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The Day the Earth Stood Still

List Price: $14.98
Special Price: $9.99
Your Savings: $ 4.99 ( 33% )
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Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Lock Martin, Frances Bavier
Directed By: Robert Wise

Average Customer Rating:

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: RENNIE,MICHAEL
EAN: 0024543050056
Format: Black & White
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2003-03-04
Running Time: 92
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1951

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Editorial Reviews:

The Day The Earth Stood Still depicts the arrival of an alien dignitary, Klaatu (Michael Rennie), who has come to earth with his deadly robot, Gort (Lock Martin), to deliver the message that earthlings must stop warring among themselves--or else. After being shot at by military guards, Klaatu is brought to a Washington, D.C. hospital, where he begs a sympathetic but frank Major White (Robert Osterloh) to gather all the world's leaders so he can tell them more specifically what he has come to warn them about. Losing patience, Klaatu slips into the human world, adapting a false identity and living at a boarding house where he meets a smart woman with a conscience and her inquisitive son. Both mother and son soon find themselves embroiled in the complex mystery of Klaatu, his message and the government's witch hunt for the alien.

Spotlight customer reviews:

Customer Rating:

Summary: Great Movie
Comment: I am very happy with my purchase. I received the Blu-ray the same day it was released in the stores! The movie was awsome in quality and content. But I was even more satisfied with Amazon's great service. You will never go wrong ordering anything from Amazon.com

Customer Rating:

Summary: Movie screen format
Comment: Being upgraded to blu ray doest't mean that the movie will be 'restored'to widescreen format with 5.1 sound. This movie WAS shot in a 1.37:1 aspect ratio witch is closer to a TV standar format than the modern 16x9. You must remember guys that a lot of the early cinema was shot in 1.33:1. That's why the analog TV copied that format, because movies were shot that way. Check any movie database site to look after your favorite movie aspect ratio to be sure that this matchs with the info in the disc you're purchasing.

Ah, and about the movie, one of my favorite classics.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Original "Day The Earth Stood Still"
Comment: This upgraded DVD is sensational for the purest. Every detail is covered and the film looks better than ever - this is the "Mona Lisa" of early sci-fi and should never have been redone. Always a favorite and definitely a watch again film.

Customer Rating:

Summary: A must to see
Comment: This movie is very good and very thought provoking. If they would have kept the same theme with the new movie it would have been as good as this one made in 1951.

Customer Rating:

Summary: good
Comment: My DVD of The Day the Earth Stood Still was in good condition and got here in record time.

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