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The Day The Earth Stood Still [DVD] [1951] starring: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray

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Publisher: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Release date: 18th April, 2005
Media: DVD

Format

• Black & White
• PAL

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Editorial Review

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 recognisable 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, Amazon.com

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Rating: - Timeless Classic

one of the all time classics well worth purchasing if you haven't seen it. if you've seen the modern version it's well worth buying this version - in my oppinion it is far better, and still has a message wjich is most relevent to today

Rating: - maybe keanu should have watched this first

i love this film i have lost count of the number of times i have seen this, maybe keanu should have studied this a bit more before he remade it a while ago, this original version knocks the pants off of the remake without really trying a simple film but also a film with a message, if we don`t watch it we will destroy ourselvesand also we are not as powerful as we think we are

Rating: - Might be ok if we could watch it!

I bought this as a gift for my sister but it won't play on her bluray player as is it from the wrong region

Rating: - old fashion but still very good

Sure, the special effects are a bit... outdated to say the least, but this is a very good movie one would watch for the story.

Rating: - The Day The Earth Stood Still DVD

Superb movie, as good today as it was when I first saw it in the 1970's

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