What Happened to GORT from The Day The Earth Stood Still?
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I`m 75 now and when I watched this movie as a kid ,I had no idea that Gort`s suit was foam rubber. What a genius way to set that up. GORT---CLATU BARATA NIKTO.
COOL! My all time favorite as a kid was Tobor the great. And Robby the robot from, Forbidden planet.
It's _"klaatu barada nikto",_ actually.
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Dan. You've hit the 'sweet spot' with all these classics. Keep 'em coming. They are superb !!!!! Looking forward to the next . Regards from the UK .
If Dan can do a review for another cult classic called "THEM" (with radioactive ants), that would be fantastic!
The original b/w version still commands the screen.
A fart sound for the remake of Day The Earth Stood Still? Yes, very appropriate 😂
Very appropriate. The remake is terrible. Fffft..
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These SF stories are always so well done. Keep them coming Dan !!!
Hey, thank you so much for the support. Truly appreciate it :-) Dan
I met Patricia Neal once and actually got her to say, "Klaatu Barrada Nikto"! How cool is that?!!
My father spoke movingly of watching *_The Day The Earth Stood Still_* with his then-girlfriend. He found the film so riveting that when he had to take her home, since she had a curfew, rather than pausing along the way to neck with her, he dropped her off and hurried back to the theater so he could see how the film ended.
Considering how, ahem, hormonal he was with my mother at age forty or at age sixty, I can only imagine what he was like at age twenty, when *_TDTESS_* came out.
That was my favorite movie when I was a kid and it still is today thank you for creating that movie The Day the Earth stood still remember
You are so welcome :-) thanks for watching. Dan
There is a simple reason your channel has exploded like this. It's absolutely great content for us old "Boomer" Sci Fi geeks. Please keep it up. And also a suggestion? Let's have some Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea also!
Possibly it fills the gap left by Famous monsters Magazine and Starlog Magazine. The thumbnails have a Very Famous Monsters cover feel.
@@mrwoodandmrtinI would love to see a segment on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea!
Yes, Voyage to The Bottom of The Sea! Heck, any great Irwin Allen jam is worthy. But Voyage was just so cool.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Land of the Giants, The Time Tunnel - all great shows by a master entertainer. But there's loads of great shows Dan could cover - The Adventures of Superman from the 50s. The Invaders. The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits. All of them excellent in their own way, and not nearly talked about enough in these sorts of channels. I loved the King Kong video. But there's also stuff like The Land Time Forgot, and it's sequel The People Time Forgot and Warlords of Atlantis - all of which starred Doug McClure.
I'd be interested to see the demographics, I'm in my mid 30s and caught it with the Lost in Space material
What a classic film! Re watched it a few weeks ago! It Still holds up even after all these years!!! Thanks for this great treat of a video about it!!
I was at an art opening in NYC in the late 80's and Miss Neal was at my table...she had a bag made for her with all the names of her movies on it. I looked at her and said "Gort, Beringa!" She broke out hysterically laughing and said "What? No Barata Nicto?" She was in love with Michael Rennie, couldn't stop talking about how handsome he was, she was great fun.
I'm glad they worked Michael Rennie, into "The Invaders", and I think He did some "Star Trek". Very good Actor.
Great actor. Not in the original STAR TREK though. Invaders absolutely.
I’ve always thought that Kate Mulgrew from Voyager looks a fair bit like Patricia Neil, sounds like her as well. Also think Kate seems like she’d have been a good as a star in the late 1940’s into the 50’s, the way she looks and quite deep voice.
Gort was and remains my favorite character in the movie.
The Day The Earth Stood Still is and will always be a Science Fiction classic.
Boomer here. This great movie has been in my collection for decades. My favorite thing about Gort is the visor, with its slow, smooth movement. When it opens, Look Out! When it closes, a huge sigh of relief. Klaatu saying "There's no limit to what he could do. He could destroy the Earth," kind of sums it up.
To this day, it's still one of my favorite sci-fi movies.
I only discovered very recently that Michael Rennie was from Yorkshire (England) and is buried two and half miles from my house where I live in Harrogate. 11:25
“Clatu, Barada, Nicto”
I memorized these words as a child, in case I was ever called to stop Gort from destroying the world.
You weren’t the only one 😂❤
Translation in English....." Gort, don't even think about it, maybe, just maybe these hoomans aren't so bad after all ?!! ".
That was a magnificent movie, had me hooked a a kid and still holds me in thrall.
The Day The Earth Stood Still was an absolute masterpiece,,, the remake was extremely disappointing.
I totally agree :-)
The remake was nothing but a liberal attempt to interject diversity hence the mixed mother/son which was not needed or in the original. Also the feminist role of Kathy Bates. And Gort.....mother of God what a letdown. Of course Keanu was great as he always is.
I would subscribe to this channel for your million-dollar voice alone. That said, fantastic presentation and detailed history.👊
Hey, thank you so much :-) the support from you guys means everything. Have a great one, Dan
Ikr? Dan should read for sci fi audiobooks (if he doesn't already.)
Saw the movie when it came out in 1951 as a 7 yr old kid , the neighborhood theater cost was .15 cents and popcorn was a dime.
Also saw The Thing (1951) which scared the hell out of me, The Forbidden Plant great movie (1956) and The Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954) .
I miss the 50's.🛸🛸🛸
Such wonderful memories!
I was watching some random 60's horror movie on one of those streaming channels and it occurred to me that most of those monsters and robots from the 50's and 60's were pretty immobile. Those poor actors were probably at great risk of getting injured without someone being around to control the environment so they would not trip on something. Still, many of those movie monsters still were able to scare the heck out of me!
You're absolutely right. Not a lot of mobility. But then again, it was a guy in an oversized suit :-)
The Day The Earth Stood Still set the bar for all Sci-Fi movies that followed, few of which have met that bar. My all-time fav Sci-Fi movie.
Yes. It's still listed as a 5 star film
Dan, when you showed the poor condition of the B9 robot’s legs, I expected you to say, “Oh the pain…the pain”.
😆 Cute. Yeah that would have been a good one!
Now at 70, I saw that film in my childhood and several times later. Always enjoyed it as it was one of the few ScFi films of the past that wasn't really tacky. I loved Gort but I would love that Saucer Prop. It was way ahead of its time and contemporaries. This film was the event that started my lifelong love of ScFi.
As a child of the 60s, this film had a great impact on me. It was more than the effects, it was a great story with elevated thoughts and values we can still learn from. I regret that good writing and good story telling is a thing of the past. Amazing special effects and thrilling action sequences are no substitute.
Can't wait to see what you have to report on Logan's Run. Big fan here.
Jenny Agutter. 😍😍😍🥰❤️❤️
According to google it was released Tuesday Sept 18th, 1951.
Space cop Gort. He should have had his own comic book.
Some of the greatest science fiction movies were written in the early fifties until the sixties, forbidden planet comes to mind, As well as today the earth stood still, And of course star trek, These are probably the greatest science fictions ever written.
Yes, written by adults, on typewriters, then, not the Hollywood children of today, with their crayons!! ;D
And, obviously, Gort was an inspiration for the Cylon centurians.
By Your Command.
The Day the Earth Stood Still to this day is one of my top ten sci-fi movies.
In the original book, it ends when Gort and the dead humanoid are just about to depart for outer space. A human asks the robot something along the lines of "what will become of your master?". And the very last words of the robot is "I am the master". The 50's weren't ready for that revelation.
You must have missed the part of Klaatu's speech about the robots having ultimate control.
The original movie is still one of the greatest movies ever.
A huge crush on this film. From start to finish. Thank you so much for this.
Definitely my top 5 sci fi movies of all time. Fun fact. When Gort carried Patricia into the ship , she was on a platform held by wires as Lock could not carry her. In older versions you can see the wires. Thanks so much Dan. The best channel out there for us sci fi geeks.
Yes I noticed them in a movie and later found out because the actor was not strong enough to carry Patricia Neal and he needed a little help. The wires were so obvious I wonder why that is not talked about as much.
@@alonzocalvillo6702 - Probably for the same reason no one talks much about the use of toggle switches and button lights in the original Star Trek… it’s just what was commonly used a lot at the time… whether used as special effects or to help attain special effects. 🕹️
No CGI back then!
This is my favorite sci-fi movie! I always thought that Michael Rennie was so handsome and dignified. Gort was definitely scary, especially when you are a kid!
It's nice to hear an actual man's voice again 😢.
Gort - The best robot in any sci fi film ever! I love this movie. Saw it when I was around 5 or 6 when NBC TV ran movies on Saturday nights. Never get tired watching the film. Gort doesn't need to talk and if he did, it wouldn't be in an English accent, sorry C3PO.
I think the English accent was perfect for C-3PO! He was an etiquette and protocol droid remember…something which maybe we Americans might not quite understand, but they did (and still do).
The day the Earth stood still, This Island Earth and Invaders from Mars..best science fiction films ever!
I can't disagree with you :-)
Thanks for bringing me back to my childhood =) (born 1955)
Out of ALL the sci fi movies, this is my favorite!!
We should be asking why they replaced Gort with a plague of locust in the newer version? Bunch of idiots!
I totally agree :-)
Because they wanted to Include Environmentalism.
I was 3 years old when this movie was released, but was fortunate enough to see it in a theater later on. As a kid, I fell in love with Patricia Neal and her character, but had no idea why. I have watched butchered versions on TV, but finally bought it on DVD several years ago. 73 years later, it is still a fantastic movie. Thanks for this video!
I don't know about Gort, but Gout his brother is alive and well, he lives in my big toe.
Awwwww
Ouch! I know your pain!
Gout ! Now that was very funny
One of the best sci-fi movies of the 50s. When I was a child, I found Gort very disturbing.
I was the same way. I still find him disturbing :-)
good video, some facts are wrong, i helped restore the original helmet and then hand delivered it back out to the owner who got it for the rental deposit from Western. The ears were wooden and pretty much destroyed and a silicone mold was taken of one ear and resin copied were made. But some of the wood flakes were mixed in with the resin. The brass eyebrow and side covers were also missing along with the visor. I bought and bent the new eyebrow while the person heading the restoration fabricated the new side pieces. We were allowed to make a silicone mold of the helmet before returning it to the owner who had someone else fabricate the visor before it went to Joe for auction. I do believe there were 2 helmets though but the one we restored had the holes in the chin so the actor could breath, ear holes so he could hear direction. and there was a wooden head cap inside that sat on his head to stabilize the helmet as he walked about. I still have photos i took of it in my hotel room prior to John H. coming and picking it up. Fun fact, Gort made an appearance in Star Trek Nemesis on the Reman bridge of the Scimitar you can see several (large) Gort heads at the base of the the 4 or 5 pillers.
Another great video 😊
Hey thank you so much :-)
Hi Dan, My name is Jess & l reside in Australia. At 63 years old the memories just keep flooding back to me. Brand new subscriber to your channel l just love it all..................Thanks Jess.
My father was an extra in the scenes around the spaceship!
The Day the Earth Stood Still just had that missing ingredient which makes it so well loved. It's very subtle. There is virtually no action. Gort is so iconic that anyone over the age of 50 knows the film just from seeing Gort. The remake was a big mistake.
I saw TDTESS in the theater and Gort scared the shhtuff out of me.
I hid behind the seat and peeked over it to watch…
I have a different take: Very early in The Day the Earth Stood Still, when Klatu explains the origin of the Gort robots, he says that they (humanoids like Klatu) ceded their freedom to be safe from each other's ambitions and warring under the just rule and ENFORCED peace of Gort and his ilk--they unwittingly subjugated themselves.
In fact, the movie is a HORROR story.
A very similar tale to Colossus aka The Forbin Project (which could easily be the prequel to The Day the Earth Stood Still).
Always re watched this movie as a kid. Another older classic I like is forbidden planet.
I'm still missing that one.
Love your channel and The Day The Earth Stood Still is my all time favorite Sci fi movie.!
I love the soundtrack of this film what with theramins and all kinds of other experimental instruments and the creepy but sad melody .
Robert Wise also directed one of my favourite movies: The Andromeda Strain.
Yes he did. Amazing movie, I'll have to do an episode on that :-)
One of my favorite movies of all time. In my top ten list. Michael Rennie and Patricia Neal were perfectly cast. Can I just say "Klaatu barada nikto". I loved this video, and what happened to Gort. It had never occurred to me that there was a human being inside of that costume, but this was before the era of CGI destroyed everything in the movies, so it was good to know.
Gort appears on the cover of Ringo Starr's 1974 album, "Goodnight Vienna", (Ringo's head is over Michael Remy's on the cover) and if you see Ringo's video "Only You (And You Alone)" you'll see an image of Gort and the saucer on top of The Capitol Records Tower.
Last good childhood memory before my parents got divorced. It was 1961 and my dad put a mattress on the living room floor in front of the tv. The movie was coming on network tv and we the 3 of us bedded down to watch as a family! They split up a few months later.
Never knew the director did those other films.Very interesting.
One of the ALL time greatest sci-fi films with the coolest robot, GORT....
Love this movie.
One of my all time favorites, as well.
@@kj2714 Well........ I see you have great taste. 🤖
I absolutely agree with your reaction when mentioning the Re-Make of the Day The Earth Stood Still, with Keanu Reeves. Ouch. What a Travesty.
Why does Hollywood keep remaking movies that don't need remaking.
It had Jayden Smith in It. Enough Said.
one of the best films ever made
Dan- You have a spectacular radio voice.
My understanding was that Gort retired with honor several months after returning to his home planet Regulus IV, received his Star Force pension with the rank of Robot First Class, was awarded a decoration for meritorious service along with a laser ray gun sharpshooter medal, and lived out his remaining years in a bungalow he received in a Robot retirement community until his operating system could no longer be upgraded and replaced. He was then deactivated and all his parts were then redistributed among new robots. He remained close to Klaatu until Klaatus' temporary life restoration finally gave out, which Gort had to apply after Klaatu had been shot dead on the street by an Army unit hunting him in Washington DC ... about a year after the "Other Planets" decided they did have to reduce the Earth "to a burned-out cinder" as Klaatu had threatened because Mankind still showed no promise at ending its endless wars or not sending nuclear weapons into Space, despite the warnings. His closest friends will remember him as the dependable strong but silent type and their affectionate nickname "Silver Dude."
very good this what i wanted!!!
The story I heard was that he is from Vega.
What a great movie
Back when they used to make Original Content instead of Remaking Everything.
The world should all watch this movie. Especially the end. Despite being totally futuristic.....the ending speaks volumes.
You are so right. Very pertinent
Dan - you asked for comments and questions? …or requests perhaps? I have a request. The Day the Earth Stood Still has outstanding sound-effects. The music and sound itself is also great, but the sound effects are amazing. Eg. when the saucer first lands. One of my favorite scenes in any film and the sound is what nails it. Can you tell us something about the sound fx? Like how were those sounds made? Who did it? etc. Thanks!
Very good questions :-) let me see what I can find out. I do know that a lot of the sound effects were just stock sound effects from the studio libraries. Let me see if anything custom was done. Thanks for writing, Dan
I was 4 when the "Day the Earth Stood Still" came out. I loved Gort. In fact for awhile, we neigborhood kids would run around playing "science fiction" (think Calvin & Hobbes), and yelling, ""Klaatu barada nikto" as if it meant something important (think politics). Those WERE the days ...
That sounds like such an incredible great childhood memory :-) thanks for sharing, Dan
Great content, well told. My second video, and I just became a subscriber. A side note is that the flying saucer door was sealed and painted over so that it wouldn't be visible. Then, when the door opens on-screen, it appears to open from nowhere or at least from where no door previously existed. I look forward to watching more content on this channel.
That is so cool, I didn't know that :-) more videos coming thanks for the support :-) Dan
A life-size replica of the 1951 Gort is on display at the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle, as well as at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the Robot Hall of Fame.
Sounds like a fascinating place do you know if the silent running robots are there too. Huey Dewey , unfortunately i live in the UK so many miles away.
Seems many here, like myself, saw it on “Saturday Night at the Movies” that NBC started in the early ‘60s. It was both spooky and super cool!
Puff - n- Stuff ? Throw me in the way back machine Mr. Peabody ! I do recall watching all the Kraft shows . Between Lidsville and the Boogaloos, l am blessed.
Mr Peabody's time machine LOL.
The Day the Earth Stood Still is so iconic. One of the things that still blows my mind even today is the opening of the spaceship. Any chance you can do a segment on how they made that happen? It looks SO seamless!
They put putty on the seams of the door and ramp and opened it. When closing, they ran the film in reverse. Read about in many years ago, might have the the TDTESS issue of Cinefantastique magazine.
It helps that your voice is pleasant to listen to!
Surprised that you didn't mention Gort on Ringo Starr's "Good Night, Vienna" album cover.
G.O.R.T. Genetically Organized Robotic Technology
I read the original short story. The surprise ending was that Gort controled the Flying Saucer and Klatu was his slave!
It's all fun and games until... the kanamits show up.
"To Serve Man... it's... it's... a cookbook!"
"Humans are nature's most perfect food and just plain yum yum tasty."
---Kanamit chef
If you should get an invitation from the kanamits to go to their home planet, i would not recommend going.
Better safe than sorry.
Great Twilight Zone episode :-)
The Kanamit Alien was played by Richard Kiel, Who was also Jaws in the James Bond films.
Saw this movie when I was 8 years old. Around the same time I saw The Thing. My two favorite movies for many years. Part of my childhood. Just special.
same here.
…… loved this film as a kid, & still do. Michael Rennie was a real heart throb in the ‘50’s……with a beautiful mellifluous voice………
I come from a town in Ireland called Gort and there is street art of him
I just figured he went home…
Much of the music in this movie was used to great situational effect later on in "Lost In Space," "The Time Tunnel" and other of Irwin Allen's classic shows. Some of the best sci-fi music EVER.
Gort now works as an ATM for Capital One.
I wonder how many people when they saw the Tom Cruise version of "War of the Worlds", noticed the same copy of the set from the 1953 "Invaders From Mars" where the kid looks out his bedroom to see a hill with a wood rail fence marking the road going over the hill?
I think in WOTW 1:35:43 when Cruise is running up to the hill with the rail fence on the right, you see the same set from IFM.
I've even seen the same set in another SciFi movie but I can't remember which one.
It's an eerie reminder whenever I see that same set.
He got a job with Ringo Starr, posing for his album cover "Goodnight Vienna"😅
Great video Dan! I appreciate the details on how they pulled off having the suit look seamless. People under appreciate the limitations of special effects in 1951. Absolutely on of the best Science Fiction movies of all time.
I remember one time when it was on one of the sci Fi channels back in the 1990's , and my son , 13 at the time came in to see what I was watching. He initially balked when he saw it was in black and white...then after 10 minutes was memorized. A great story is timeless!
I will check out you vid on Robbie the Robot - Forbidden Planet another timeless classic
That's awesome, what a cool memory :-) let me know what you think of the Robbie the robot video
I absolutely LOVED this movie as a child in the 1960’s and still love it today, watched it countless times. It was such a cerebral science-fiction movie for that area. Wasn’t corny then nor today. I heard Spencer Tracy wanted to play the part of Mr. Carpenter he was a great actor, but not right for the part. I think his stardom would’ve taken away from the movie. Also I heard there was either a ban or the government wanted to ban it due to its message due to world events of the time. I was so! disappointed with the botched remake. Its like the executives called a meeting and offered a bonus if the writers could draft a really bad story and that is what they would film😢
Love your channel. If you haven’t done a review the 1953 War of the Wars I would love to see that review. That is dear to my heart. I went to the 25th Anniversary in Hollywood CA and sat next to Silvia and the General and got their autographs. Unfortunately I lost them but I still have the commemorative button.
This video has prompted to rewatch the movie for umpteenth time. One of my all time favorite sci-fi movies.
Such a great film, with outstanding actors. My favorite!
I’ve seen lots of movies and this one still remains number one on my list. (Klaatu barada nikto) The Day the Earth Stood Still. 🌎❣️
It's definitely within my top five :-) love it
Still probably my favourite film of all time .. great inside story .. thank you.
There is a radio show version, I like old time radio a lot, and I hear it sometimes on old time radio stations. It is a great version, and nice to listen to while driving or just laying around.
My favorite movie from when i first saw it at 10 years old.My dad was a movie collector and he purchased,
In 16 MM. I still have the copy on three reels. Amazing effects for 1951
Good to see that Billy Gray , who played Bobby, is still alive
Gort for president