| Edition |
Full frame format. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (double-sided) (ca. 92 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. viewing copy. |
| Series |
Studio classics
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| Source |
DON 11.2020 PARS |
| Note |
Videodisc release of the 1951 motion picture. |
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Based on the story "Farewell to the master" by Harry Bates. |
| System Details |
DVD, Region 1, THX, NTSC. |
| Language |
English stereo, English mono, French mono, Spanish mono; with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed captioned. |
| Cast |
Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier, Lock Martin. |
| Credits |
Music, Bernard Herrmann ; director of photography, Leo Tover ; art direction, Lyle Wheeler, Addison Hehr ; set decorations, Thomas Little, Claude Carpenter ; film editor, William Reynolds ; wardrobe directions, Charles LeMaire ; costumes designed by Travilla ; special photographic effects, Fred Sersen. |
| Note |
Bonus features (not rated or closed captioned): audio commentary by Robert Wise and Nicolas Meyer; Movietone newsreel (7 min.); theatrical trailer (2 min.); Making the Earth stand still documentary (81 min.); restoration comparison (4 min.); 5 still galleries; shooting script. |
| Awards |
Golden Globe Award, 1951. |
| Audience |
Rated G. |
| Summary |
A spaceship lands in Washington, D.C., capturing the attention of the world. But the alien emissary (Michael Rennie) it brings refuses to reveal his mission to any single government, leaving the military, the politicians, and millions of ordinary people to wait in fear. Soon their distrust turns to calls for violence. But one young woman and her son befriend him and soon realize that they may be all that stands between the human race and total destruction. |
| Contents |
Side A. Feature film ; theatrical trailer ; Movietone newsreel (1951) -- Side B. Documentary "Making the Earth stand still" ; restoration comparison ; still galleries ; trailers. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Not viewed. |
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Sources used: Copyright catalog online; Internet movie database WWW site, viewed 2010-08-11. |
| Subject |
Human-alien encounters -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Science fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Wise, Robert, 1914-2005 direction.
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North, Edmund H., 1911-1990 writing.
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Tover, Leo, 1902-1964 camera.
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Blaustein, Julian, production.
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Rennie, Michael, cast.
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Neal, Patricia, 1926-2010. cast.
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Marlowe, Hugh, cast.
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Jaffe, Sam, 1891-1984, cast.
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Gray, Billy, 1938- cast.
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Bavier, Frances, 1902-1989, cast.
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Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975, music.
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Sersen, Fred, 1890-1962.
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Bates, Harry, 1900-1981.
Farewell to the master.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
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| Standard No. |
024543050056 |
| Music No. |
5 Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment |
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