Burton |
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| Wheaton Chambers |
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| James Craven |
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; Family; Science Fiction; Thriller |
| Director |
Robert Wise |
| Producer |
Julian Blaustein |
| Writer |
Harry Bates; Edmund H. North |
| Photography |
Leo Tover |
| Musician |
Bernard Herrmann |
| Studio |
20th Century Fox |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
G (General Audience) |
| Running Time |
92 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Black And White |
| IMDb Rating |
8.1 |
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| Plot |
| 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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| Product Details |
| Edition |
Special Edition |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
Fullscreen (4:3) |
| Layers |
Dual Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
024543050056 |
| Release Date |
3/2/2004 |
| Subtitles |
English; Spanish; English (Closed Captioned) |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Dolby Digital Stereo [French]
Dolby Digital Mono [English]
Dolby Digital Mono [French]
Dolby Digital Mono [Spanish]
Mono |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
2 |
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Extra Features
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| Black & White Closed-captioned |
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