Today, September 18, Klaatu delivers his message of absolute peace to a group of Earth's leaders, informing them that if the planet cannot contain its violent tendencies, it will be incinerated for the safety of the rest of the universe (The Day the Earth Stood Still, 1951)
Klaatu barada nikto!
Robert Wise's The Day the Earth Stood Still was released 72 years ago today.
Editor on Citizen Kane (1941), Robert Wise, a four-time Oscar-winner and eclectic filmmaker, later directed Run Silent, Run Deep (1958), West Side Story (1961), The Haunting (1963), The Sound of Music (1965), The Sand Pebbles (1966), The Andromeda Strain (1971), The Hindenburg (1975) and Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). #scifi#earth#thedaytheearthstoodstill#1951#robertwise#nokeanu
The Day the Earth Stood Still (the remake from 2008) is on Hulu now - watching with wifey. She hasn't seen it, I haven't seen it since probably close to when it came out. So it's like seeing it for the first time for me, too. (My parents always used to say stuff like that - sigh. 😂 It's been 15 years!) I do remember liking it, though. I think. I do know the premise. There's a ton of folks in it, too- Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, even Kathy Bates. No such thing as a bad Keanu flick, right? (We also recently watched Johnny Mnemonic. She thought it was rough- I love that stupid movie. 🤣)