Day the Earth Stood Still

     

Day the Earth Stood Still1951

Director: Robert Wise
Stars: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Lock Martin, Frances Bavier
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rating: G (General Audience)
Runtime: 92 minutes

A hallmark of the science fiction genre as well as a wry commentary on the political climate of the 1950s, The Day the Earth Stood Still is a sci-fi movie less concerned with special effects than with a social parable. A spacecraft lands in Washingt… more »


Klaatu:
In matters of aggression, we have given them absolute power over us. This power cannot be revoked. At the first signs of violence, they act automatically against the aggressor. The penalty for provoking their action is too terrible to risk.

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