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Day the Earth Stood Still
1951 -
Rated
G (MPAA)
Release Date: 03/04/2003
Features:
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Dual Side - Dual Layer
Audio:
Mono - English
Mono - Spanish
Mono - French
Side 1:
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Robert Wise - Director, Nicholas Meyer - Science Fiction Filmmaker
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Additional Footage - 1. MovieTone News Segment
Side 2:
Additional Release Material:
Featurettes - 1. Making of Featurette
Restoration Comparison
Trailers - 1. ONE MILLION B.C.
2. JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
Text/Galleries:
Photo Galleries (6)
Time:
92
mins.
J&R Item # 1005371_9
UPC # 024543050056
Label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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Day the Earth Stood Still
1951 -
Not Rated
Release Date: 12/02/2008
Features:
DVD Features:
Region 1
2-Disc Set - Checkpoint, Sensormatic
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Mono - English
Time:
92
mins.
J&R Item # 1005371_10
UPC # 024543553212
Label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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Day the Earth Stood Still
1951 -
Not Rated
Release Date: 12/02/2008
Features:
Blu-ray Disc Features:
Region 1
Keep Case - Checkpoint, Sensormatic
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
DTS HD Master Audio 5.1 - English
Mono - English, French, Spanish
Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Additional Audio Material - 1. Isolated Score Track 5.1 DTS HD MA
2. Farewell to the Master: An Audio Presentation of the Original Short Story
Audio Commentary - 1. Director Robert Wise and Nicolas Meyer
2.Film & Music Historians John Morgan, Steven Smith, William Stromberg & Nick Redman
Behind the Scenes - The Making of THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
Comparisons - Restoration Comparison
Featurettes - 1. Decoding "Klaatu, Barada, Nikto"; Science Fiction as Metaphor
2. A Brief History of Flying Saucers
3. Edmund North: The Man Who Made The Earth Stand Still
4. The Astounding Harry Bates
Trailers - 1. Forced Trailers
2. Original Theatrical Trailer
3. Fox Movietonews from 1951 - Featuring the Films Premiere
Interactive Features:
Additional Interactive Features - BD-Live Portal
Text/Photo Galleries:
Addditional Text - 1. US & UK Pressbooks
2. Shooting Script
Galleries - 1. Construction Blue Prints for the Ship
2. Photo Gallery
3. Posters, Lobby Cards, Spaceship Model and Gort
Time:
93
mins.
J&R Item # 1005371_12
UPC # 024543554660
Label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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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 mother and son soon find themselves embroiled in the complex mystery of Klaatu, his message, and the government's witch hunt for the alien. Made during the cold war--when Americans were obsessed with the destructive capabilities of the atomic bomb--THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, thanks to its beautiful pacing, excellent dialogue, and haunting score by Bernard Herrmann, is still a treat for contemporary audiences.
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Rating: B
-- Steve Daly
, (Entertainment Weekly)
"...Today's sci-fi filmmakers could learn a thing or two from an old black-and-white gem that has the here and now written all over it..." -- Marc Bernardin , (Entertainment Weekly) "...One of the classiest sci-fi staples ever..." -- Mike Clark , (USA Today) "Outstanding for its religious symbolism, overt anti-war message, and one of the coolest robots in cinema history..." -- Peter Hogan , (Uncut)
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