1951 | Classics | Sci-Fi
91 mins United States
A humanoid alien named Klaatu lands in Washington, D.C., accompanied by an eight-foot tall robot named Gort, to bring a message of peace and warning for the people of Earth.
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Stranger from Venus (1954) | Produced by | 20th Century Fox |
| Director | Robert Wise |
| Writer | Edmund H. North |
| Cast | Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal and Hugh Marlowe |
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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated
Oct 3, 2019
The Plot: When a UFO lands in Washington, D.C., bearing a message for Earth's leaders, all of humanity stands still. Klaatu (Michael Rennie) has come on behalf of alien life who have been watching Cold War-era nuclear proliferation on Earth. But it is Klaatu's soft-spoken robot Gort that presents a more immediate threat to onlookers. A single mother (Patricia Neal) and her son teach the world about peace and tolerance in this moral fable, ousting the tanks and soldiers that greet the alien's arrival.
This film and the other that i mention are must watch.
Michael Shermer recommended (curated)
Unusual amongst the early-50s flying saucer movies in not featuring malevolent aliens, although given this is famously an allegory for the life of Christ, Klaatu is a surprisingly ambiguous figure, and the film's subtext is not nearly as liberal as you might expect: the message is an authoritarian one, 'do as you are told, or else'. Still a classic of the genre, with striking, much-copied special effects sequences and music, a literate and thoughtful script, and terrific performances and direction.
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