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the day the earth stood still
The Day the Earth Stood Still
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: RENNIE,MICHAEL
EAN: 0024543050056
Format: Black & White
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2003-03-04
Running Time: 92
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1951
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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.
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Summary: The cold war went on for about 40 years after this movie came out
Comment: They are remaking this with the Matrix Messiah actor as
Kaltu, the alien. One really doubts that the warning
will have any more effect in the current age than it
did in the past? Peace is not a message that politicians
and general want to heed?
We are literally cooking ourselves and our planet
and no external alien message is going to wake us up?!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Ripoff!
Comment: Why issue a Blu-Ray version that is not in 16-9 format? This is no different than watching my old copy on my 1080P set. They cleverly state the aspect ratio as 1.33:1 which is the same as 4:3. When I ordered it I thought that was a mistake. Shame! We have been deceived!
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Summary: "Klaatudenous, With a Lot of Gort 'on the Side'"
Comment: I hope you will re-view this Fab Sci-Fi Film of the Fifties. The message it contains is a good one, not only in our dealings with other worlds, but in dealing with our own world. It is what happens when people try to "kill the messanger," or when mob mentality wipes out the most innocent and the mob becomes the very thing the mob is trying to eradicate. Patricia Neal (that marvelous voice) takes every production she is in up at least one notch. Michael Rennie is believable as Klaatu and Frances Bauvier (Aunt Bea) and Sam Jaffee (Dr. Zorba) are fine supporting players. The robot, Gort, is one of the most entertaining visuals in Fifties Sci-Fi Films. A really, really good movie.
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Summary: Favorite 50s B&W Sci-Fi Film on Blu-Ray....WOW
Comment: In DTS-HD MSTR no less. Bernard Herrmann's music really gets my attention and that part of the sound mix is real; Pure Mono also. HD does B&W very well and picture is great! This is where Blu-Ray replicates the projected film experience (notice different film sources as result of TV edits) I'll like the new movie, even if it has issues because I love scifi and it's slim pickens these days. If this seems like an old movie, just think Twilight Zone and you are in familiar territory. The story? Let others give you details but it's top drawer Desert Island List for sure.
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Summary: Great, but don't part with the earlier release
Comment: This new Blu-ray edition of THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL looks and sounds terrific (listen to the crickets during Klaatu's speech at the end!), but be aware that the "Making of TDTESS" documentary on this disc is completely new. The two-hour documentary on the previously released laserdisc and standard edition DVD is NOT on this disc, although there are audio excerpts from it. I find it odd that the previous documentary was not included for the sake of completeness. That said, I'm pleased to have this classic (my favorite film of all time) in Blu-ray.
The new documentary suggests that there were three Gorts but there were actually four. Two were costumes for Lock Martin, one with flange-like fasteners in the front for rear shots and the other with fasteners in the back for front shots. Another figure that was used for setup shots and never appears in the film is the one that Larry Harmon obtained and that Bill Malone later purchased and refurbished. This standee figure is shown in a series of photos with craftsmen working on the figure as well as one shot with Patricia Neal holding his hand. Finally -- and it is odd that no mention is made of this fact -- there is the nine-foot stationary Gort that appears in several scenes in the film as well as in many of the publicity photos. This is the Gort I'm most intrigued with, as I have never heard what happened to it. Maybe there's a very lucky kid somewhere. The documentary doesn't distinguish clearly enough between the standee and the large-size Gort.
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