| Edition |
Blu-ray, full-frame edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray Disc; 5.1 DTS-HD master audio, mono (English), 5.1 Dolby Digital (French, Spanish); requires Blu-ray player. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1951. |
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Based on a story by Harry Bates. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: G. |
| Summary |
A spaceship lands in Washington, D.C., capturing the attention of the world. But the peaceful alien emissary it brings fails to earn the public's trust. When a young woman and her son befriend him, they soon realize they may be all that stands between the human race and total destruction. |
| Note |
Special features: Interactive theremin: create your own score and Gort command!; interactive game; commentary by director Robert Wise and Nicholas Meyer; all-new commentary by film and music historians John Morgan, Steven Smith, William Stromberg and Nick Redman; isolated score track; all-new featurettes: The mysterious, melodious theremin ; Main title live performance by Peter Pringle ; The making of The day the Earth stood still ; Decoding "Klaatu barada nikto" ' Science fiction as metaphor ; A brief history of flying saucers ; The astounding Harry Bates ; Edmund North: the man who made the Earth stand still; Race to oblivion, documentary short; Farewell to the master: a reading by Jamieson K. Price of the original Harry Bates short story; Fox movietonews (1951); trailers, interactive pressbook and still galleries. |
| Language |
English, French or Spanish dialogue; Spanish, English, Cantonese or Mandarin subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Human-alien encounters -- Drama.
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Washington (D.C.) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Science fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Rennie, Michael.
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Neal, Patricia, 1926-2010.
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Marlowe, Hugh, 1911-1982.
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Blaustein, Julian.
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Wise, Robert, 1914-2005.
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North, Edmund H., 1911-1990.
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Bates, Harry, 1900-1981.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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| Standard No. |
024543554660 |
| Music No. |
2255466 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
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