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starring: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Lock Martin, Frances Bavier directed by: Robert Wise  List Price: $14.98 Amazon.com's Price: $13.49 You Save: $1.49 (10%)as of 09/02/2010 17:51 EDT Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: DVD Brand: Fox EAN: 0024543050056 Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, NTSC Item Dimensions: Label: 20th Century Fox Languages: Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox MPN: 024543050056 Number Of Discs: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Region Code: 1 Release Date: March 04, 2003 Running Time: 92 minutes Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: 1951 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: A benevolent alien lands his flying saucer in Washington, DC, and brings a message of peace to the violence-prone humans. His offer of assistance is r Amazon.com: 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 recognizable 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 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - great old moviethis is a great old movie far ahead of its time. would recommend it to any sci-fi fan. Rating: - great movie,but....I love these old fifties sci-fi movies,BUT,I would have enjoyed it more had it arrived when Amazon promised.It arrived two days latered than promised and paid for. Rating: - The Day The Earth Stood Still 1951 Michael RennieThis movie is a billon times better than the new one they have out, in fact there is no comparison between them. Michael Rennie's movie The Earth Stood Still has compassion for earth while the new one has none he came to destroy the earth. Lowell Rating: - Wow! The best early Sci-Fi film updated for todayFinally, after only seeing TDTESS on TV for 40+ years, I pryed open the wallet and ordered this for my new Blu-Ray player. I ordered this along with the Blu-ray of Avatar. I will say I love both movies, but TDTESS will always be my favorite sci-fi film. This from a person who owns all the modern sci-fi films and TV series. It was such a pleasure to watch this without commercials. The blu-ray presentation is very impressive, very little grain and just awesome audio. It loaded on my blu-ray in less than 30 seconds. Remembering the first time I watched this movie, my age was about 10 years and it was on the NBC Saturday Night at the Movies. It was usually on every two years or so. Really doubt if I blinked during the entire film the first time I watched it. Didn't want to miss a millisecond of the story. Really do doubt if there will ever be a more pure example of basic sci-fi than this film. Rating: - My favorite movieI have always loved the original movie, "The Day the Earth Stood Still." Any time it was showing on TV I would watch it. I wish I had a nickle for every time I uttered the line, "Klatu, Barada, Nicktoe", I would be a millionaire today. I have wanted a copy of my own for some time. To me it is one of the classic Sic-Fi flicks of all time. The remake did not do the original justice.The Day the Earth Stood Still The black and white format made it even more dramatic. The quality is outstanding and the sound is wonderful. I would highly recommend this to any Sci-Fi fans especially to any who have never seen the original. 
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