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The day the Earth stood still /

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A spaceship lands in Washington, D.C., capturing the attention of the world. But the peaceful alien emissary it brings fails to earn the public's trust. When a young woman and her son befriend him, they soon realize they may be all that stands between the human race and total destruction.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Other Authors: Rennie, Michael, Neal, Patricia, 1926-2010, Marlowe, Hugh, 1911-1982, Blaustein, Julian, Wise, Robert, 1914-2005, North, Edmund H., 1911-1990, Bates, Harry, 1900-1981
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language Notes:English, French or Spanish dialogue; Spanish, English, Cantonese or Mandarin subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published: Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2008]
Edition:Blu-ray, full-frame ed.
Subjects:
Human-alien encounters > Drama.
Washington (D.C.) > Drama.
Feature films.
Science fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Description
Summary:A spaceship lands in Washington, D.C., capturing the attention of the world. But the peaceful alien emissary it brings fails to earn the public's trust. When a young woman and her son befriend him, they soon realize they may be all that stands between the human race and total destruction.
Item Description:Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.
Based on a story by Harry Bates.
Special features: Interactive theremin: create your own score and Gort command!; interactive game; commentary by director Robert Wise and Nicholas Meyer; all-new commentary by film and music historians John Morgan, Steven Smith, William Stromberg and Nick Redman; isolated score track; all-new featurettes: The mysterious, melodious theremin ; Main title live performance by Peter Pringle ; The making of The day the Earth stood still ; Decoding "Klaatu barada nikto" ' Science fiction as metaphor ; A brief history of flying saucers ; The astounding Harry Bates ; Edmund North: the man who made the Earth stand still; Race to oblivion, documentary short; Farewell to the master: a reading by Jamieson K. Price of the original Harry Bates short story; Fox movietonews (1951); trailers, interactive pressbook and still galleries.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray Disc; 5.1 DTS-HD master audio, mono (English), 5.1 Dolby Digital (French, Spanish); requires Blu-ray player.
Audience:MPAA rating: G.