The 1952 sci-fi movie ‘The Day the earth stood still’ which tells the story of a humanoid alien visitor who comes to Earth with a warning will be screened at 6 pm on April 15 at the American Center, Galle Road, Colombo-3.
Based on Harry Bates’ short story “Farewell to the Master’, the film directed by Robert Wise shows an alien who visits Earth after World War II (1939-1945) to warn people against nuclear devastation.
The film depicts the arrival of an alien dignitary, Klaatu (Michael Rennie), who has come to earth with his deadly robot, Gort (Lock Martin), to deliver the message that earthlings must stop warring among themselves--or else.
After being shot at by military guards, Klaatu is brought to a Washington, D.C. hospital, where he begs a sympathetic but frank Major White (Robert Osterloh) to gather all the world’s leaders so he can tell them more specifically what he has come to warn them about.
Losing patience, Klaatu slips into the human world, adapting a false identity and living at a boarding house where he meets a smart woman with a conscience and her inquisitive son. Both mother and son soon find themselves embroiled in the complex mystery of Klaatu, his message and the government’s witch hunt for the alien.
The film stars Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Sam Jaffe, and Hugh Marlowe.
Often considered by movie historians to be one of the classics of the science-fiction genre, ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ won Golden Globe award.
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