--- product_id: 4769517 title: "The Day the Earth Stood Still" price: "₹ 1156" currency: INR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/4769517-the-day-the-earth-stood-still store_origin: IN region: India --- # The Day the Earth Stood Still **Price:** ₹ 1156 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Day the Earth Stood Still - **How much does it cost?** ₹ 1156 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.in](https://www.desertcart.in/products/4769517-the-day-the-earth-stood-still) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Day The Earth Stood Still 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. DISC INFORMATION It is a double-sided disc: Side 1: *Commentary by Robert Wise and Nicolas Meyer *Movie Tone news of the premiere events of 1951 *Theatrical trailer Side 2: *Making The Earth Stand Still documentary *Restoration comparison *6 Still galleries *Trailers: Journey to the Center of the Earth, & One Million Years B.C. Review: Classic Greatness Sci Fi. Better acting with less special effects used than todays movies for a great movie - I've watched the original The Day The Earth Stood Still at least 20 times. The relative unknown to US audiences British actor Michael Rennie played Klaatu( the spaceman in the silver suit from the flying saucer) and the known movie star Patricia Neal played Helen. Gort the huge robot was played by Lock Martin who was 7ft 7in tall. The movie is in B/W and the sound is very good. To me the movie being B/W was not a subtraction. Almost all the actors/actresses are now dead so this movie is also of historical significance. I love quality Science Fiction and have read hundreds of Sci Fi books and watched dozens and dozens of Sci Fi movies. INMO the original The Day The Earth Stood Still is in the top 5 Sci Fi movies of ALL time. The plot and acting were superb! There is some limited special effects but nowhere near the amount of special effects in today sci fi movies. To create this QUALITY Sci Fi movie great acting was needed and Michael Rennie playing Klaatu, Patricia Neal playing Bobbie's mother and Sam Jaffe playing Professor Barhardt were superb. These INMO was the highlight of the movie...the superb plot and great acting. The special effects were first class for 1950ish technology but were secondary. This movie was put out during the height of the cold war when many people were watching the sky and afraid of a nuclear exchange between the US and the USSR. There is even a talk in the movie of the spacecraft being from the soviets by the actress who played Aunt Bea in the Andy Griffin television series. I wont ruin the movie for you. A flying saucer type spacecraft lands near the White House and Michael Rennie comes out of the ship holding a gift to view life on other worlds for the President but is shot by a soldier and the gift destroyed. Out of the ship comes the giant robot Gort to save Klaatu. Gort disintegrates some soldiers guns, tanks and artillery. Klaatu deactivates Gort before he can disintegrate all the soldiers. Klaatu is taken to an army hospital,the bullet is removed and his wound dressed ; and he escapes. He makes friends with a boy named Bobbie and his mother Helen played by Patricia Neal. Klaatu helps Professor Barnhardt with advanced propulsion equations and shows the world leaders the power he commands ...Klaatu zaps the world for 1/2 hour. No electricity world wide except emergency life sustaining power...the Earth stands still. Later Klaatu and Helen try to get to the ship for a meeting with the worlds scientists via taxicab. Klaatu is hunted by the military, gunned down and killed , but he is brought back to the ship and brought back life for an unknown limited time by the robot Gort. Helen must stop Gort before he destroys the Earth. Klaatu gives the assembled scientists the ultimate ultimatum; that if the world ....I won't ruin the great ending. This is some of the best ever Science Fiction. A true ultimate classic. If you like quality Sci Fi this DVD of the original The Day the Earth stood Still is a must have to add to your collection. Our family viewed the new The Day the Earth Stood Still with the flying nanobots eating everything and killing people. The special effects were better but the acting and plot were nowhere as good as the original. Just look at the hundreds of other 5 star reviews by other reviewers! The original the Day the Earth stood still on DVD rated 5 stars plus. Review: Gorth, Klaatu... Barada Nikto! Barada Nikto! Truly Mr. Carpenter... - Who does not remember these words? True Mumbo-Jumbo, but what flair... I usually do not buy Full-Screen DVDs of old movies, since it is not vital to have them, if you own their VHS counterpart. Sometimes, the old transfers are even better than the newly, so-called restored versions. But in this case I made an exception and was truly impressed by the difference. Much clearer sound (true Digital Stero), excellent Contrast resolution of the Black & White tones. A Masterpiece. Bravo! This tiny Sci-Fi picture of 1951, starring a then unknown actor, Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal and Sam Jaffe is more a metaphor and an answer to the anti-communist "witch-hunt" and cold war ambience in which the U.S. Government had thrown the Nation. Partly borrowing from the Bible, the Hero, the visiting Alien (Michael Rennie) appropriately calls himself "Mr. Carpenter", and as in the Bible, he comes to bring peace to a world gone mad. Mind you, I am not a believer, but having been raised Catholic, its part of my heavy burden, hence I know about such things. Now, back to the movie and its value. To express it in just a few words, one can only say that it is a small Gem of a picture. Never boring, always entertaining, and with a message of all things! Even the primitive special effects of the day are forgivable, considering the smooth, perfect and natural acting of all involved. Sam Jaffe, one of the best character actors of those years is simply perfect as the scientist meeting Mr. Carpenter. It is evident that an allusion to Albert Einstein was made there. Patricia Neal, is yes, the "weak" link of the movie, having to play the mother and housewife figure, but in the end, isn't she who helps the Alien to make contact with the "minds" of the planet? Think about it, we are in the midst of the Korean War, at the beginning of the Cold War, in which housewise usually did not go roaming around in worldwide adventures, limiting themselves to cook, clean and keep husbands and children happy. No, in this movie, in 1951, we see a conventional woman, who overcomes her fears and actually helps our hero complete his mission. Anti-conventional you say? You bet! The entire move is weaved with care and is well told. Oh, and ah yes, storytelling. Talking about storytelling, this is one example in which storytelling is truly everything. Consider the fact that this movie is just about 90 minutes in length. Nowadays, if they were to remake it (let's hope not!), it would go overboard into a full-fledged 2 hours and 20 minutes long movie. Boring! Sometimes I ask myself what writers had back then, that they don't have anymore. Creativity? You bet! Originality? You got it! Imagination? Well said! Writers in those days (and mind you, in those days, writers had a far harder life than today, especially with all those darned censorship limitations, not forgetting the McCarthy's blacklist), still knew how to KISS (short for: keep it short stupid) and still keep the audience gripped and glued to their seats. Today, unless you have a Circus for a movie (meaning tons of sex and special effects) you wouldn't keep a horse awake. My passionate feeling is to suggest to you to buy it. You won't be sorry, even if you, and I would expect such argument, are not a sci-fi aficionado or fan. This is one of those movies that speaks to one's humanity and most hidden, inner feelings. And still, in its simplicity, it is also a spectacular picture that I am sure, will be remembered and mentioned in schools in decades to come, as what it is: a tiny Gem. An ideal precursor to Star Trek... ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 7,564 Reviews | ## Images ![The Day the Earth Stood Still - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Ehc2WIMsL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Classic Greatness Sci Fi. Better acting with less special effects used than todays movies for a great movie *by T***N on December 27, 2011* I've watched the original The Day The Earth Stood Still at least 20 times. The relative unknown to US audiences British actor Michael Rennie played Klaatu( the spaceman in the silver suit from the flying saucer) and the known movie star Patricia Neal played Helen. Gort the huge robot was played by Lock Martin who was 7ft 7in tall. The movie is in B/W and the sound is very good. To me the movie being B/W was not a subtraction. Almost all the actors/actresses are now dead so this movie is also of historical significance. I love quality Science Fiction and have read hundreds of Sci Fi books and watched dozens and dozens of Sci Fi movies. INMO the original The Day The Earth Stood Still is in the top 5 Sci Fi movies of ALL time. The plot and acting were superb! There is some limited special effects but nowhere near the amount of special effects in today sci fi movies. To create this QUALITY Sci Fi movie great acting was needed and Michael Rennie playing Klaatu, Patricia Neal playing Bobbie's mother and Sam Jaffe playing Professor Barhardt were superb. These INMO was the highlight of the movie...the superb plot and great acting. The special effects were first class for 1950ish technology but were secondary. This movie was put out during the height of the cold war when many people were watching the sky and afraid of a nuclear exchange between the US and the USSR. There is even a talk in the movie of the spacecraft being from the soviets by the actress who played Aunt Bea in the Andy Griffin television series. I wont ruin the movie for you. A flying saucer type spacecraft lands near the White House and Michael Rennie comes out of the ship holding a gift to view life on other worlds for the President but is shot by a soldier and the gift destroyed. Out of the ship comes the giant robot Gort to save Klaatu. Gort disintegrates some soldiers guns, tanks and artillery. Klaatu deactivates Gort before he can disintegrate all the soldiers. Klaatu is taken to an army hospital,the bullet is removed and his wound dressed ; and he escapes. He makes friends with a boy named Bobbie and his mother Helen played by Patricia Neal. Klaatu helps Professor Barnhardt with advanced propulsion equations and shows the world leaders the power he commands ...Klaatu zaps the world for 1/2 hour. No electricity world wide except emergency life sustaining power...the Earth stands still. Later Klaatu and Helen try to get to the ship for a meeting with the worlds scientists via taxicab. Klaatu is hunted by the military, gunned down and killed , but he is brought back to the ship and brought back life for an unknown limited time by the robot Gort. Helen must stop Gort before he destroys the Earth. Klaatu gives the assembled scientists the ultimate ultimatum; that if the world ....I won't ruin the great ending. This is some of the best ever Science Fiction. A true ultimate classic. If you like quality Sci Fi this DVD of the original The Day the Earth stood Still is a must have to add to your collection. Our family viewed the new The Day the Earth Stood Still with the flying nanobots eating everything and killing people. The special effects were better but the acting and plot were nowhere as good as the original. Just look at the hundreds of other 5 star reviews by other reviewers! The original the Day the Earth stood still on DVD rated 5 stars plus. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Gorth, Klaatu... Barada Nikto! Barada Nikto! Truly Mr. Carpenter... *by P***Y on March 1, 2006* Who does not remember these words? True Mumbo-Jumbo, but what flair... I usually do not buy Full-Screen DVDs of old movies, since it is not vital to have them, if you own their VHS counterpart. Sometimes, the old transfers are even better than the newly, so-called restored versions. But in this case I made an exception and was truly impressed by the difference. Much clearer sound (true Digital Stero), excellent Contrast resolution of the Black & White tones. A Masterpiece. Bravo! This tiny Sci-Fi picture of 1951, starring a then unknown actor, Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal and Sam Jaffe is more a metaphor and an answer to the anti-communist "witch-hunt" and cold war ambience in which the U.S. Government had thrown the Nation. Partly borrowing from the Bible, the Hero, the visiting Alien (Michael Rennie) appropriately calls himself "Mr. Carpenter", and as in the Bible, he comes to bring peace to a world gone mad. Mind you, I am not a believer, but having been raised Catholic, its part of my heavy burden, hence I know about such things. Now, back to the movie and its value. To express it in just a few words, one can only say that it is a small Gem of a picture. Never boring, always entertaining, and with a message of all things! Even the primitive special effects of the day are forgivable, considering the smooth, perfect and natural acting of all involved. Sam Jaffe, one of the best character actors of those years is simply perfect as the scientist meeting Mr. Carpenter. It is evident that an allusion to Albert Einstein was made there. Patricia Neal, is yes, the "weak" link of the movie, having to play the mother and housewife figure, but in the end, isn't she who helps the Alien to make contact with the "minds" of the planet? Think about it, we are in the midst of the Korean War, at the beginning of the Cold War, in which housewise usually did not go roaming around in worldwide adventures, limiting themselves to cook, clean and keep husbands and children happy. No, in this movie, in 1951, we see a conventional woman, who overcomes her fears and actually helps our hero complete his mission. Anti-conventional you say? You bet! The entire move is weaved with care and is well told. Oh, and ah yes, storytelling. Talking about storytelling, this is one example in which storytelling is truly everything. Consider the fact that this movie is just about 90 minutes in length. Nowadays, if they were to remake it (let's hope not!), it would go overboard into a full-fledged 2 hours and 20 minutes long movie. Boring! Sometimes I ask myself what writers had back then, that they don't have anymore. Creativity? You bet! Originality? You got it! Imagination? Well said! Writers in those days (and mind you, in those days, writers had a far harder life than today, especially with all those darned censorship limitations, not forgetting the McCarthy's blacklist), still knew how to KISS (short for: keep it short stupid) and still keep the audience gripped and glued to their seats. Today, unless you have a Circus for a movie (meaning tons of sex and special effects) you wouldn't keep a horse awake. My passionate feeling is to suggest to you to buy it. You won't be sorry, even if you, and I would expect such argument, are not a sci-fi aficionado or fan. This is one of those movies that speaks to one's humanity and most hidden, inner feelings. And still, in its simplicity, it is also a spectacular picture that I am sure, will be remembered and mentioned in schools in decades to come, as what it is: a tiny Gem. An ideal precursor to Star Trek... ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Gort� Klaatu barada nikto� *by H***! on April 5, 2003* To those of us of a "certain" age, those words will surely resonate far more strongly than "Use the Force, Luke," or even "Beam me up, Scotty!" (Hey, I know the Trek line is a misquote, but you know what I mean!) "The Day The Earth Stood Still" is THE seminal Sci Fi film of the 50's, the film that finally treated extraterrestrials as something more than bug-eyed monsters intent on taking over the World, stealing our beer, and our girlfriends, for no other reason than that they could! The film hits the ground running, through a documentary style montage, we see worldwide reaction to the news that a strange craft is orbiting the Earth at incredible speed. Cut to Washington DC, and said craft, a beautifully classic "saucer," lands in a park, scattering picnickers and baseball players like confetti. The next thing we know, the Military are on hand ASAP to deal with the "threat;" the saucer opens, and out steps Klaatu, an emissary from a "Federation of Planets" type body. They have been observing us with increasing worry; at our endless propensity for self-destruction, our development of nuclear weapons, but more importantly, our first, faltering steps into space. Klaatu holds out with a gift for the President, and is immediately shot by a trigger-happy GI, thinking the device is an alien "death-ray..." not a particularly good start to interstellar relationships! As Klaatu writhes on the ground, from out of the ship steps the "iron fist" within Klaatu's "velvet glove;" an 8ft tall, indestructible robot named Gort. Now Gort HAS a death-ray, and he unleashes it in short order, not indiscriminately against the troops and civilians, but with precision, as he zaps rifles, artillery pieces, and finally a couple of tanks, into oblivion! When you think about it, this is an incredibly original, and thoughtful, scene. In just about every film of this kind that had come before - and more than a few that have come since! - this kind of action would have resulted in wholesale destruction...Anyway, Gort's reaction to the attack on Klaatu betrays a superior intelligence at work: a measured response to a threat situation, instead of just nuking the planet to dust and ashes! Klaatu is taken to hospital for treatment. But frustrated at "our" inability to come together and heed his "message," he transforms himself, with the help of a freshly dry-cleaned suit, and a monogrammed briefcase, into "Mr Carpenter," so he can lose himself within human society, all the better to study us. It is in this part of the film that the 1950's "Reds under the bed" paranoia really comes into focus. Mr Carpenter befriends a mother, "Helen," wonderfully played by Patricia Neal, and her young son "Bobby" played by Billy Gray. And I think it's this casting, plus the characterization, that does so much to make the film work. The main casting coup was getting Michael Rennie in the role of Klaatu. At the time, Rennie was a stage actor working in Britain, he'd never been seen in the US, so when he walks out of the saucer, he really is, to all intents and purposes, an "alien," unknown and unfamiliar. Tall, almost painfully slim, aesthetic in appearance, urbane in his manner, he really was as far removed from the "alien invader" look and persona as it was possible to get! Patricia Neal's "Helen" is a single mother, an unusual lead role in 50's cinema, and she imparts her character with a great deal of self-sufficiency and "grit." Again, not the usual running/screaming/fainting leading lady. Billy Gray is a joy to watch, he portrays "Bobby" with that breathless wide-eyed innocence - "...can we go see the spaceship mister, can we, huh , can we please mister?!?!?!" - that really only existed, if ever, in 50's America. Luminous black and white photography, a solid story, a tight, pared-to-the-bone script, naturalistic(!) performances, integral "news broadcasts" and "interviews," plus a gorgeous soundtrack, all come together to tell the fantastical tale of TDTESS in an almost documentary style. This was one of the first films I looked for on Amazon when I got my hands on a new shiny-disc player last year, and having watched this wonderful film on TV and video over the years, I can say that this DVD release was well worth the wait! The restoration is superb - never having owned a Laser Disc system I can't comment on those versions - and is light years ahead of the last video version I purchased back in the 90's. My one regret is that while restoring the film they didn't take out the "wires" and the "lacing," on Gort's suite, that can be momentarily seen in one pivotal sequence. But that is a minor gripe; this is a superb, intelligent Sci Fi film, fully deserving of its "classic" status, and a must-have for any serious lover of the genre! --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.in/products/4769517-the-day-the-earth-stood-still](https://www.desertcart.in/products/4769517-the-day-the-earth-stood-still) --- *Product available on Desertcart India* *Store origin: IN* *Last updated: 2026-06-07*