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List Price: $14.98 Our Price: $7.49 You Save: $7.49 Features • Black & White • Closed-captioned • DVD-Video • NTSC In Theaters : 1951 DVD Release : 04 March, 2003 |
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The Day the Earth Stood Still description 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 |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Still holds up after all these years |
| Even as a kid growing up in the 50's, i knew it was more than just an recycled sci-fi throwaway. We were so bombarded with space travel, alien invader and radioactive charged "big bug" movies back then, it was hard to separate them in my mind. But the 1950's of my childhood was a science fiction orgy and i loved it. If not on the theatre, i managed to catch every one of them as they were replayed on Saturday afternoon tv.
But this movie stood out then as it still does now. The acting, effects, cinematography, direction and especially the script are just top notch. I have recommended it to my adult friends over the years and except for the occasional jab at it's obviously dated effects, every one of them reacted with the same admiration of the story and it's emotional impact. We are jaded and spoiled by today's digital effects. But movies like this remind us of how well a great story, tastefully executed, can have a longer lasting effect on the moviegoer. |
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