71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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The Day the Earth Stood Still

Robert Wise
USA
Synopsis
A real 1950s sci-fi classic, with the alien who lands on Earth to warn humanity that it is heading for destruction. But only a woman and her son pay him any attention. The aesthetics, the use of electronics in Herrmann's music and the robot Gort have been imitated again and again
Director
Robert Wise
Screenplay
Edmund H. North
Photography
Leo Tover
Edition
William Reynolds
Music
Bernard Herrmann
Cast
Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray
Running Time
92 m.
Country
USA
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