| Overall: | B |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C+ |
| Sexual Content: | B+ |
| Language: | B+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A- |
| Run Time: | 104 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 07 Apr 2009 |
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How Earthlings react to visitors from outer space is the plot behind other sci-fi scripts, includingStar Trek: First Contact and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.
Home Video Extra Features
The Day The Earth Stood Still comes home video in the following editions:
The Day The Earth Stood Still Special Edition DVD (3 Disc Set) is presented in widescreen. Audio tracks are available in 5.1 Dolby Digital Sound (English) and Dolby Surround (Spanish and French), with subtitles in English, Spanish and French. Bonus materials included are:
- Digital Copy of film for portable media players
- Copy of the 1951 version of The Day The Earth Stood Still
- Deleted Scenes
- Featurettes: Re-Imagining The Day, Unleashing Gort, Watching The Skies: In Search Of Extraterrestrial Life and The Day The Earth Was Green.
- Commentary By Writer David Scarpa
- Still Galleries, Concept Art, Storyboards and Production Photos
The Day The Earth Stood Still Special Edition Blu-ray (3 Disc Set) is presented in widescreen. Audio tracks are recorded in 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio (English) and 5.1 Dolby Digital (Spanish and French), with subtitles in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Cantonese Korean and Mandarin. Bonus materials included are:
- Digital Copy of film for portable media players
- Copy of the 1951 version of The Day The Earth Stood Still
- Deleted Scenes
- Featurettes: Re-Imagining The Day, Unleashing Gort, Watching The Skies: In Search Of Extraterrestrial Life and The Day The Earth Was Green.
- Commentary By Writer David Scarpa
- Still Galleries, Concept Art, Storyboards and Production Photos
Plus:
- Klaatu’s Unseen Artifacts: The Day The Earth Stood Still Picture-In-Picture Track
- BD-Java Game: Build Your Own GORT
The Day The Earth Stood Still Two-Disc DVD is presented in widescreen. Audio tracks are available in 5.1 Dolby Digital Sound (English) and Dolby Surround (Spanish and French), with subtitles in English, Spanish and French.
-The package includes a copy of the original 1951 version of the film.
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Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
