Sunday, October 19, 2008

VIDEOS: THE DAY THE WORLD STOOD STILL

I hadn't seen this movie for 40 or more years. It was not as I expected. It has a great cast and something I would still watch today. I thought this would make a nice touch for those who haven't seen it but plan on watching the remake December 2008.

A flying saucer orbits the 1950s Earth. It lands in Washington, DC, on the Mall. The lone occupant steps out and is shot by a jumpy soldier. Gort, a large and very powerful robot appears to save him and is able to melt tanks with the slightest bit of his power. The wounded alien orders Gort to stop his rampage and is taken to a hospital from which he escapes in order to learn more about this planet, even moving in as a boarder with an Earth family. When they begin to suspect him, he reveals himself, along with the news that Gort is a member of a race of super-robot enforcers invented to keep the peace of the galaxy that will destroy the Earth if provoked and if we do not change our ways.

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THE MOVIE CONTINUES IN THE NEXT POST HERE

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