The day the earth stood still [videorecording] / Twentieth Century-Fox ; screen play by Edmund H. North ; director of photography, Leo Tover ; produced by Julian Blaustein ; directed by Robert Wise.
Videodisc release of the 1951 motion picture. Based on the story "Farewell to the master" by Harry Bates. Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier, Lock Martin. Bonus features (not rated or closed captioned): Audio commentary by Robert Wise and Nicolas Meyer; 70-minute "Making the Earth stand still" documentary; Movietone newsreel (1951); restoration comparison; 5 still galleries; shooting script; theatrical trailer.
Contents:
Side A. Feature film ; theatrical trailer ; Movietone newsreel (1951) -- Side B. Documentary "Making the Earth Stand Still" (70 min.) ; restoration comparison ; still galleries ; trailers.
Summary:
A spaceship lands in Washington, D.C., capturing the attention of the world. But the alien emissary (Michael Rennie) it brings refuses to reveal his mission to any single government, leaving the military, the politicians, and millions of ordinary people to wait in fear. Soon their distrust turns to calls for violence. But one young woman and her son befriend him and soon realize that they may be all that stands between the human race and total destruction.
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