Description |
2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) and full screen (1.33:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital mono. |
Language |
(2008 version): English (Dolby 5.1), dubbed French (Dolby 5.1) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby 5.1) dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
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(1951 version): English (Dolby 5.1, Dolby mono.), dubbed French (Dolby mono) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby mono.) dialogue. |
Note |
Title from container. |
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Based on the 1951 screenplay by Edmund H. North. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2008. |
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Also includes the original 1951 version. |
Cast |
Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith, John Cleese, Jon Hamm, Kathy Bates. |
Performer |
1951 version cast: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier, Lock Martin. |
Credits |
Music, Tyler Bates. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some sci-fi disaster images and violence. |
Summary |
Governments and scientists race to unravel the mystery behind a visitor's appearance. Dr. Helen Benson is a renowned scientist who finds herself face-to-face with an alien called Klaatu. Klaatu has traveled across the universe to warn of an impending global crisis. She quickly discovers the deadly ramificications of Klaatu's claim that he is a 'friend to the Earth.' Now, she and her yourng stepson must find a way to convince the entity who was sent to destroy humans that mankind is worth saving, but it may be too late. |
Contents |
Disc 1: The day the Earth stood still (2008 version - widescreen and full screen) -- Disc 2: The day the Earth stood still (1951 version) / Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation ; produced by Julian Blaustein ; story by Harry Bates ; screenplay by Edmund H. North ; directed by Robert Wise. |
Subject |
Human-alien encounters -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Women scientists -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Human beings -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Mothers and sons -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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Genre |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Stoff, Erwin.
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Goodman, Gregory, 1959-
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Boardman, Paul Harris.
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Scarpa, David.
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Derrickson, Scott.
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Reeves, Keanu.
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Connelly, Jennifer.
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Smith, Jaden, 1998-
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Cleese, John.
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Hamm, Jon, 1971-
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Bates, Kathy, 1948-
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Rennie, Michael.
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Neal, Patricia, 1926-2010.
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Marlowe, Hugh, 1911-1982.
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Jaffe, Sam, 1891-1984.
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Gray, Billy, 1938-
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Bavier, Frances, 1902-1989.
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Martin, Lock.
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Blaustein, Julian.
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Bates, Harry, 1900-1981.
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North, Edmund H., 1911-1990.
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Wise, Robert, 1914-2005.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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3 Arts Entertainment (Firm)
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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Standard No. |
024543569688 |
Music No. |
2256968 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
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