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| Genre/Form: | Feature films Fiction films Science fiction films Video recordings for people with visual disabilities Video recordings for the hearing impaired Films de fiction Films de science-fiction Vidéos pour personnes handicapées visuelles Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives |
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| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: | Paul Harris Boardman; Scott Derrickson; Gregory Goodman; David Scarpa; Erwin Stoff |
| Language Note: | English dialogue with subtitles for the hearing impaired and audio description for people with visual disabilities. Other subtitles (Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish). |
| OCLC Number: | 1153508886 |
| Notes: | Based on the story 'Farewell to the master' by Harry Bates/1951 film. Originally released in 2008. Special features: Deleted scenes, Commentary (David Scarpa (Writer)), Other documentaries (Re-Imagining 'The Day', 'Unleashing Gort', 'Watching the Skies: In Search of Extraterrestrial Life', The Day the Earth Was 'Green'), Image gallery. |
| Credits: | Music, Tyler Bates; cinematographer, David Tatersall. |
| Cast: | Jennifer Connelly, Keanu Reeves, Jon Hamm, Kathy Bates, John Cleese, Brandon T. Jackson, Jaden Smith, James Hong, Aaron Douglas, Roger R. Cross, Lorena Gale. |
| Target Audience: | BBFC code: 12. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (99 min.) : col. |
| Details: | DVD. |
| Responsibility: | director, Scott Derrickson; producers, Paul Harris Boardman, Gregory Goodman and Erwin Stoff; writer, David Scarpa. |
Abstract:
Big-budget remake of the 1951 classic sci-fi film about an alien and a giant robot who visit Earth. Keanu Reeves stars as Klaatu, the inhabitant of a flying saucer that lands in Washington DC after orbiting Earth. Along with Gort, his indestructible robot companion, Klaatu sets out to discover all he can about this strange planet and its peculiar inhabitants. Along the way he meets Helen Benson (Jennifer Connelly) and her son Jacob (Jaden Smith), who become his only real friends and end up saving his life.
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