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The Day the Earth Stood Still is a american film of genre Drama directed by Robert Wise released in USA on 28 september 1951 with Michael Rennie
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 28 september 1951
Length 1h32
Directed by Robert Wise
OriginUSA
Themes Radio, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Political films, Dystopian films, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films, Disaster films, American disaster films
Rating76%
The Day the Earth Stood Still (aka Farewell to the Master and Journey to the World) is a 1951 American black-and-white science fiction film from 20th Century Fox, produced by Julian Blaustein, directed by Robert Wise, and starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe and Sam Jaffe. The Day the Earth Stood Still was written by Edmund H. North, based on the 1940 science fiction short story "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates. The notable score was composed by Bernard Herrmann.
In The Day the Earth Stood Still, a humanoid alien visitor named Klaatu comes to Earth, accompanied by a powerful eight-foot tall robot, Gort, to deliver an important message that will affect the entire human race.
Synopsis
When a flying saucer lands in Washington, D.C., the U. S. Army quickly encircles the spaceship. A humanoid (Michael Rennie) emerges, announcing that he has come in peace. As he advances, he unexpectedly opens a small cylindrical device and is shot by a nervous soldier who thinks it's a weapon. A tall robot emerges from the saucer and quickly disintegrates the army's deployed weapons with an energy ray. The alien orders the robot, Gort, to stop. He explains that the broken device was a gift for the President, which would have enabled him "to study life on the other planets".Actors
Michael Rennie
(Klaatu, alias Mr. Carpenter)
Patricia Neal
(Helen Benson)
Billy Gray
(Bobby Benson)
Hugh Marlowe
(Tom Stevens)
Sam Jaffe
(Prof. Jacob Barnhardt)
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