| Description |
2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) format, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital mono. |
| Cast |
Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith, John Cleese, Jon Hamm, Kyle Chandler, Kathy Bates. |
| Performer |
1951 version cast: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier, Lock Martin. |
| Note |
Based on the screenplay by Edmund H. North which was based on a story by Harry Bates. |
| Credits |
(2008 version): edited by Wayne Wahrman ; director of photography: David Tattersall ; music: Tyler Bates. |
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(1951 version): music: Bernard Herman ; director of photography: Leo Toder ; film editor: William Reynolds. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some sci-fi disaster images and violence. |
| 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 ramifications of Klaatu's claim that he is a 'friend to the Earth.' Now, she and her young 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 |
(2008 version): English (Dolby 5.1), dubbed French (Dolby 5.1) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby 5.1) dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
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(1951 version): English (Dolby 5.1, Dolby mono.), dubbed French (Dolby mono) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby mono.) dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles. |
| 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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Dune Entertainment.
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| Added Title |
Day the earth stood still (Motion picture : 1951)
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| Standard No. |
024543569688 |
| Music No. |
2256968 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
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