The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)

1951 • 92 de minute

Despre acest film

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. Seen by many as a political, religious and humanitarian effort, the film is based on Harry Bates' story, "Farewell to the Master."

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After all these decades still one of the best science-fiction films ever made, very well executed provoking thought, from a well considered & executed storyline. should be any on anyone's list exploring well-done science-fiction films.

One of the best classic SciFi movies in existence. Even if your not big on scifi, you should still see it. It's a fascinating look into the paranoia of the time period

As insane as this sounds, the message of a film made in 1951 is astonishingly relevant to events happening in 2021. Basically this movie is about the fear (plus stubbornness) humans harbor (and spread) about each other which leads to a standstill in cooperation and action (even in face of absolute complete annihilation). There's also some super Judge Dread level police state-like system suggested against violence that's a little problematic, but is presented as "not perfect" so... 🤷‍♂️