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The day the earth stood still [videorecording (DVD)] / produced by Julian Blaustein ; directed by Robert Wise.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.Series: Studio classicPublication details: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2002.Description: 2 videodiscs (ca. 92 min.) : sd., b&w with col. sequencesSubject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Screenplay, Edmund H. North ; music, Bernard Herrmann.
Awards:
  • Golden Globe Award for Motion Picture Promoting International Understanding, 1951.
Cast: Starring: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal and Hugh Marlowe with Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier and Lock Martin.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 (Patricia Neal, Billy Gray) befriend him...and soon realize that they may be all that stands between the human race and total destruction."--Container.
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DVD DVD Hanover Public Library Shelves DVDA DAY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906000951559

Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.

Based on a story "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates.

Screen format : widescreen and full screen versions.

Double-sided.

Screenplay, Edmund H. North ; music, Bernard Herrmann.

Starring: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal and Hugh Marlowe with Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier and Lock Martin.

"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 (Patricia Neal, Billy Gray) befriend him...and soon realize that they may be all that stands between the human race and total destruction."--Container.

Canadian Home Video rating: G.

Home use only.

Includes English, French and Spanish language tracks ; with optional subtitles in English or Spanish.

Closed-captioned.

Golden Globe Award for Motion Picture Promoting International Understanding, 1951.

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