| Description |
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Closed captioned. |
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Based on the story "Farewell to the master" by Harry Bates. |
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Videodisc release of the 1951 motion picture. |
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Special features: feature length commentary; Movietone newsreel (1951); restoration comparison; theatrical trailer. |
| Credits |
Music, Bernard Herrmann ; director of photography, Leo Tover ; special photographic effects, Fred Sersen. |
| Cast |
Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier, Lock Martin. |
| Summary |
"A spacecraft lands in Washington, D.C.and an alien emerges, flanked by a menacing robot with destructive capabilities far beyond their imagination. Rebuffed in his efforts to meet the world's leaders and to warn them of the earth's impending doom, the alien, Klaatu, takes to the streets. Klaatu's plea for peace is embraced by a pretty young woman and an eminent scientist but the rest of humanity reacts with mistrust, fear and violence. With time running out, Klaatu is forced to demonstrate his awesome powers in a mind-boggling display, teaching all of mankind a lesson for the ages"--Container. |
| Audience |
Rated G. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Awards |
Golden Globe Award, 1951. |
| Language |
Subtitles in French, Dutch, and Spanish. |
| Subject |
Science fiction films.
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Human-alien encounters -- Drama.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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Washington (D.C.) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Film adaptations.
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| Added Author |
Blaustein, Julian.
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Wise, Robert, 1914-2005.
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North, Edmund H., 1911-1990.
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Rennie, Michael.
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Neal, Patricia, 1926-2010.
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Marlowe, Hugh, 1911-1982.
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Jaffe, Sam, 1891-1984.
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Gray, Billy, 1938-
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Bavier, Frances, 1905-
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Martin, Lock, 1916-1959.
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Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975.
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Tover, Leo, 1902-1964.
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Sersen, Fred, 1890-1962.
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Bates, Harry, 1900-1981.
Farewell to the master.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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