This film still holds up even after 60 plus years. It's an absolute classic by every definition. The film score is brilliant, it's like another character. Keep in mind this film was released 6 yrs after the atomic age began. The message is clear. Great insightful reaction.
This is my favorite film. The ropes that you noticed while Gort was carrying Helen, weren't visible until the film was was first restored. More current releases have removed the ropes again. Bernard Herrmann's music is iconic. Great reaction!!
@@RKnights The reason the the ropes and harness to carry Patricia Neal were necessary was because Lock Martin wasn’t very strong. Also the scene in the ship as Gort carries Klaatu across the room, Michael Rennie is resting on a table with wheels and Mr. Martin is pushing him across the room. He deserved some kind of award for endurance for having to wear that costume. In the last scene where Klaatu is standing on the ship and speaking to the crowd, while Gort is standing behind him, you can see Mr. Martin’s arms sway back and forth, because the costume was cutting off the circulation and they started to involuntarily twitch.
Your comments on how the media was portrayed had an even greater meaning for the people watching the movie in 1951. TV was in its infancy, so radio and newspapers still dominated news and opinion. All the radio commentators appearing in the film were well known real world radio and newspaper personalities. Having them all appear in a Hollywood movie as themselves was pretty unique.
Drew Pearson was an especially powerful opinion writer. He had a nationwide newspaper column and radio show based in Washington. His contacts with political and military insiders was extensive. He was famous for criticizing Joe McCarthy later in the fifties which led to a physical confrontation between the two of them in a Washington restaurant.
I'm 71 and saw this in the late 50's on TV and Loved It! .... I own it on DVD. I hope all the time that someone like Klaatu and Gort would come and put an end the the BS and Violence on this Planet. I'm also a huge Star Trek Fan for the same reason.
I love Star Trek for that reason, too. Although I don't think that threatening humans into peace would work. Like he did in The Day The Earth Stood Still. I think it has to happen like in Star Trek, in our own way and time. Our mindsets have to change and we have to WANT peace otherwise we'd just be living in fear of annihilation if we weren't peaceful. That's not peace. I like that Klaatu was here to try and convince us to stop fighting, but he may not have realized that humans don't often listen or take things seriously. We also don't like being threatened. There was no way he could predict we wouldn't act violently. We humans would probably be insulted that he came here to threaten us and we'd use our atomic weapons to come up with a way to destroy them. We are pretty resourceful when we want to be.
Enjoyed this a lot, Ray. It's one I too had suggested as it was released the year I was born and my first watch was when I was 7 at a Saturday afternoon matinee. It was so good my buddies and I went back to the theater five or six times. This was the days of fear of nuclear attack and in school practicing "stop, drop, & roll" and getting under our desks. It was great to watch it again and hear your appreciation of the message.
So happy to see these classics being reacted to. This is one of my favourite films, my dad is a sci-fi fan and brought us up watching these and reading the classics by Azimov, Bradbury, Wells etc.
It is so great to see this reaction on the channel. My only small sadness comes from not getting to see the reactions of any of the other Knights crew. I really hope that you are making the rest of the guys watch this movie if they have not seen it...even if we do not get to see the reactions.👍💯😁
@@RKnights I completely understand...I know you do the best you can. If it is ever possible to film the other guys reacting to any of these movies you end up watching solo, that would be a HUGE bonus. I just hope you keep a list of movies that those other guys should watch if they ever have time...with or without filming a reaction. Thanks for always listening and taking comments...and for all the terrific entertainment.💯
This movie is truly one of the greats. It really is almost a depressingly real depiction of how humans behave and react. But I love this movie so much.. it is thought provoking and not easily forgotten. I think it is a must watch. It’s based on author Harry Bates 1940 short story “Farewell to the Master”.
Army of Darkness in 1992 used it, when he had to go get that evil book for them, they told him he had to say those words before picking it up. He, of course, effed it up....hilarity ensues...
Gort (The robot) was played by Lock Martin...He was 7' 4" tall....... Lock Martin, the doorman at Grauman's Chinese Theater, was cast because of his nearly seven-foot height. However, he was not a physically strong man and could not actually carry Patricia Neal, and so had to be aided by wires (in shots from the back where he's carrying her, it's actually a lightweight dummy in his arms). He also had difficulty with the heavy Gort suit and could only stay in it for about a half hour at a time........ "Klaatu barada nikto"
Lock Martin ..... Born: October 12, 1916, Philadelphia, PA Died: January 19, 1959, Los Angeles County, Spouse: Ethel Mae Babcock (m. 1946-1959) Height: 7 ft 7 in.
If you've seen the cult classic horror/(comedy?) film Army of Darkness, "klaatu barata nikto" (used here to prevent Gort from destroying the Earth) was the phrase the protagonist Ash was asked to remember, and then subsequently forgot, leading to Consequences. I remember it because "klatu verata nictu" was a cheat code in an obscure video game I used to play.
I think this movie is late 60s but since you liked the concept of this movie I'm sure you would love a movie called the forbin project. It is truly a gem.
At Mark 13:51, that woman with the white collar! The actress that's playing her is the same one that plays "Aunt Bea" in "The Andy Griffith Show". I know that she has had other roles, but the only two that I know for sure I've seen are in this movie and in that series and it two spin-off series, "Gomer Pyle, USMC" and "Mayberry, RFD". 😊
Great reaction!! Enjoyed watching you "get" it throughout. This is a masterpiece and a classic, as you acknowledged, 72 years old and still relevant with its timeless observations of humanity and its message. I have this on DVD, recommend it to anyone who will listen. A couple quick points: ▪The aliens in Galaxy Quest were from the Klaatu Nebula ▪For humans being "noticed" by aliens who were already aware of them, Star Trek First Contact (but you have to work your way to it)
Fun Review. Forbidden Planet, War of the Worlds, and The Day the Earth Stood Still are the 3 Science Fictions films that made a great impact for the Sci-Fi genera. They set the stage for The Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, and Star Trek. The Day the Earth Stood Still told a good story and was a perfect combination of mystery, suspense, action, and soundtrack, but it was it's special effects that took it to a new level. This film holds it's own 72 years after it's release and is still fun to watch.
An interesting aspect of the gort costume. There were two versions. One had a laced closure in the back. The other in the front, so that the costume looked seamless from any angle.
"Klaatu Barada Nikto" Fun Fact: Lux Radio Theater broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the film on January 4, 1954 with Michael Rennie reprising his role.
Music Enthusiast Fact: Bernard Herrmann, a master of unconventional orchestrations, used two Theremins to create his eerie music, one pitched higher, the other lower, cementing the early electronic instrument's association with sci-fi.
Good Friemenies Fact: The US Army refused to cooperate after reading the script. The studio then approached the US National Guard, which had no qualms about seeing the US Army depicted in a less-than-flattering light and gladly offered their cooperation.
Cult Classic Fact: Patricia Neal has admitted in interviews that she was completely unaware during the filming that the film would turn out so well and it would become one of the great science-fiction classics of all time. She assumed it would be just another one of the then-current and rather trashy flying saucer films, and she found it difficult to keep a straight face while saying her lines.
Gentle Giant Fact: Lock Martin, the doorman at Grauman's Chinese Theater, was cast because of his nearly seven-foot height. However, he was not a physically strong man and could not actually carry Patricia Neal, so he had to be aided by wires (in shots from the back where he's carrying her, it's actually a lightweight dummy in his arms). He also had difficulty with the heavy Gort suit and could only stay in it for about a half hour at a time.
Movie Magic Fact: The spaceship was made of wood, wire and Plaster of Paris. To give the appearance of seamlessness to the space ship, the crack around the door was filled with putty, then painted over. When the door opened the putty was torn apart, making the door seem to simply appear.
Great reaction & commentary Ray, such a classic sci-fi film that is the epitome of the genre. Great story that makes you think & I agree with you, we haven't changed (I'd say we're probably worse now). Have a suggestion for another great movie; "The 27th Day"...my absolute favorite sci-fi! The storyline is fantastic & really piques the brain.
"buzzbomb". One of Hitler's "superweapons"called the V-1. Basically a Cruse Missile, a winged bomb, launched from the ground. They hadn't perfected rocket engines quite yet (the famous V-2 was under development) but it used a new device called a "pulsed jet engine", one of the first jet engines to be invented. The pulsing effect made a rapid buzzing sound, hence the name "Buzzbomb".
@@RKnights My father served in US Army....41-46.... While in Europe in 45 all his crew "Hit the dirt" and cowered .... The first time anyone ever heard a Nazi jet engine fly overhead..... They did not know what it was period!!!!
@@RKnights Also worth noting that Hitler's scientists were working on an A-bomb in the late stages of the war, but Hitler stopped the program before our scientists at Los Alamos "succeeded"...
Also the scariest thing about the buzzbomb. Was when the engine went quiet because it ran out of fuel that's when you really had to worry. Because you never knew where it was going to hit. It like the V-2 were terror weapons first and foremost. The V-2's were the first ICBM's in history.
Great movie. Fun Fact: Director Robert Wise also did West Side Story, The Sound Of Music, Star Trek The Motion Picture - and he was the film editor for Citizen Kane. I miss the Scooby Gang. Those yungins need this education.
This film is ikonik the the words "Klaatu Barada Nikto" are spoken in so many sci fi films you just didn't notice as you have never seen The Day the Earth Stood Still. It's in farscape John K says it at some point to an alien.
Sorry you don't have your little buddies for these classics ;-) This movie was very Washington DC ... bureaucrats and politicians ... reee. Boarding houses are so 1950. We hadn't invented trailer parks yet, and there was a shortage of apartments. This is much better than the remake.
@@xbubblehead Much larger trailers after 1945 ... because of transfer of construction techniques from wartime aircraft factories. Before that mostly smaller travel trailers.
@@williambranch4283 I actually grew up in trailer parks during the 1950's and there was a feeling of community in each one that I never found in more conventional housing. We thought it was a big deal when they started making them 10 feet wide.
@@xbubblehead My first trailer as a boy was a single-wide in the early 60s, but that is 2/3 as wide as the single wide I am retired in, today. Size does matter ;-) My grandparents lived in a trailer for decades, their park had mostly elderly people.
Great Reaction! Glad that someone recommended TDTESS after your viewing of The War Of The Worlds. TGTESS stands as one of the powerful, enjoyable and beloved Sci-Fi films of all time. The film has been studied, many of its concepts and themes evaluated, one of them being Klaatu taking on the identity of Carpenter. One more film from 1951 recommended is the original The Thing From Another World, you may have seen John Carpenters(?) remake The Thing with Kurt Russell. It also wouldn't hurt to remember the phrase, "Gort! Klaatu Barada Nikto," it might come in handy someday. :)
Thing is Klattu admitted they haven't achieved perfection in their system. It works for them regarding law and order. The producer's demanded Klattu say "almighty god" regarding him being brought to life too. Great film
Klaatu (not Klattu) actually said "Almighty Spirit" and it was the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) that demanded the line "that power is reserved to the Almighty Spirit" be added, not the producers.
Check out West World (1973). Starring Yul Byrnner as the Gunskinger. the original Terminator. Before Jurassic Park the writer/director first did West World.
This movie came out during a period in films where aliens coming to earth were monsters and earthlings were the heroes. In this film, the roles were reversed, with the humans being the aggressors and the alien being among the most human of the characters. I agree with it being very relevant today, with the reporter quickly shutting down Klatu when he speaks of substituting fear for reason because it isn't what the reporter wants him to say to maintain the fear. How I wish more people would rewatch this film and take that message to heart.
This is one of those movies that defines classic. You can watch it today and it still resonates on the fundamental level. There are "old" movies and then there are classic movies. Movies that transcend the time they were made in. 1951, we're just calming down after World War 2, Numerburg, and the Cold War is just starting to flare up. POwer stuff. Truly powerful.
The movie can be summed up like this: Klaatu: Hey guys- *gets shot.* Klaatu: Hey! wait. Guys *Gets shot again* Klaatu: Guys. Knock off your shit or we're going to end you. *leaves* FIN.
Honestly! I do like how the people are represented. The fear, the distrust. It must have been a rough feeling living through WWII and trying to adjust to normalcy. Movie was extremely well done
Because psychotic psychopaths gravitate towards positions of power and people keep voting them into power, humans will always be involved in violence and warfare against their core interests. This movie constantly reminds us of these facts which we still haven't learned from.
This was the only time in his career that Michael Rennie had the lead role in a film. He was primarily cast in supporting roles. Also, you have two actors from iconic TV series in the early days of television --- Billy Gray (Bobby) went on to play Bud Anderson in the class 50s sitcom "Father Knows Best" and Francis Bavier...Aunt Bee from the "Andy Griffith Show". In her later years, Patricia Neal was known to most people in the 1970s as a spokeswoman for Maxim Coffee.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (working titles: Farewell to the Master and Journey to the World) is a 1951 American science fiction film from 20th Century Fox, produced by Julian Blaustein and directed by Robert Wise. It stars Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier and Lock Martin. The screenplay was written by Edmund H. North, based on the 1940 science fiction short story "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates. The film score was composed by Bernard Herrmann.
Remember, when Klatu first emerged from the ship he was wearing his helmet. People and the press took pictures but no one was able to see his face. Gort was indeed a man in a rubber suit. He was a seven foot tall doorman. He was very tall but not very strong so he had to carry a mannequin instead of the unconscious actress.
The time when this movie came was a few years after Rowswell. So stories of UFO sights were running rampant but also the Cold War was just starting, we were in the early days of that headache. Also at about the same time Sen. McCarthy was being a douche bag with the "Red Scare" and black balling and listing who he thought were Communists in the country. He went after other politicians, actors, entertainers, he even went after Robert Oppenheimer the father of the atomic bomb. But that's just a little history lesson of what was happening when this movie came out. Oh almost forgot we were at war in Korea too in 1951.
This movie is one of my favourites another great classic movie is.....This Island Earth. You did really well seeing the ropes the ropes you saw were indeed to hold the weight of the girl. Although the guy in the suit was very tall he wasn't very strong and it was the only way he could lift the girl with the suit on. If you look carefully when Gort takes the girl in the ship and then starts to exit the room you can actually see on one of the legs the slit where the actor got into the suit. The only way they could make the suit look seamless was to only film it from one side but there was one slip up where you see it. The ship door and ramp was sealed with wax so there was no seam or crack. When it opens for the first time the wax breaks making the crack appear from nowhere. They just reverse the film when they wanted to show it closing. Great reaction.👍🏻
With the current news stories, you cant help but wonder if something like this might have already happened. Have always loved this film since I first saw it 50 + years ago. Mention "klatu berada nikto" to an older scifi fan. It's like a secret handshake. Great review!
Great reaction! I am really enjoying this theme. In 2008 there was a remake of this film starring Keanu Reeves which did not do well and failed at the box office. The closest sci-fi film I can think of now that deals with aliens coming in peace is Stephen Spielberg's "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind" which came out in 1977.
I saw in the 60sand70s I was just amazing how well it was made and awesome it was my first sci-fi movie that when tv black and white scent that time I am sci-fi lover the original flash Gordon and Forbidden Planet
The theme of this movie is that people aren’t as shit hot as they think., and there ar for more dangerous things in the universe than someone else on our own planet, so we should learn to get along.
This movie proves that good science fiction doesn't have to rely on raygun shoot-em-ups to be successful. Sci-fi has always been a genre of ideas and how different concepts can affect mankind -- for good or ill. And this movie was one of the best. The "spacey" sounds in the score are from an electronic device called a Theremin, and it was so successful it has been used as a sci-fi trope in countless movies since. Speaking of the score, it's composer was Bernard Herrmann, who was one of the top film composers of his time, having also scored such movies as The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad and the iconic Psycho. He was kind of like the John Williams of that era.
Herrmann's jaw-dropping career extends from *Citizen Kane* (yes, _that_ *Citizen Kane*) to Scorsese's **_magnum opus_** *Taxi Driver.* In between, a whole slew of notables - *Cape Fear,* *On Dangerous Ground,* and a number of the best films from both Alfred Hitchcock and Ray Harryhausen. Always happy to help out in dropping his name. 😁
Gort was portrayed by "Joseph Lockard "Lock" Martin Jr. (October 12, 1916 - January 19, 1959) was an American performer afflicted with giantism." "Martin would eventually grow to over 7 feet tall by adulthood" 😲
This movie is based on the short story ''Farewell to the master'' from Harry Bates, science fiction writer (in the pulps magazine ''Astounding'', october 1940). It has been made in a movie by the famous script writer Edmund H. North (he made a lot of movie scripts : he made notably the ''Patton'' 1970 and the ''Meteor'' 1979). This is one of the best science fiction movie of all time, director Robert Wise !!! the haunting, West side story, Star trek the movie, the sound of music, the sand pebbles ...great reaction ! thanks
I've always felt that Bates original story would have made an excellent episode of "The Twilight Zone". It would have fit in right along with other SF stories adapted for the series such as "It's a Good Life" and "What You Need".
At Mark 6:55? Hehe! Ray, your comment, "You guys shouldn't have been there in the first place!" It was followed by an advertisement for a wargame with a tank in it, and because it was so soon after your remark about drifting in one, I thought it was a funny editorial insert, until it was followed up by a feminine hygiene pad advertisement that for a split second I thought meant that you expected blood to be spilled by the robot! 😁
Thanks for these movies... All are great :) Some of my chouces, in no order: - Invaders from Mars - It Cane from Outer Space - Village of the Damned - Shape of Things to Come - The Tingler - When Worlds Collide - The Man with the X Ray Eyes - Godzilla 1954 - Seconds
Ever noticed that the actor who played the alien Klaatu, actually looked a lot like Michael O'Hare, who played Commander Jeffrey Sinclair on Babylon 5 ? Also, several more movie tips, like Enemy Mine, and the 1980's made for tv miniseries V.
When you watch these now old movies like this one, "12 Angry Men", etc, it sad to see the same issues that they dealt with plague us today. To quote - "The more things change, the more the stay the same."
This movie was directed by Robert Wise .Master director.On his resume --2 great musicals --West Side Story and The Sound of Music. Film Noir and the very first Star Trek film from 1979
The actor inside the robot suit was a a man named Lock Martin, who was reported to be around 7 foot 7 inches tall, who suffered fro,m gigantism. Though he was huge he wasn't very strong, which is why the movie's production made use of ropes or wires for the scence where he lifts the actress Patricia Neal.The actor literally couldn't lift her weight unaided. Lock Martin died in 1959, aged only 42.
Until 5 days ago I hadn't seen the movie since the sixties. Free in YT so time to visit this awesome film again. It's 9 times better than I remember. It is based on a true story but that's another story.
I'm back at 02:59 AM - CDST - Etc. Wow! I thought that I had read the article before, but I had not! I knew that actress Patricia Neal is the female lead of "In Harm's Way" starring John Wayne. (We have the VHS and the DVD of it.) I knew that she played "Olivia Walton" first, before actress Michael Leonard. But I didn't know that in this movie, she is only 12 years older than the boy playing her son! 😳 So, either she is playing older than she is, or her character was a mother at AGE 12, or the boy is playing younger than he is? 🤔 I wonder how that affected her ego? 🤔 I'm used to reading about people playing younger than they are because of their looks. I.e. actress Donna Douglas was 30 when she was cast to play 17-year-old "Elly May Clampett" for the original version of "The Beverley Hillbillies"! en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still&action=edit§ion=0
Another GREAT movie from 1950s!!! This and War of the Worlds (1951 version) is my favorites!! Love Forbidden Planet and When Worlds Collide, 2 other great movies you need to check out.
Given it's early date, this movie is way in front of other sci-fi movies that follow it. But the 50s were really a Golden age for film. Here's a few movies that I'll watch every time they come on. "The Bad Seed", "The Man Who Knew Too Much" and "Rear Window" (Hitchcock Classics), and "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"
This story is a metaphor for the New Testament Biblical theme. Mr CARPENTER (JC's profession) visits a sinful world and warns that destruction is imminent if change isn't made, but is killed by the earthlings h is trying to save. Gort resurrects Klaatu, and they then ascend into Heaven.
Check out The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) featuring David Bowie. I would classify this film as Sci-Fi / Social Commentary. I love the reactions. Keep them coming!
A SciFi classic from the 50's, along with Forbidden Planet and War of the Worlds. The alien is peaceful here with an important message, different from all other alien movies.
A stone cold classic. Even with its plot holes it's so good as you hardly notice. I have seen this at a theatric showing and it is even better. The movie is based on the short story "Fairwell to the Master" by Harry Bates. There is an underlying thread that Klaatu also represents Christianity: the initials JC and the name Carpenter. The crowd scenes at the baseball field were filmed split screen, one half of the film was exposed, the extras moved to the other area and then the film was exposed again. I hope that THEM and The Incredible Shrinking Man are also on your list.
Great reaction & commentary to this timeless classic. "Klaatu Barada Nikto" - Just incase you run across Gort. J. Lockard Martin was the man in the suit. Thee was some controversy over his height. IMDB lists him as 7' 4". Other sources make the claim he was 7" 7'. There is another notable 50's flying saucer sci fi movie. It has no where near the story, but the special effects are the stand out. *"Earth vs. the Flying Saucers" (1956) - With stop motion animation by the legendary Ray Harryhausen.*
It's worth noting, too, that there's a familiar face to be seen therein - William Marlowe (a busy actor in those days though his star is only an ember now), who played Helen's ambitious boyfriend in *The Day the Earth Stood Still* - and in this film, he plays a good guy! 😎
The person who played Gort was a seven foot man who stood in front of a famous restaurant. He was not a strong individual who was Gort for limited time as they filmed. Robert Wise the famous director made this movie. The story it comes from has a major difference you find out as it ends. I will not spoil that. You must see the Thing which scared the hell out of me when I was little. It is different than the remake which more closely followed the novella. Howard Hawks the great movie maker was in charge of making this movie.
Hi Ray, I had a feeling you would enjoy this film. I think, I first saw it back in the `70`s, as I searched for anything Sci-Fi that I had not already seen. The 2008 remake was alright but I still prefer this one.
Do you think the name "Carpenter" was a random choice? For a guy who dies for a few days, comes back to life and delivers a sermon of peace to the awestruck humans?
This film still holds up even after 60 plus years. It's an absolute classic by every definition. The film score is brilliant, it's like another character. Keep in mind this film was released 6 yrs after the atomic age began. The message is clear.
Great insightful reaction.
This is my favorite film. The ropes that you noticed while Gort was carrying Helen, weren't visible until the film was was first restored. More current releases have removed the ropes again. Bernard Herrmann's music is iconic. Great reaction!!
Thanks for that tidbid. I am glad you enjoyed the reaction
@@RKnights The reason the the ropes and harness to carry Patricia Neal were necessary was because Lock Martin wasn’t very strong. Also the scene in the ship as Gort carries Klaatu across the room, Michael Rennie is resting on a table with wheels and Mr. Martin is pushing him across the room. He deserved some kind of award for endurance for having to wear that costume. In the last scene where Klaatu is standing on the ship and speaking to the crowd, while Gort is standing behind him, you can see Mr. Martin’s arms sway back and forth, because the costume was cutting off the circulation and they started to involuntarily twitch.
Your comments on how the media was portrayed had an even greater meaning for the people watching the movie in 1951. TV was in its infancy, so radio and newspapers still dominated news and opinion. All the radio commentators appearing in the film were well known real world radio and newspaper personalities. Having them all appear in a Hollywood movie as themselves was pretty unique.
Drew Pearson was an especially powerful opinion writer. He had a nationwide newspaper column and radio show based in Washington. His contacts with political and military insiders was extensive. He was famous for criticizing Joe McCarthy later in the fifties which led to a physical confrontation between the two of them in a Washington restaurant.
My favorite movie...I've seen it at least 75 times in the last 65 years...watched 2 weeks ago
The warbly sound in the music is from a "Theremin", the first electronic musical instrument. Look it up it's fascinating, also they still make them. 😲
The guy who invented the Theremin was a Soviet. He made great devices for the KGB too ;-)
The only instrument you play by not touching it.
A lot of the sound cues were lifted and used in shows like Lost in Space and such.
I built a theremin after hearing the beach boys doing good vibrations I bought a kit and made one
@@stevensprunger3422 Congratulations, Comrade ;-)
Jimmy Page used one
Other great classics scifi from the 50's...."This Island Earth" .,. and a scifi version of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' ..."Forbidden Planet"
I'm 71 and saw this in the late 50's on TV and Loved It! .... I own it on DVD. I hope all the time that someone like Klaatu and Gort would come and put an end the the BS and Violence on this Planet. I'm also a huge Star Trek Fan for the same reason.
You have me by a few years, but we are in the same club. LLAP!
I love Star Trek for that reason, too. Although I don't think that threatening humans into peace would work. Like he did in The Day The Earth Stood Still. I think it has to happen like in Star Trek, in our own way and time. Our mindsets have to change and we have to WANT peace otherwise we'd just be living in fear of annihilation if we weren't peaceful. That's not peace. I like that Klaatu was here to try and convince us to stop fighting, but he may not have realized that humans don't often listen or take things seriously. We also don't like being threatened. There was no way he could predict we wouldn't act violently. We humans would probably be insulted that he came here to threaten us and we'd use our atomic weapons to come up with a way to destroy them. We are pretty resourceful when we want to be.
In previous movies, flying saucers had a herky jerky motion. This was the movie that solved that special effects problem.😮😊
Enjoyed this a lot, Ray. It's one I too had suggested as it was released the year I was born and my first watch was when I was 7 at a Saturday afternoon matinee. It was so good my buddies and I went back to the theater five or six times. This was the days of fear of nuclear attack and in school practicing "stop, drop, & roll" and getting under our desks. It was great to watch it again and hear your appreciation of the message.
Thanks Ranger :-) This was a great one to watch.
So happy to see these classics being reacted to. This is one of my favourite films, my dad is a sci-fi fan and brought us up watching these and reading the classics by Azimov, Bradbury, Wells etc.
It is so great to see this reaction on the channel. My only small sadness comes from not getting to see the reactions of any of the other Knights crew. I really hope that you are making the rest of the guys watch this movie if they have not seen it...even if we do not get to see the reactions.👍💯😁
I hate reacting without them, however we are so limited on time. They are busy and I appreciate the time they do give me and the channel.
@@RKnights I completely understand...I know you do the best you can. If it is ever possible to film the other guys reacting to any of these movies you end up watching solo, that would be a HUGE bonus. I just hope you keep a list of movies that those other guys should watch if they ever have time...with or without filming a reaction. Thanks for always listening and taking comments...and for all the terrific entertainment.💯
This movie is truly one of the greats. It really is almost a depressingly real depiction of how humans behave and react. But I love this movie so much.. it is thought provoking and not easily forgotten. I think it is a must watch.
It’s based on author Harry Bates 1940 short story “Farewell to the Master”.
This has always been my favorite classic science fiction movie . Plus the music always made the movie .
Klatu berrada necktoe,
is one of the most memorable lines in cinema history!!!
Army of Darkness in 1992 used it, when he had to go get that evil book for them, they told him he had to say those words before picking it up.
He, of course, effed it up....hilarity ensues...
The robot Gort was played by Lock Martin, who worked as an usher at Grauman's Chinese Theatre and stood seven feet and seven inches tall.
Gort (The robot) was played by
Lock Martin...He was 7' 4" tall....... Lock Martin, the doorman at Grauman's Chinese Theater, was cast because of his nearly seven-foot height. However, he was not a physically strong man and could not actually carry Patricia Neal, and so had to be aided by wires (in shots from the back where he's carrying her, it's actually a lightweight dummy in his arms). He also had difficulty with the heavy Gort suit and could only stay in it for about a half hour at a time........ "Klaatu barada nikto"
From the side you can see the stitches up the front when Gort leaves the ship to pick up Klaatu.
Lock Martin ..... Born: October 12, 1916, Philadelphia, PA
Died: January 19, 1959, Los Angeles County,
Spouse: Ethel Mae Babcock (m. 1946-1959)
Height: 7 ft 7 in.
If you've seen the cult classic horror/(comedy?) film Army of Darkness, "klaatu barata nikto" (used here to prevent Gort from destroying the Earth) was the phrase the protagonist Ash was asked to remember, and then subsequently forgot, leading to Consequences. I remember it because "klatu verata nictu" was a cheat code in an obscure video game I used to play.
I got it, I got it! I know your damn words, alright?
Well, Ash missed a word or two...
I think this movie is late 60s but since you liked the concept of this movie I'm sure you would love a movie called the forbin project. It is truly a gem.
It finally came out in widescreen on Blu-ray. It's a fantastic film. "This is the voice of world control, I bring you peace."
This movie is from 1951.
At Mark 13:51, that woman with the white collar! The actress that's playing her is the same one that plays "Aunt Bea" in "The Andy Griffith Show". I know that she has had other roles, but the only two that I know for sure I've seen are in this movie and in that series and it two spin-off series, "Gomer Pyle, USMC" and "Mayberry, RFD". 😊
Great reaction!! Enjoyed watching you "get" it throughout. This is a masterpiece and a classic, as you acknowledged, 72 years old and still relevant with its timeless observations of humanity and its message. I have this on DVD, recommend it to anyone who will listen. A couple quick points:
▪The aliens in Galaxy Quest were from the Klaatu Nebula
▪For humans being "noticed" by aliens who were already aware of them, Star Trek First Contact (but you have to work your way to it)
Fun Review. Forbidden Planet, War of the Worlds, and The Day the Earth Stood Still are the 3 Science Fictions films that made a great impact for the Sci-Fi genera. They set the stage for The Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, and Star Trek. The Day the Earth Stood Still told a good story and was a perfect combination of mystery, suspense, action, and soundtrack, but it was it's special effects that took it to a new level. This film holds it's own 72 years after it's release and is still fun to watch.
An interesting aspect of the gort costume. There were two versions. One had a laced closure in the back. The other in the front, so that the costume looked seamless from any angle.
"Klaatu Barada Nikto"
Fun Fact: Lux Radio Theater broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the film on January 4, 1954 with Michael Rennie reprising his role.
Music Enthusiast Fact: Bernard Herrmann, a master of unconventional orchestrations, used two Theremins to create his eerie music, one pitched higher, the other lower, cementing the early electronic instrument's association with sci-fi.
Good Friemenies Fact: The US Army refused to cooperate after reading the script. The studio then approached the US National Guard, which had no qualms about seeing the US Army depicted in a less-than-flattering light and gladly offered their cooperation.
Cult Classic Fact: Patricia Neal has admitted in interviews that she was completely unaware during the filming that the film would turn out so well and it would become one of the great science-fiction classics of all time. She assumed it would be just another one of the then-current and rather trashy flying saucer films, and she found it difficult to keep a straight face while saying her lines.
Gentle Giant Fact: Lock Martin, the doorman at Grauman's Chinese Theater, was cast because of his nearly seven-foot height. However, he was not a physically strong man and could not actually carry Patricia Neal, so he had to be aided by wires (in shots from the back where he's carrying her, it's actually a lightweight dummy in his arms). He also had difficulty with the heavy Gort suit and could only stay in it for about a half hour at a time.
Movie Magic Fact: The spaceship was made of wood, wire and Plaster of Paris. To give the appearance of seamlessness to the space ship, the crack around the door was filled with putty, then painted over. When the door opened the putty was torn apart, making the door seem to simply appear.
Great reaction & commentary Ray, such a classic sci-fi film that is the epitome of the genre. Great story that makes you think & I agree with you, we haven't changed (I'd say we're probably worse now). Have a suggestion for another great movie; "The 27th Day"...my absolute favorite sci-fi! The storyline is fantastic & really piques the brain.
The 27th Day? I will look it up. Can't promise you anything but I will look it up and maybe :-)
"buzzbomb". One of Hitler's "superweapons"called the V-1. Basically a Cruse Missile, a winged bomb, launched from the ground. They hadn't perfected rocket engines quite yet (the famous V-2 was under development) but it used a new device called a "pulsed jet engine", one of the first jet engines to be invented. The pulsing effect made a rapid buzzing sound, hence the name "Buzzbomb".
Interesting, thanks for the info
@@RKnights My father served in US Army....41-46.... While in Europe in 45 all his crew "Hit the dirt" and cowered .... The first time anyone ever heard a Nazi jet engine fly overhead..... They did not know what it was period!!!!
@@garychambers6848 That's frightening
@@RKnights Also worth noting that Hitler's scientists were working on an A-bomb in the late stages of the war, but Hitler stopped the program before our scientists at Los Alamos "succeeded"...
Also the scariest thing about the buzzbomb. Was when the engine went quiet because it ran out of fuel that's when you really had to worry. Because you never knew where it was going to hit. It like the V-2 were terror weapons first and foremost. The V-2's were the first ICBM's in history.
The professor was Sam Jaffe he was in the tv show Ben Casey and many other things.
What’s great about this movie even being 70 years old it’s timeless with the message, thanks
Great movie. Fun Fact: Director Robert Wise also did West Side Story, The Sound Of Music, Star Trek The Motion Picture - and he was the film editor for Citizen Kane.
I miss the Scooby Gang. Those yungins need this education.
I know, I wish we were not so limited. I hope our channel gets better maybe we can do this full time one day
This film is ikonik the the words "Klaatu Barada Nikto" are spoken in so many sci fi films you just didn't notice as you have never seen The Day the Earth Stood Still. It's in farscape John K says it at some point to an alien.
Before HD and digital restorations, you couldn't see the strings. This was my favorite science fiction movie back in the day. I still love it.
Sorry you don't have your little buddies for these classics ;-) This movie was very Washington DC ... bureaucrats and politicians ... reee. Boarding houses are so 1950. We hadn't invented trailer parks yet, and there was a shortage of apartments. This is much better than the remake.
Trailer parks were a thing dating back to the 1920's or so. There was one that appeared in the 1934 movie "It Happened One Night".
@@xbubblehead Much larger trailers after 1945 ... because of transfer of construction techniques from wartime aircraft factories. Before that mostly smaller travel trailers.
@@williambranch4283 I actually grew up in trailer parks during the 1950's and there was a feeling of community in each one that I never found in more conventional housing. We thought it was a big deal when they started making them 10 feet wide.
@@xbubblehead My first trailer as a boy was a single-wide in the early 60s, but that is 2/3 as wide as the single wide I am retired in, today. Size does matter ;-) My grandparents lived in a trailer for decades, their park had mostly elderly people.
My understanding is that every time they opened and close the ship, carpenters were called in to seal all the joints for a smooth exterior
I love that build
I read that to close the ship, they ran film of it opening backwards so everything came together the way it should.
Great Reaction! Glad that someone recommended TDTESS after your viewing of The War Of The Worlds. TGTESS stands as one of the powerful, enjoyable and beloved Sci-Fi films of all time. The film has been studied, many of its concepts and themes evaluated, one of them being Klaatu taking on the identity of Carpenter. One more film from 1951 recommended is the original The Thing From Another World, you may have seen John Carpenters(?) remake The Thing with Kurt Russell. It also wouldn't hurt to remember the phrase, "Gort! Klaatu Barada Nikto," it might come in handy someday. :)
Thing is Klattu admitted they haven't achieved perfection in their system. It works for them regarding law and order. The producer's demanded Klattu say "almighty god" regarding him being brought to life too. Great film
Klaatu (not Klattu) actually said "Almighty Spirit" and it was the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) that demanded the line "that power is reserved to the Almighty Spirit" be added, not the producers.
@@luminiferous1960 I never knew that:)
@@Scimarad If you can find a copy of the "Making of" video, it's fantastic.
@@Scimarad its true
Check out West World (1973). Starring Yul Byrnner as the Gunskinger. the original Terminator. Before Jurassic Park the writer/director first did West World.
Klaatu barada nikto are the most famous three words in science fiction.
Now that you have heard them you will see them everywhere
Klaatu, Barada, Necktie!!
Another good film from this time is Earth Versus the Flying Saucers, which drew materiel from an early book on UFOs authored by a military officer.
What a great review, you have said it perfectly is not about the special effects, is about the message something that is missing in today's movies.
This movie came out during a period in films where aliens coming to earth were monsters and earthlings were the heroes. In this film, the roles were reversed, with the humans being the aggressors and the alien being among the most human of the characters. I agree with it being very relevant today, with the reporter quickly shutting down Klatu when he speaks of substituting fear for reason because it isn't what the reporter wants him to say to maintain the fear. How I wish more people would rewatch this film and take that message to heart.
Completely relevant today
Glad to see ya back even if it is with your cohorts. This is definitely a classic.
I remember watching this movie on Saturday Night at the Movies when I was a little kid. I am now 74.
I will be 50 in August and I am trying to catch up with these great flicks that I missed out on. :-) Thanks for spending time with me
Yes, the guy who played Gort was a BIG DUDE!
This is one of those movies that defines classic. You can watch it today and it still resonates on the fundamental level. There are "old" movies and then there are classic movies. Movies that transcend the time they were made in. 1951, we're just calming down after World War 2, Numerburg, and the Cold War is just starting to flare up. POwer stuff. Truly powerful.
The movie can be summed up like this:
Klaatu: Hey guys-
*gets shot.*
Klaatu: Hey! wait. Guys
*Gets shot again*
Klaatu: Guys. Knock off your shit or we're going to end you.
*leaves*
FIN.
Honestly! I do like how the people are represented. The fear, the distrust. It must have been a rough feeling living through WWII and trying to adjust to normalcy. Movie was extremely well done
Because psychotic psychopaths gravitate towards positions of power and people keep voting them into power, humans will always be involved in violence and warfare against their core interests. This movie constantly reminds us of these facts which we still haven't learned from.
This was the only time in his career that Michael Rennie had the lead role in a film. He was primarily cast in supporting roles. Also, you have two actors from iconic TV series in the early days of television --- Billy Gray (Bobby) went on to play Bud Anderson in the class 50s sitcom "Father Knows Best" and Francis Bavier...Aunt Bee from the "Andy Griffith Show".
In her later years, Patricia Neal was known to most people in the 1970s as a spokeswoman for Maxim Coffee.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (working titles: Farewell to the Master and Journey to the World) is a 1951 American science fiction film from 20th Century Fox, produced by Julian Blaustein and directed by Robert Wise. It stars Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier and Lock Martin. The screenplay was written by Edmund H. North, based on the 1940 science fiction short story "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates. The film score was composed by Bernard Herrmann.
Glad you took the time to review this film. Loved watching this as a kid.
Remember, when Klatu first emerged from the ship he was wearing his helmet. People and the press took pictures but no one was able to see his face.
Gort was indeed a man in a rubber suit. He was a seven foot tall doorman. He was very tall but not very strong so he had to carry a mannequin instead of the unconscious actress.
The time when this movie came was a few years after Rowswell. So stories of UFO sights were running rampant but also the Cold War was just starting, we were in the early days of that headache. Also at about the same time Sen. McCarthy was being a douche bag with the "Red Scare" and black balling and listing who he thought were Communists in the country. He went after other politicians, actors, entertainers, he even went after Robert Oppenheimer the father of the atomic bomb. But that's just a little history lesson of what was happening when this movie came out. Oh almost forgot we were at war in Korea too in 1951.
Born in the 60’s but to this day, it’s still my all time favourite SF film.
This movie is one of my favourites another great classic movie is.....This Island Earth. You did really well seeing the ropes the ropes you saw were indeed to hold the weight of the girl. Although the guy in the suit was very tall he wasn't very strong and it was the only way he could lift the girl with the suit on. If you look carefully when Gort takes the girl in the ship and then starts to exit the room you can actually see on one of the legs the slit where the actor got into the suit. The only way they could make the suit look seamless was to only film it from one side but there was one slip up where you see it. The ship door and ramp was sealed with wax so there was no seam or crack. When it opens for the first time the wax breaks making the crack appear from nowhere. They just reverse the film when they wanted to show it closing. Great reaction.👍🏻
Actor Billy Gray was mainly known after this movie. From the classic 50's tv series Father Knows best as the son. He was a very good actor.
I was going to comment on the broacaster wearing his hat indoors, but then...
With the current news stories, you cant help but wonder if something like this might have already happened. Have always loved this film since I first saw it 50 + years ago. Mention "klatu berada nikto" to an older scifi fan. It's like a secret handshake. Great review!
Great reaction! I am really enjoying this theme. In 2008 there was a remake of this film starring Keanu Reeves which did not do well and failed at the box office. The closest sci-fi film I can think of now that deals with aliens coming in peace is Stephen Spielberg's "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind" which came out in 1977.
And the movie Arrival. The aliens were friendly in a good way.
I saw in the 60sand70s I was just amazing how well it was made and awesome it was my first sci-fi movie that when tv black and white scent that time I am sci-fi lover the original flash Gordon and Forbidden Planet
This is one of many... very many, movies coming out of Hollywood that had a theme of "stop the cold war unilaterally" aka "stop fighting back"
The theme of this movie is that people aren’t as shit hot as they think., and there ar for more dangerous things in the universe than someone else on our own planet, so we should learn to get along.
I watched it on tv about 50-55 years ago , I couldn't tell you how many times since, maybe 50+. Its a great movie.
This movie proves that good science fiction doesn't have to rely on raygun shoot-em-ups to be successful. Sci-fi has always been a genre of ideas and how different concepts can affect mankind -- for good or ill. And this movie was one of the best.
The "spacey" sounds in the score are from an electronic device called a Theremin, and it was so successful it has been used as a sci-fi trope in countless movies since.
Speaking of the score, it's composer was Bernard Herrmann, who was one of the top film composers of his time, having also scored such movies as The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad and the iconic Psycho. He was kind of like the John Williams of that era.
Herrmann's jaw-dropping career extends from *Citizen Kane* (yes, _that_ *Citizen Kane*) to Scorsese's **_magnum opus_** *Taxi Driver.* In between, a whole slew of notables - *Cape Fear,* *On Dangerous Ground,* and a number of the best films from both Alfred Hitchcock and Ray Harryhausen. Always happy to help out in dropping his name. 😁
Yours is a great review of this classic film!
Thank you Jeff 🙂
yes! keep these old classics coming! and nice use of the black and white!
Gort was portrayed by "Joseph Lockard "Lock" Martin Jr. (October 12, 1916 - January 19, 1959) was an American performer afflicted with giantism." "Martin would eventually grow to over 7 feet tall by adulthood" 😲
This movie is based on the short story ''Farewell to the master'' from Harry Bates, science fiction writer (in the pulps magazine ''Astounding'', october 1940). It has been made in a movie by the famous script writer Edmund H. North (he made a lot of movie scripts : he made notably the ''Patton'' 1970 and the ''Meteor'' 1979). This is one of the best science fiction movie of all time, director Robert Wise !!! the haunting, West side story, Star trek the movie, the sound of music, the sand pebbles ...great reaction ! thanks
I've always felt that Bates original story would have made an excellent episode of "The Twilight Zone". It would have fit in right along with other SF stories adapted for the series such as "It's a Good Life" and "What You Need".
Nothing motivates humans quite like fear. Politicians know this. Media types know this.
Quite sad that it is used as a manipulation tool
The screen play was based on a sci-fi short story called "Farewell to the Master".
Great movie with a young and beautiful Patricia Neal ! Thanks again and the remake with Keanu and Jennifer Connelly is pretty good also
The remake is not a patch on the original.
There seems to be far more atmosphere in the original version.
This movie is referenced on Independence Day. The young kid living in the RV is watching it at the beginning.
At Mark 6:55? Hehe! Ray, your comment, "You guys shouldn't have been there in the first place!"
It was followed by an advertisement for a wargame with a tank in it, and because it was so soon after your remark about drifting in one, I thought it was a funny editorial insert, until it was followed up by a feminine hygiene pad advertisement that for a split second I thought meant that you expected blood to be spilled by the robot! 😁
Lol 🤣🤣🤣
Check out THEM! from (1954) and The Thing from Another World (1951) and Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956).
Gort's suit won't let him bend over. It was Hell inside.
At Mark 24:40. That man! He played a lot of scientists in the 1950s. 😎 I may have seen them all! 🤔
Thanks for these movies... All are great :)
Some of my chouces, in no order:
- Invaders from Mars
- It Cane from Outer Space
- Village of the Damned
- Shape of Things to Come
- The Tingler
- When Worlds Collide
- The Man with the X Ray Eyes
- Godzilla 1954
- Seconds
Ever noticed that the actor who played the alien Klaatu, actually looked a lot like Michael O'Hare, who played Commander Jeffrey Sinclair on Babylon 5 ? Also, several more movie tips, like Enemy Mine, and the 1980's made for tv miniseries V.
When you watch these now old movies like this one, "12 Angry Men", etc, it sad to see the same issues that they dealt with plague us today. To quote - "The more things change, the more the stay the same."
This movie was directed by Robert Wise .Master director.On his resume --2 great musicals --West Side Story and The Sound of Music. Film Noir and the very first Star Trek film from 1979
At Mark 26:59 for me it is 05:39 AM - CDST. My eyes want me to sleep now. Enjoy your Father's Day today! I'll resume later! 😊
Thank you 🙂❤️
@@RKnights you're very welcome! 😊
I agree with your review 100%! Forbidden Planet should be on your radar, for sure!!
This movie shows how scared and frightened humans are. Actually, more like paranoid.
The actor inside the robot suit was a a man named Lock Martin, who was reported to be around 7 foot 7 inches tall, who suffered fro,m gigantism. Though he was huge he wasn't very strong, which is why the movie's production made use of ropes or wires for the scence where he lifts the actress Patricia Neal.The actor literally couldn't lift her weight unaided. Lock Martin died in 1959, aged only 42.
This was first sci-fi book I read, about 10 years old and it started my lifelong addiction to sci-fi. I even got a science degree at university.
Until 5 days ago I hadn't seen the movie since the sixties. Free in YT so time to visit this awesome film again. It's 9 times better than I remember. It is based on a true story but that's another story.
I'm back at 02:59 AM - CDST - Etc.
Wow! I thought that I had read the article before, but I had not! I knew that actress Patricia Neal is the female lead of "In Harm's Way" starring John Wayne. (We have the VHS and the DVD of it.) I knew that she played "Olivia Walton" first, before actress Michael Leonard.
But I didn't know that in this movie, she is only 12 years older than the boy playing her son! 😳 So, either she is playing older than she is, or her character was a mother at AGE 12, or the boy is playing younger than he is? 🤔 I wonder how that affected her ego? 🤔 I'm used to reading about people playing younger than they are because of their looks. I.e. actress Donna Douglas was 30 when she was cast to play 17-year-old "Elly May Clampett" for the original version of "The Beverley Hillbillies"!
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Another GREAT movie from 1950s!!! This and War of the Worlds (1951 version) is my favorites!! Love Forbidden Planet and When Worlds Collide, 2 other great movies you need to check out.
I have reacted to War of the Worlds and Forbid Plaza
great movie ..cheers have a good one..colato veratta necktu is also ashes classic phrase from evil dead movies
Given it's early date, this movie is way in front of other sci-fi movies that follow it. But the 50s were really a Golden age for film. Here's a few movies that I'll watch every time they come on. "The Bad Seed", "The Man Who Knew Too Much" and "Rear Window" (Hitchcock Classics), and "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"
An absolute Classic!
I enjoyed your points of view.
I appreciate that!
This story is a metaphor for the New Testament Biblical theme. Mr CARPENTER (JC's profession) visits a sinful world and warns that destruction is imminent if change isn't made, but is killed by the earthlings h is trying to save. Gort resurrects Klaatu, and they then ascend into Heaven.
Check out The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) featuring David Bowie. I would classify this film as Sci-Fi / Social Commentary. I love the reactions. Keep them coming!
The remake was Keanu Reeve. Tom Cruise was in the remake of The War of the Worlds.
The music is by Bernard Hermann, who also scored Psycho.
"I would have forgotten the words". So funny.
A SciFi classic from the 50's, along with Forbidden Planet and War of the Worlds. The alien is peaceful here with an important message, different from all other alien movies.
A stone cold classic. Even with its plot holes it's so good as you hardly notice. I have seen this at a theatric showing and it is even better. The movie is based on the short story "Fairwell to the Master" by Harry Bates. There is an underlying thread that Klaatu also represents Christianity: the initials JC and the name Carpenter. The crowd scenes at the baseball field were filmed split screen, one half of the film was exposed, the extras moved to the other area and then the film was exposed again. I hope that THEM and The Incredible Shrinking Man are also on your list.
Great reaction & commentary to this timeless classic. "Klaatu Barada Nikto" - Just incase you run across Gort. J. Lockard Martin was the man in the suit. Thee was some controversy over his height. IMDB lists him as 7' 4". Other sources make the claim he was 7" 7'.
There is another notable 50's flying saucer sci fi movie. It has no where near the story, but the special effects are the stand out. *"Earth vs. the Flying Saucers" (1956) - With stop motion animation by the legendary Ray Harryhausen.*
It's worth noting, too, that there's a familiar face to be seen therein - William Marlowe (a busy actor in those days though his star is only an ember now), who played Helen's ambitious boyfriend in *The Day the Earth Stood Still* - and in this film, he plays a good guy! 😎
The older heavy woman ranting in the rooming house was aunr bea from the Andy Griffith tv series 1960-68.
Happy Father’s Day
Thanks Ed 🙂🙂❤️❤️
The person who played Gort was a seven foot man who stood in front of a famous restaurant. He was not a strong individual who was Gort for limited time as they filmed. Robert Wise the famous director made this movie. The story it comes from has a major difference you find out as it ends. I will not spoil that. You must see the Thing which scared the hell out of me when I was little. It is different than the remake which more closely followed the novella. Howard Hawks the great movie maker was in charge of making this movie.
Hi Ray, I had a feeling you would enjoy this film. I think, I first saw it back in the `70`s, as I searched for anything Sci-Fi that I had not already seen. The 2008 remake was alright but I still prefer this one.
I have to see the remake
Do you think the name "Carpenter" was a random choice? For a guy who dies for a few days, comes back to life and delivers a sermon of peace to the awestruck humans?