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(More customer reviews)"The Day the Earth Stood Still" is arguably the most religious science fiction film ever made. It is hard to miss the religious symbolism of Klaatu (Michael Rennie), the strange visitor from another planet, who explores the neighborhood under the name of "Carpenter," especially when he is killed and resurrected by his robot companion Gort (Lock Morton). The parallels between Klaatu and Christ continue as the alien brings a message for all of the people of earth that the people of earth are not all that interested in hearing. It seems that now that Earth is developing atomic power, the other inhabited planets of the galaxy are concerned that the new kids on the block are not mature enough to avoid destroying everything.
This 27 x 41 Poster reproduces the original movie poster (Style A) for this classic 1951 black & white science fiction film. Yes, the poster is a misrepresentation of the film, suggesting that it is going to be your basic U.S. Army against alien monster invader type movie and "The Day the Earth Stood Still" is about as far removed from that as you can get. Klaatu might have come to lecture the Earth people, but he sounds so reasonable in his condemnation it is hard to disagree with him. Patricia Neal as Helen Benson is the calmest and most rationale female lead every seen in a science fiction film, in stark contrast to the damsel in distress she is portrayed to be in this poster.
The film is based on the Harry Bates short story "Farewell to the Master," which was first published in the October 1940 issue of "Astounding Stories." Actually, screenwriter Edmund H. North only keeps the first part of the story, when the spaceship lands on earth, Klaatu and the robot emerge, and the humanoid is shot (check out the original story; it is available on line). Of course, in the 1950s, Hollywood was always taking great liberties with classic science fiction short stories. The other great example of this would be "The Thing From Another World," based on John W. Campbell's short story "Who Goes There?" However, this film remains a classic and a rare opportunity for the intellectualism of the genre to be given free reign on the big screen. The poster is pretty good too.
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