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The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Day the Earth Stood Still (working titles: Farewell to the Master and Journey to the World) is a 1951 American science fiction film from 20th Century Fox, produced by Julian Blaustein and directed by Robert Wise. It stars Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier and Lock Martin. The screenplay was written by Edmund H. North, based on the 1940 science fiction short story "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates. The film score was composed by Bernard Herrmann.
Plot
When a flying saucer lands in Washington, D.C., the United States Army quickly surrounds it. A humanoid emerges and announces that he comes "in peace and with good will". When he unexpectedly opens a small device, he is shot and wounded by a nervous soldier. A tall robot emerges from the saucer and quickly disintegrates the Army's weapons. The alien orders the robot, Gort, to desist. He explains that the now-broken device was a gift for the President of the United States that would have enabled him "to study life on the other planets".
More details
| author | Edmund H. North |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Washington, D.C. |
| director | Robert Wise |
| editor | William Reynolds |
| events | alien invasion Cold War extraterrestrial life flying saucer |
| genre | science fiction |
| keywords | adopt arlington national cemetery around the world atomic power boarding house dry cleaner even for you gort government agent hear hospital room john carpenter kill klaatu klaatu barada nikto lincoln memorial locked in meet police force police station president of the united states three body problem united states army wait walter reed army hospital wash wound |
| musicBy | Bernard Herrmann |
| producer | Julian Blaustein |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| theme | extraterrestrial life war |