| Edition |
Widescreen. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital mono. |
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Blu-ray. |
| Note |
Title from disc. |
| Cast |
Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith, John Cleese, Jon Hamm, Kathy Bates. |
| Performer |
1951 version cast: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier, Lock Martin. |
| Credits |
Music, Tyler Bates. |
| Note |
This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players. |
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Based on the 1951 screenplay by Edmund H. North. |
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2009 DVD originally released as a motion picture in 2008. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13. |
| Summary |
Governments and scientists race to unravel the mystery behind a visitor's appearance. Dr. Helen Benson is a renowned scientist who finds herself face-to-face with an alien called Klaatu. Klaatu has traveled across the universe to warn of an impending global crisis. She quickly discovers the deadly ramificications of Klaatu's claim that he is a 'friend to the Earth.' Now, she and her yourng stepson must find a way to convince the entity who was sent to destroy humans that mankind is worth saving, but it may be too late. |
| Contents |
Disc 1: The day the Earth stood still (2008 version) -- Disc 2: The day the Earth stood still (1951 version) / Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation ; produced by Julian Blaustein ; story by Harry Bates ; screenplay by Edmund H. North ; directed by Robert Wise. |
| Language |
English, Spanish and French language with subtitles in Spanish, Portuguese, Cantonese, Korean and Mandarin; closed captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Human-alien encounters -- Drama.
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Women scientists -- United States -- Drama.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Drama.
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Human beings -- Drama.
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Mothers and sons -- United States -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Science fiction films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Stoff, Erwin.
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Goodman, Gregory, 1959-
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Boardman, Paul Harris.
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Scarpa, David.
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Derrickson, Scott.
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Reeves, Keanu.
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Connelly, Jennifer.
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Smith, Jaden, 1998-
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Cleese, John.
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Hamm, Jon, 1971-
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Bates, Kathy, 1948-
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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, 1902-1989.
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Martin, Lock, 1916-1959.
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Blaustein, Julian.
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Bates, Harry, 1900-1981.
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North, Edmund H., 1911-1990.
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Wise, Robert, 1914-2005.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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3 Arts Entertainment (Firm)
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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| Added Title |
Day the earth stood still (Motion picture : 1951)
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| Standard No. |
024543569800 |
| Music No. |
2256980 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
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