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Summary: You have just viewed the BEST
Review: I can go into detail but the other reviews pretty much tell it like it is
Simply stated this is the BEST MOVIE with a message that that I have watched
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Summary: What were they thinking?
Review: Widescreen! Widescreen! Widescreen! Thats what I want! What studio flake made the decision to release this fantastic movie in "standard" format? How terribly disappointing. This movie is an American SciFi Standard. They should release it in Widescreen.
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Summary: Where are Klaatu and Gort when we need them most?
Review: Fox has rereleased this classic mixture of drama and science fiction as part of its Studio Classics DVD collection. The DVD contains a restored and remastered version of the film that's out of this world. Extra features are interesting, but a bit dated -- they debuted on laserdisc in the mid-'90s. "The Day the Earth Stood Still's" silvery black-and-white images benefit greatly from the film's latest restoration, as demonstrated on one of the extras. The superimposed images of the actors in Washington blend in much better in the fine grain than on the laserdisc version. Night shots are breathtaking. The film is presented full frame (1.33:1). The restoration gives Bernard Herrmann's brilliant score extra punch, even in simple stereo, with the din of the spaceship's landing pounding out of the subwoofer. Herrmann employed a pair of electronic Theramins to crank up the eerie mood. Wise does a good job on the commentary, which touches on the edgy political climate back in 1950, camera techniques and working with the great Herrmann. A 70-minute documentary features interviews with Wise, producer Julian Blaustein, actress Patricia Neal and Billy Gray, the former child actor. Gray, in particular, has a great perspective on the film. Other extras include the shooting script, a terrific newsreel from 1951 and extensive still galleries. Wise talks about how well the film has held up for contemporary viewers, and he's right. My 10 yr. old who loves "Alien" and the like watched this film with rapt attention. "Don't tell me this is anything but way cool," he said.
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Summary: To bad Gort doesn't work at the UN.
Review: I'm sure we would have gotten rid of Saddam along time ago. But that's another story for another time,,,,,i digress.This movie proves that you don't need computer generated effects and million dollar budgets to make a great motion picture as this. Actors back then knew how to act. The combination of Patricia and Michael says it all. Just look at their facial expressions during some of these tense scenes. This is a great motion sci-fi movie that still holds up to anything in this 21st century. The THX re-mix is great especially on a THX system. This is an extremely powerful movie that does make you wonder if........
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Summary: Engrossing sci-fi classic
Review: This DVD is worth getting for the Bernard Herrmann score alone. Image and Sound quality excellent (for a 1951 film). Fascinating commentary track with the director of Star Trek II interviewing the director of Star Trek I.
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Summary: Second Generation VHS on DVD!
Review: Simply put, this DVD borders on junk! The "restoration" is a
farce. It's loaded with video digital artifacts (in fact, this
DVD could serve as a reference for all known digital artifacts).
Digital haze, rainbows (especially for vertical objects that
transition between dark and light), break up around images of the
actors (also known as serious dot crawl), flat, featureless
images of the actors, etc. But the sound is quite good, doing
justification to composer Bernard Herrmann's first film score as
a full-time film composer. The extras (on Side B) contain the
usual mutual-admiration-society comments among some of the film's
principals plus embarrassingly inferior video lighting
and taping of two of the interviewees. They look like they died
and were partially re-animated! (Sort of fits with the terrible
video quality of the film on Side A.) One extra of interest is a
"Restoration Comparison" where the "restored" master is
contrasted side-by-side with the laser disc released some time
ago. The laser disc has a superior picture every time! Bottom
line: try to find a copy of the laser disc or wait for the next
(HDTV?) release on DVD.
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Summary: 50's SCI-FI KITSCH STILL CAN STILL HOLD AN AUDIENCE!
Review: "The Day The Earth Stood Still" is a fable for adults, the moral of the story being that mankind is doomed to self destruct unless he mends his ways and chooses peace over war. The film stars Michael Rennie as the human/alien space traveller and Patricia Neal as the earthling who learns his secret. Robert Wise has directed, perhaps, the best sci-fi movie of the decade, with adept concision and wit. This is a classic that still holds its own.
The DVD transfer from FOX is near pristine. Although it is self evident from the main title sequence onward that major restoration work has been done on the film, there is still a considerable amount of video noise present in background information, particularly in the opening scenes where the space ship lands in Washington. Also in this sequence, are nicks, chips and scratches inherent in the original camera negative. Some minor shimmering details are detected but nothing that will terribly distract. The stunning "film noir-ish" photography is, for the most part, beautifully rendered on this DVD. The soundtrack has been remixed to 5.1 and is worthy of mention here.
Extras include a "making-of" documentary that was part of the original laserdisc release some time ago and a restoration comparison that illustrates the extent of work that has been done on this DVD transfer. OVERALL: A very worthwhile disc to add to one's collection.
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Summary: Absolute Classic Sci-Fi, Literate and provocative
Review: Robert Wise who edited Citizen Kane & later directed West Side Story & the Sound of Music really upgraded the sci-fi genre with this moral fable about the need for global disarmament (not just in Iraq). There is a certain discomforting ... element to the idea of a race of giant robots that patrols the universe (precursor to Robocop?) but by & large this is a beautifully directed pacifist parable. And for once the Washington locations are accurate -- nobody walks out of the Lincoln Memorial and finds themself in front of the White House. Multo fabulosos electronic score by the brilliant genius Bernard Herrmann,R.I.P.
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Summary: Let there be peace on earth!
Review: What's left to say? Top notch cast, Robert Wise directing, THE Bernard Herrmann behind the music, and the message that humanity hears all the time but seems to refuse to listen to. It would be kinda nice for Klattu to land in Bagdad right about now.
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Summary: Just perfect time to watch..unless you will blow Iraq.
Review: I was interested by the robot (firstly, I thougt it was the spaceman) stand after flying saucer appeared on a poster long time ago in a video shop when I was a kid. Unfortunately, that video shop had only poster. The owner told me the title but i didn't understand. Years later a friend told me the title was "The Day The Earth Stood Still", which I thought as an unusual name for alien/flying saucer movie. They always has name like "Star","Wars", "UFO", or something like that. When finally I got this dvd from Amazon (after a long waiting), I thank God I've had one. This is really the best UFO film I've ever seen. Its story not just told us about UFO or extraterrestrial thing, but the moral of treating the world of our own. Treating the world also means treating its people.
This movies production is just in time, as USA facing Korean war. I think this also the right time for everyone in USA to watch again this excellent movie..... Above all, this movie suprising me at all, as I know the robot name : GORT, and the spaceman : KLAATU... Long I thought it's just canadian punk music group name. I thank Amazon for this. This must be my priceless collection.
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