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| Genre/Form: | Action Science fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: | Keanu Reeves; Jennifer Connelly; Kathy Bates; John Cleese; Jon Hamm |
| Language Note: | English, French, Spanish audio; English, Spanish subtitles. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| OCLC Number: | 1089608734 |
| Performer(s): | Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, John Cleese, Jon Hamm. |
| Target Audience: | MPAA rating: PG-13. |
| Description: | 2 videodiscs (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD format. |
| Contents: | Disc 1: The day the Earth stood still (2008 version) -- Disc 2: The day the Earth stood still (1951 version) / Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation ; produced by Julian Blaustein ; story by Harry Bates ; screenplay by Edmund H. North ; directed by Robert Wise. |
Abstract:
A remake of the 1951 classic. As governments and scientists race to unravel the mystery behind the visitor's appearance, a woman and her young stepson get caught up in his mission, and come to understand the ramifications of Klaatu calling himself a 'friend to the Earth.'
" ... Full of respectful references to its model, updated with a gallery of fairly imaginative special effects."--Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
"This contemporary remake of the science-fiction classic knew what it was doing when it cast Keanu Reeves ..."--Los Angeles Times.
"An entertaining rethink of the 1951 classic."--Philadelphia Inquirer.
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