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©2002
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1 video disc (92 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in
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DVD (NTSC Region 1)
Side A. Feature film ; theatrical trailer ; Movietone newsreel (1951) -- Side B. Documentary "Making the Earth Stand Still" (70 min.) ; restoration comparison ; still galleries ; trailers
A visitor from outer space comes with the warning that unless war is abolished, Earth will be destroyed by the more advanced planets of the universe
Full frame format (Aspect ratio 1.33:1)
Originally released as a motion picture in 1951
Based on a story "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates
Special features include optional THX optimizer; audio commentary by Robert Wise and Nicolas Meyer; 70-minute Making the Earth stand still; Movietone Newsreel (1951); Restoration comparison; 5 still galleries; shooting script; theatrical trailer
Screenplay, Edmund H. North ; music, Bernard Herrmann ; director of photography, Leo Tover ; special photographic effects, Fred Sersen
Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier, and Lock Martin
MPAA rating: G
Closed captioned. Sound tracks in English (stereo.), English (mono.), French (mono.), and Spanish (mono.,) with option subtitles in English and Spanish (feature film only)
Golden Globe Award, 1951