This film is brilliant despite the limitations of effects and film making of the time. It is a million times better than the trash remake with Keanu. Only when intelligence, imagination, creativity and vision return to Hollywood could they hope to come near this and that is as likely as the second coming!!!
God i love this film, i remember watching this at Area51 nevada groom lake in 1964, and saying to a few people i know there , What if the people new about saucer technology and people from outer and inner space and dimensional space , Are here already and have been here for centuries on and off.I got a remark saying we only tell them what we want to tell them, because they are sheep.
first conact better not happen in my yard cause i got a gun and will come out blasting, which could start an intergallactic war so you guys better hope they dont contact me first...
'With this he (the President) could have studied life on other planets'. ROFLMAO Like a US President would give an eff about life back home! Now if aliens could write HUGE CHECKS....
First saw this in 58'/59', when I was 6/7 - big impact! Even back then I knew .... stupid humans! Then again, the wise alien Michael Rennie never would have pulled that device out in that situation. Peace.
@toochwood i have had replys baised on films filmed in the uk but i mean that like roswell and all that they all seem to land in america, shocked about all the tumbs up :D
@toochwood Japan gets all the giant monsters with zippers on their backs,ha ha ha. Really though,if a movie isn't made in the U.S.A. . then the Aliens land in the countries that made the movie. Quartermass is in the UK.
This movie is and always will be my favorite. I remember seeing it on Family Classics many moons ago. The very first time I saw it I was 7 years old. 1960.
@Scrumdidilyumpchious From what I've seen is Aliens use telepathy, they can speak in any language the person they encounter speak and normally do not speak using words but speak telepathically. That is what Clifford Stone and Bill Uhouse say. Bill Uhouse claims to have worked at area 51 building Spaceship simulators and Cifford Stone said he worked for the military recovering crashed spaceships and alien bodies onboard those ships.
Amazing, all that time on-screen and the young Lieutenant never utters a word. The look on his face when he sees Gort appear in the opening, is priceless. It tells us how to feel about Gort. The ship goes into defensive mode which exudes the raw power of the alien visitors.
Superb clip! Thanks so much for uploading it, with SOUND! A GREAT film by a GREAT director that didn't rely on fancy, noisy, overbearing special effects. No, instead it relied on GREAT writing, GREAT acting, GREAT music, GREAT costumes and a GREAT story. They could still make films like this today, but unfortunately, today's audiences are far less interested in any of the things mentioned above. They want constant empty-headed action. Lots of loud, flashy eye & ear candy signifying little. Sad.
Thanks. This clip would have looked better had YouTube kept the original 480p definition I uploaded it with. They are lowering the def of anything uploaded over a year ago now.
It's a great film and the new remake is not a patch on it.
@Hypsan Are you high? The film DID rely on special effects. Those were the best special effects they could come up with in the 1950s, and people were STUNNED back then at them, and it was one of the main reasons to go see a film like that back then. I loved this film too, but I dont call staring at a robot drooling as my weapon disintegrates good acting. Are you telling me that just because a movie has one too many explosions, you automatically disregard the writing, acting, and music?
@Scrumdidilyumpchious The only less than convincing special effect happens later in the movie, when Gort carries Patricia Neal by wire (the wires are quite visible). The initial landing of the spaceship is a marvel. You can actually see the specks of people running away in the overhead shot.
@errolfan: You can actually see the specks of people running away in the overhead shot.
JM: That's the detail that cemented the audiences suspension of disbelief. Genius. As far as the wires suspending Patricia Neal, on fuzzy 1960's television sets.....not a problem. LOL Of course they might have been seen on the theater screen.
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft is landing on the National Mall this weekend for the USA Science & Engineering Festival - October 23rd and 24th 2010. Let's hope we get a warmer reception! Spacex.com
LOL!!!!!, i love the scene at 6:00 to 6:20.Nobody it seems was really much worried about klaatu ( um,the smaller spaceman on the ground) but when they see his "big brother" gort (uh,he's the bigger spaceman standing up) come out, pause & look at his boy on the ground, & then start lumbering down the ramp,,,,,INSTANTLY,everybody knows what time it is,LOL.They know the big guy's thinking...."you 'aint gonna do me like that"!!!!LOL...cant blame 'em,'cause i'd be runnin' too, & so would you!!LOL!!
I just saw it last night is wonderfull but is remind us that we don't need someone fron another galaxy to tell us that all we need to save the earth is love and peace
Written in Edmund H. North's revised final draft, after rendering the army harmless Gort walks towards the tank commander who fired on Klaatu and grabs him. After "deglet ovrosco," Gort pauses obediently in the act of reaching out for the soldier, then drops its arms, stands motionless and remains that way. The robot reaching out to grab a human being was thought too wild for moviegoers, so it was left out of the scene.
He says: "It was a gift for your president, with this he could have studied life on the other planets" The "difito brosco" said to Gort is his command language , telling the Robot to stop, and is (presumably) his own tongue. I'm not even sure whether I've even written that correctly!
@geektoro In my humble opinion, "The Day the Earth Stood Still" IS the greatest post-war Sci-Fi movie. "The Thing from Another World" would be next, followed by "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" and "Forbidden Planet". Don't forget "Plan 9 from Outer Space" (if you're in the right mood). That's my top four and one extra.
JM: There are lots of good ones, but my top three are, Forbidden Planet, Day the Earth Stood Still and Robinson Crusoe on Mars.....in no particular order. Actually, I wish they would make a movie out of Farewell To The Master by Harry Bates, the basis for this one. Have you read it? It's a short story and can be read in one evening. I read it online. If you haven't, I won't spoil the surprise ending. It's EXCELLENT.
JM: "That Mona, I tell you.....she know!" A nice salty biscuit for Mona, right? That did the trick. Check out "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates if you haven't already. It's a great read all by itself.
You gotta love the intimidating presence that Gort gives when he first appears
Zetton199198 4 days ago
Area 51 have aliens I am sure anyway this is a secret information
Anybody9999999999999 6 days ago 2
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proximaism 1 month ago
Calling Drew Pearson Kronkite like is not correct.Drew invented investigative journalism.Walter was a news reader.
edfeltch 3 months ago 3
Drew Pearson was one of America's great journos,the Cronkite of his time.
cosmicdingo 4 months ago 2
This film is brilliant despite the limitations of effects and film making of the time. It is a million times better than the trash remake with Keanu. Only when intelligence, imagination, creativity and vision return to Hollywood could they hope to come near this and that is as likely as the second coming!!!
globalman 4 months ago 6
@globalman
Right on, globalman!
mikesey1 4 months ago
Wow! I am hooked!!! Im buying this dvd!!!!
dindints 5 months ago 3
This movie will always be a defining movie in Sci-fi history. Gort will always be in the top 10 in movie robots too.
jay55also 5 months ago 2
God i love this film, i remember watching this at Area51 nevada groom lake in 1964, and saying to a few people i know there , What if the people new about saucer technology and people from outer and inner space and dimensional space , Are here already and have been here for centuries on and off.I got a remark saying we only tell them what we want to tell them, because they are sheep.
moya138 5 months ago 3
Hey guys, let's all get in a circle and point our guns into the center. And let a bunch of civilians stand 10' behind us! Ha.
HawkGTboy 5 months ago 3
@HawkGTboy
Yeah!! *lol*
mikesey1 5 months ago
i love it when Gort appears.
Destroysall 6 months ago 3
@Destroysall
So do I!
mikesey1 5 months ago
i feel bad for the alien he shot
379peterbilt530 6 months ago
first conact better not happen in my yard cause i got a gun and will come out blasting, which could start an intergallactic war so you guys better hope they dont contact me first...
CHARBONGER 6 months ago 2
'With this he (the President) could have studied life on other planets'. ROFLMAO Like a US President would give an eff about life back home! Now if aliens could write HUGE CHECKS....
EIDOSeidos 7 months ago 2
LOL because of this the mIlitary needs to have their protocol strictly enforced ...
"Do not fire until fired upon"
Yeah that soldier was nervous but it's like an F-15 pilot blows apart a flying saucer with a missile or his 20mm Vulcan...
Aliens- "WTF MAN?! That was a gift from us welcoming you to our club!"
Pilot and military- "tahhh.... ...... .... "
hahahaha the alien even says "We have come to visit you in peace, and good will!"
nitroxide2011 7 months ago 2
Theremin!!!!
Jaiv74 8 months ago 2
A TV reporter in a fedora - LOL!
Remorselesslymine 8 months ago 3
pretty sure the guy who shot Klaatu must of been kicking himself for doing that after finding out what that little gadget was for
nocturned85 9 months ago 5
HAAAAAA! YEA ! THEY VE LANDED! COM ON! ITS MOVIE! THERES NO UFO, RIGHT? ARE YOU COMMUNIST? IT HAD TO BE TANKER THAT SHOOTS HIM.
GalaticSpaceHero 9 months ago 2
First saw this in 58'/59', when I was 6/7 - big impact! Even back then I knew .... stupid humans! Then again, the wise alien Michael Rennie never would have pulled that device out in that situation. Peace.
heywally 10 months ago 4
this movie could be bought on ebay.
yricki 10 months ago 2
why do all the aliens seem to land in america
toochwood 11 months ago 20
@toochwood
Well, the film was made in America so it's logical to set the scene there!
There are many British Sci-fi films : "Quatermass", etc) which are always set in Britain
mikesey1 11 months ago
@toochwood
district 9, in africa
unitaw3some 7 months ago
@toochwood i have had replys baised on films filmed in the uk but i mean that like roswell and all that they all seem to land in america, shocked about all the tumbs up :D
toochwood 7 months ago
@toochwood lol amrecfan fils american based stories :-)
zanaelf 5 months ago 2
@toochwood Japan gets all the giant monsters with zippers on their backs,ha ha ha. Really though,if a movie isn't made in the U.S.A. . then the Aliens land in the countries that made the movie. Quartermass is in the UK.
jay55also 5 months ago
@toochwood perfect place for illegals!! he-heh
btormond 1 month ago
CAN U HEAR ME NOW ??????
kingcrab51 1 year ago
This movie is and always will be my favorite. I remember seeing it on Family Classics many moons ago. The very first time I saw it I was 7 years old. 1960.
8353074 1 year ago 2
@Scrumdidilyumpchious From what I've seen is Aliens use telepathy, they can speak in any language the person they encounter speak and normally do not speak using words but speak telepathically. That is what Clifford Stone and Bill Uhouse say. Bill Uhouse claims to have worked at area 51 building Spaceship simulators and Cifford Stone said he worked for the military recovering crashed spaceships and alien bodies onboard those ships.
Blountvideos 1 year ago 2
Amazing, all that time on-screen and the young Lieutenant never utters a word. The look on his face when he sees Gort appear in the opening, is priceless. It tells us how to feel about Gort. The ship goes into defensive mode which exudes the raw power of the alien visitors.
JetMechMA 1 year ago 5
Of course of all the countries on Earth they chose the United States to visit rather than any other.
meego12345 1 year ago 3
Damn this is a good movie. I forgot I was watching a clip . I got mad when it ended.
cakadokey 1 year ago 4
@Scrumdidilyumpchious They all have a babelfish in their left ear.
DammitDrag 1 year ago
6:16 "WTF is going on out here!"
rbh1138 1 year ago 2
Jesus! Just imagine you're walking to work back then and see all those vehicles driving by. You'd think the reds were invading.
rbh1138 1 year ago 2
Looks like the vessel sheathes itself in some sort of energy field when traveling. Birds might wanna watch out for that. lol
rbh1138 1 year ago 3
The actor that played GORT the robot was Lock Martin. According to imdb.com, he stood 7 ft 7!! Talk about intimidating!
mxrdvr 1 year ago 2
Superb clip! Thanks so much for uploading it, with SOUND! A GREAT film by a GREAT director that didn't rely on fancy, noisy, overbearing special effects. No, instead it relied on GREAT writing, GREAT acting, GREAT music, GREAT costumes and a GREAT story. They could still make films like this today, but unfortunately, today's audiences are far less interested in any of the things mentioned above. They want constant empty-headed action. Lots of loud, flashy eye & ear candy signifying little. Sad.
Hypsan 1 year ago 21
@Hypsan
Thanks. This clip would have looked better had YouTube kept the original 480p definition I uploaded it with. They are lowering the def of anything uploaded over a year ago now.
It's a great film and the new remake is not a patch on it.
mikesey1 1 year ago 3
@Hypsan Are you high? The film DID rely on special effects. Those were the best special effects they could come up with in the 1950s, and people were STUNNED back then at them, and it was one of the main reasons to go see a film like that back then. I loved this film too, but I dont call staring at a robot drooling as my weapon disintegrates good acting. Are you telling me that just because a movie has one too many explosions, you automatically disregard the writing, acting, and music?
koreiryuu 1 year ago 3
@koreiryuu: Are you telling me that just because a movie has one too many explosions, you automatically disregard the writing, acting, and music?
JM: Yes.
JetMechMA 1 year ago
@Hypsan
There were plenty of vapid movies in the 50s. The decade is well known for its B-movie crap. Don't look at the past through rose-tinted glasses.
That being said I wish I could find The Day the Earth Stood Still on YouTube in its entirety.
odenskrigare 1 year ago 2
scary film man
HDRaheem 1 year ago 2
@Scrumdidilyumpchious The only less than convincing special effect happens later in the movie, when Gort carries Patricia Neal by wire (the wires are quite visible). The initial landing of the spaceship is a marvel. You can actually see the specks of people running away in the overhead shot.
errolfan 1 year ago 3
@errolfan: You can actually see the specks of people running away in the overhead shot.
JM: That's the detail that cemented the audiences suspension of disbelief. Genius. As far as the wires suspending Patricia Neal, on fuzzy 1960's television sets.....not a problem. LOL Of course they might have been seen on the theater screen.
JetMechMA 1 year ago
@JetMechMA But as you're saying, by the time they saw the wires, they were already sucked in by the previous scenes. We silly humans.
errolfan 1 year ago 2
I can hear a singing bee
shofaruk 1 year ago 2
@Scrumdidilyumpchious
They all watch Earth TV :)
mikesey1 1 year ago 3
The remake could have been downright epic if they stuck to the film's original message. What a waste, but that's Hollywood for you....
atomofish 1 year ago 11
@atomofish
I couldn't agree more with you.
mikesey1 1 year ago
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft is landing on the National Mall this weekend for the USA Science & Engineering Festival - October 23rd and 24th 2010. Let's hope we get a warmer reception! Spacex.com
SpaceXer 1 year ago 3
How could he know that Americans have nothing to do with "peace and goodwill"?
buzzclick500 1 year ago 2
Haha I love how cheesy this film was xD
kutzak159 1 year ago
LOL!!!!!, i love the scene at 6:00 to 6:20.Nobody it seems was really much worried about klaatu ( um,the smaller spaceman on the ground) but when they see his "big brother" gort (uh,he's the bigger spaceman standing up) come out, pause & look at his boy on the ground, & then start lumbering down the ramp,,,,,INSTANTLY,everybody knows what time it is,LOL.They know the big guy's thinking...."you 'aint gonna do me like that"!!!!LOL...cant blame 'em,'cause i'd be runnin' too, & so would you!!LOL!!
flossjw1 1 year ago 7
It didn't scare me. i can handle films like this.
TheGodParticle 1 year ago 3
Love it when Gort came out and everyone was scared!
jrwel14 1 year ago 4
we need a Klautu and Gort now. To show us that we are not as tough as we think we are. Maybe there'll would be less violence then.
jrwel14 1 year ago
If they are real , why one won't land in Washington,DC ?
ftjax 1 year ago 2
idiots should've inspected the device before firing. dumbasses
DeathKnightProducts 1 year ago 2
when gort steps out, everyone knows then they did bad,and here comes daddy to spank them lol
budmangt2 1 year ago 2
I like this orginal better than the new movie. The new one had a lot of potential to be bigger and better....but I think it feel a lil bit short.
MzSunnyJeep 1 year ago 10
@MzSunnyJeep
I prefer it too. You have good taste.
mikesey1 1 year ago
@MzSunnyJeep , Yes, the remake fell alot short. Pretty much stunk.
kammhron 1 year ago 4
@kammhron
I didn't like it either, and what a useless ending, it didn't explain anything!
mikesey1 1 year ago
I just saw it last night is wonderfull but is remind us that we don't need someone fron another galaxy to tell us that all we need to save the earth is love and peace
ladydi19811 1 year ago 5
@ladydi19811
Right on!
mikesey1 1 year ago
This one or my favorite old SCI FI movies. The original Day the Earth Stood Still still holds up after all this time
stern12 1 year ago 2
Written in Edmund H. North's revised final draft, after rendering the army harmless Gort walks towards the tank commander who fired on Klaatu and grabs him. After "deglet ovrosco," Gort pauses obediently in the act of reaching out for the soldier, then drops its arms, stands motionless and remains that way. The robot reaching out to grab a human being was thought too wild for moviegoers, so it was left out of the scene.
Lonette 1 year ago 7
The line is actually "Gort! Deglet ovrosco!".
Lonette 1 year ago 4
WTF is Klaatu saying at 7:36? I've been watching this movie for years and still cant figure it out!!
mxmissle2 1 year ago
@mxmissle2
He says: "It was a gift for your president, with this he could have studied life on the other planets" The "difito brosco" said to Gort is his command language , telling the Robot to stop, and is (presumably) his own tongue. I'm not even sure whether I've even written that correctly!
mikesey1 1 year ago 3
@mikesey1 Thanks. The "Difito Brosco" was what i meant.
mxmissle2 1 year ago 4
@mxmissle2
Okay.
mikesey1 1 year ago
lol
`we come in peace and good will`
all soldiers lock and load
Terrorkarel 2 years ago 5
Love this movie! Thanks
soulchosen 2 years ago 3
everybody uunderstood what Gort was about the second he showed up.
fred5399 2 years ago 6
Out of the many classic post war scifi movies, in my humble opinion this one is in the top 5 greatest .
geektoro 2 years ago 16
Right on!
mikesey1 2 years ago
@geektoro In my humble opinion, "The Day the Earth Stood Still" IS the greatest post-war Sci-Fi movie. "The Thing from Another World" would be next, followed by "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" and "Forbidden Planet". Don't forget "Plan 9 from Outer Space" (if you're in the right mood). That's my top four and one extra.
errolfan 1 year ago 3
@errolfan: That's my top four and one extra.
JM: There are lots of good ones, but my top three are, Forbidden Planet, Day the Earth Stood Still and Robinson Crusoe on Mars.....in no particular order. Actually, I wish they would make a movie out of Farewell To The Master by Harry Bates, the basis for this one. Have you read it? It's a short story and can be read in one evening. I read it online. If you haven't, I won't spoil the surprise ending. It's EXCELLENT.
JetMechMA 1 year ago 3
@JetMechMA
Aha, "Robinson Crusoe on Mars" now there's a film to see if only they would put it onto a DVD in the UK!
Mona the Woolly monkey acting up!!
mikesey1 1 year ago
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@mikesey1: Mona the Woolly monkey acting up!!
JM: "That Mona, I tell you.....she know!" A nice salty biscuit for Mona, right? That did the trick. Check out "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates if you haven't already. It's a great read all by itself.
JetMechMA 1 year ago
Classic old school
potter0067 2 years ago 4
what a great film! cheers
kiuhy7 2 years ago 15
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AlexMaxFactor1 3 years ago 3
What do you want to talk about?
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mikesey1 3 years ago
And thankyou for your kind comment.
mikesey1 3 years ago
Thanks for posting this m8 !
krsjmsmnt 3 years ago 4