What was the name of the robot in the 1951 film, 'The Day The Earth Stood Still'?
"cameo roles. Spencer Tracy and Claude Rains were originally considered for the part of Klaatu. In a 1995 interview, producer Julian Blaustein explained that Joseph Breen, the film censor installed by the Motion Picture Association of America at the Twentieth Century Fox studios, balked at the portrayal of Klaatu's resurrection and limitless power. At the behest of the MPAA, a line was written into the script; when Helen asks Klaatu whether Gort has unlimited power over life and death, Klaatu explains that Gort has only revived him temporarily and ""that power is reserved to the Almighty Spirit"". Of the elements"
"Martin was married to Ethel Babcock from 1946 until his death in 1959. Lock Martin Lock Martin (October 12, 1916 – January 19, 1959) was the stage name of American actor Joseph Lockard Martin Jr. He is best remembered for playing the robot Gort in ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" (1951). He was from Pennsylvania and had a series of odd jobs before going into acting. He was working as a doorman at Grauman's Chinese Theater when he was hired for the role of Gort, although this was not his first acting job. He was reportedly 7 feet 7"
"The Day the Earth Stood Still The Day the Earth Stood Still (a.k.a. Farewell to the Master and Journey to the World) is a 1951 American black-and-white science fiction film from 20th Century Fox, produced by Julian Blaustein and directed by Robert Wise. The film stars Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Billy Gray, Hugh Marlowe, and Sam Jaffe. The screenplay was written by Edmund H. North, based on the 1940 science fiction short story ""Farewell to the Master"" by Harry Bates, and the film score was composed by Bernard Herrmann. The storyline for ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" involves a"
"Klaatu barada nikto “Klaatu barada nikto” is a phrase that originated in the 1951 science fiction film ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"". The humanoid alien protagonist of the film, Klaatu (Michael Rennie), instructs Helen Benson (Patricia Neal) that if any harm befalls him, she must say the phrase to the robot Gort (Lockard Martin). In response Gort relents from destroying the Earth and resurrects Klaatu from death. The Robot Hall of Fame describes the phrase as ""one of the most famous commands in science fiction"" and Frederick S. Clarke of ""Cinefantastique"" called it ""the most famous phrase ever spoken"
"Radio Service. The film was remade in 2008. The director was Scott Derrickson and it stars Keanu Reeves as Klaatu. The Day the Earth Stood Still The Day the Earth Stood Still (a.k.a. Farewell to the Master and Journey to the World) is a 1951 American black-and-white science fiction film from 20th Century Fox, produced by Julian Blaustein and directed by Robert Wise. The film stars Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Billy Gray, Hugh Marlowe, and Sam Jaffe. The screenplay was written by Edmund H. North, based on the 1940 science fiction short story ""Farewell to the Master"" by Harry Bates,"
"The Day the Earth Stood Still (soundtrack) ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" soundtrack (1951) was composed in July, and recorded in August 1951. It was Bernard Herrmann's first soundtrack after he moved from New York to Hollywood. Herrmann chose unusual instrumentation for the film including violin, cello, and bass (all three electric), two theremin electronic instruments (played by Samuel Hoffman and Paul Shure), two Hammond organs, a large studio electric organ, three vibraphones, two glockenspiels, two pianos, two harps, three trumpets, three trombones, and four tubas. Unusual overdubbing and tape-reversal techniques were used, as well. 20th Century Fox later"
"The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film) The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 2008 American science fiction thriller film, a loose adaptation of the 1951 film of the same name. The screenplay by David Scarpa is based on the 1940 classic science fiction short story ""Farewell to the Master"" by Harry Bates and on the 1951 screenplay adaptation by Edmund H. North. Directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Keanu Reeves as Klaatu, this version replaces the Cold War theme of nuclear warfare with the contemporary issue of humankind's environmental damage to the planet. It follows Klaatu, an"
"has a concentrated way of seeing the world."" The original Klaatu knew little of Earth, and spent most of the film learning; whereas in the later film, another member of Klaatu's race had been sent to Earth decades earlier. Klaatu (The Day the Earth Stood Still) Klaatu (pronounced “klahtú”) is a fictional humanoid alien in the 1951 science fiction film ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" and its 2008 remake. Klaatu is famous in part because of the phrase “Klaatu barada nikto!” used in the classic film and its re-use in the Bruce Campbell cult comedy film ""Army of Darkness"","
"nobility. In his delicately tinted robe he looked like a benign god."" The giant alien robot, Gnut in the short story, Gort in the film, is immensely powerful, but can exhibit sadness and gentleness. The surprise ending, wherein Gnut tells the journalist, who is relating the story, ""You misunderstand, ... ""I"" am the master,"" prompts some interesting speculation about relationships between mankind and technology of the future. While ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" is inspired by Bates' short story, the 1951 context of the Cold War resulted in some changes to the story's themes. In the movie Klaatu seeks"
"released the movie ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"", which was based on the Harry Bates' 1940 short story ""Farewell to the Master"". The science fiction movie featured Michael Rennie as Klaatu, Patricia Neal, Sam Jaffe, Hugh Marlowe, and Lock Martin as the giant alien robot Gort, called Gnut in Bates' short story. The movie was directed by Robert Wise and produced by Julian Blaustein. Screenwriter Edmund H. North adapted Bates' short story for the screen. The movie is rated consistently by critics as one of the greatest science fiction movies ever made. In 2008, director Scott Derrickson remade ""The"
"of three weeks, often filming well into the night. Actress Hazel Court later said, ""I remember great fun on the set. It was like a repertory company acting that film"". The robot, named Chani, was constructed by Jack Whitehead and was fully automated, although it suffered breakdowns during the filming. The alien Klaatu, posing as ""Mr. Carpenter"" in ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" (1951), was ""intended"" by screenwriter Edmund H. North to evoke Jesus Christ, so too are there indications that the Martian woman Nyah was intended to evoke an anti-Virgin Mary image. ""Devil Girl from Mars""s sound editor"
"sound effect, especially during Klaatu's surgery. The Day the Earth Stood Still (soundtrack) ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" soundtrack (1951) was composed in July, and recorded in August 1951. It was Bernard Herrmann's first soundtrack after he moved from New York to Hollywood. Herrmann chose unusual instrumentation for the film including violin, cello, and bass (all three electric), two theremin electronic instruments (played by Samuel Hoffman and Paul Shure), two Hammond organs, a large studio electric organ, three vibraphones, two glockenspiels, two pianos, two harps, three trumpets, three trombones, and four tubas. Unusual overdubbing and tape-reversal techniques were used,"
"Day the Earth Stood Still"". The movie starred Keanu Reeves as the alien Klaatu and Jennifer Connelly as Dr. Helen Benson. David Scarpa wrote the screenplay based on Edmund H. North's 1951 screenplay. The critical and commercial success of the 1951 movie relied on the novel themes Bates introduced in his short story. Ever since H.G. Wells' ""The War of the Worlds"" (1898), aliens were often described as menacing, aggressive, and murderous, with a degraded moral and ethical sense. In Bates' story, aliens are the opposite, possessing a good moral character. The alien Klaatu's face ""radiated kindness, wisdom, the purest"
"films as ""Gone with the Wind"", ""The Wizard of Oz"" and ""Forbidden Planet."" The elder Grant helped create the extraterrestrial robot Gort from ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" and Robby the Robot from ""Forbidden Planet"". ""Robby eventually became a member of the Grant household, where the younger Grant said he would see the robot, stashed in the family garage, on a daily basis. Though the robot ultimately ended up in a museum, Grant was said to have ""often affectionately remembered Robby the Robot as his brother."" Glen graduated from Hamilton High School in 1964. Grant received a bachelor's degree"
"by superior, aggressive, and frequently technologically advanced aliens; and the dread of atomic weapons, which was typically portrayed as a revolt of nature, with irradiated monsters attacking and ravaging entire cities. In ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" (1951), a flying saucer lands on the Mall in Washington DC, where it is surrounded by troops and tanks. The alien Klaatu delivers an ultimatum that the Earth must learn to live in peace or it will be destroyed. ""The War of the Worlds"" (1953) has a montage sequence where the countries of Earth join together to fight the Martian invaders. The"
"Cemetery, Harrogate. Michael Rennie Michael Rennie (born Eric Alexander Rennie; 25 August 1909 – 10 June 1971) was a British film, television and stage actor, perhaps best remembered for his starring role as the space visitor Klaatu in the science fiction film ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" (1951). In a career spanning more than 30 years, Rennie appeared in more than 50 films and in several American television series. Eric Alexander Rennie was born in Idle near Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, the second son of a Scottish wool mill owner, James Rennie, and his English wife Amelia (née"
"""Executive Suite"" (1954); and the epic ""Helen of Troy"" (1955) based on Homer's ""The Illiad"". ""Three Secrets"" (1950), a soap opera/family melodrama, gave Wise a chance to work with actress Patricia Neal ""in a landmark performance about gender double standards"". Neal starred in two more Wise films: ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" (1951) and ""Something for the Birds"" (1952). ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" (1951), a science fiction thriller that warned about the dangers of atomic warfare, included a realistic setting and an emphasis on the story instead of special effects. The film received ""overwhelmingly positive"" reviews and"
"of electrical activity on Earth, per Klaatu's warning that there will be ""a price to the [human] way of life."" The giant sphere leaves the Earth. In 1994, 20th Century Fox and Erwin Stoff had produced the successful Keanu Reeves film ""Speed"". Stoff was at an office at the studio when he saw a poster for the 1951 film ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"", which made him ponder a remake with Reeves as Klaatu. By the time David Scarpa started writing a draft of the script in 2005, Thomas Rothman was in charge of Fox and felt a responsibility"
"Stood Still"" is ranked seventh in Arthur C. Clarke's list of the best science fiction films of all time, just above Stanley Kubrick's """", which Clarke himself co-wrote. The 1951 film holds a 94% ""Certified Fresh"" rating at the film review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. Since the release of the film, the phrase ""Klaatu barada nikto"" has appeared repeatedly in fiction and in popular culture. The Robot Hall of Fame described it as ""one of the most famous commands in science fiction"", while Frederick S. Clarke of ""Cinefantastique"" called it ""the most famous phrase ever spoken by an extraterrestrial"". Patricia"
"part of science fiction since the Czech playwright Karel Čapek coined the word in 1921. In early films, robots were usually played by a human actor in a boxy metal suit, as in ""The Phantom Empire"", although the female robot in ""Metropolis"" is an exception. The first depiction of a sophisticated robot in a United States film was Gort in ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"". Robots in films are often sentient and sometimes sentimental, and they have filled a range of roles in science fiction films. Robots have been supporting characters, such as Robby the Robot in ""Forbidden Planet"","
"to promote peace and to warn mankind of the dangers of science and technology when they are exploited and corrupted. The alien explains that Gort is a member of a race of all-powerful robots who were created to eliminate any civilizations which promoted warfare in space. During 1983, ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" was inducted into the Science Fiction Film Hall of Fame as part of the Balrog Awards, which were given from 1979-1985. The 2008 version of ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" represents a major issue of its own day: the alien's concern is mankind's destruction of"
"Gugusse and the Automaton Gugusse and the Automaton (), also known as The Clown and the Automaton, was an 1897 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès. The film featured a clown amazed and confused by the mechanical movements of an automaton. The film marked the first known cinematic appearance of a robot (a word that would not replace ""automaton"" until its use in Karel Čapek's play ""R.U.R.""), and was one of the earliest films to feature themes of ""scientific experimentation, creation and transformation."" In their ""Things to Come: An Illustrated History of the Science Fiction Film"", Douglas Menville"
"who befriends a robot. The film was theatrically released on May 28, 2013 by Anchor Bay Films and TVA Films. At Kinetech Labs, an inventor named Allan Topher designs a robot for search and rescue, but when he finds out that the robot will be used for military purposes, he programs the robot to flee. The robot escapes but is damaged in the process. It is discovered by 12-year-old Henry Keller, who fixes it and names it Cody. The robot does not remember its past, and Henry and Cody develop a friendship. Eventually, Cody regains his memory and Henry gives"
"A.I. Artificial Intelligence A.I. Artificial Intelligence, also known as A.I., is a 2001 American science fiction drama film directed by Steven Spielberg. The screenplay by Spielberg and screen story by Ian Watson were based on the 1969 short story ""Supertoys Last All Summer Long"" by Brian Aldiss. The film was produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Spielberg and Bonnie Curtis. It stars Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Brendan Gleeson and William Hurt. Set in a futuristic post-climate change society, ""A.I."" tells the story of David (Osment), a childlike android uniquely programmed with the ability to love. Development of ""A.I."" originally"
"which are in existence today. Besides Tonken, only two other people were known to have participated: organist Jon Gart and voice artist Joseph Boland, who played the robot characters. The rest of the cast remains a mystery to this day. Tonken's distinctive modulated baritone voice – once described by Jean Shepherd as sounding like ""a combination of King Kong, the organ at Westminster Cathedral, and wind whistling through Mammoth Cave"" – was also heard in two feature films, ""The Secret of Magic Island"" (a 1964 English language release of a 1956 French movie called ""Un fée... pas comme les autres"")"
"over $233 million worldwide. ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" was released on home video on April 7, 2009. In 1928, a solitary mountaineer encounters a glowing sphere. He loses consciousness and when he wakes, the sphere has gone and there is a scar on his hand where a sample of his DNA has been taken. In the present day, a rapidly moving object is detected beyond Jupiter's orbit and forecast to impact Manhattan. It is moving at 30,000 kilometers per second, enough to destroy all life on Earth. The United States government hastily assembles a group of scientists, including"
"nanobots programmed to clean up oil spills. In the 2004 film ""I, Robot"", nanites are used to wipe out artificial intelligence in the event of a malfunction and are depicted as a liquid containing tiny silver objects. In the 2005 ""Doctor Who"" television episode ""The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances"" a metal cylinder falling from space and lands in the time of World War II-era London, breaks releasing nanobots which transform every human it comes into contact with into a gas mask-wearing zombie, like its first contact, a child. In the 2008 film ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"", the alien"
"Michael Rennie Michael Rennie (born Eric Alexander Rennie; 25 August 1909 – 10 June 1971) was a British film, television and stage actor, perhaps best remembered for his starring role as the space visitor Klaatu in the science fiction film ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" (1951). In a career spanning more than 30 years, Rennie appeared in more than 50 films and in several American television series. Eric Alexander Rennie was born in Idle near Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, the second son of a Scottish wool mill owner, James Rennie, and his English wife Amelia (née Dobby). He"
"Leonardo's robot Leonardo's robot, or Leonardo's mechanical knight (Italian: ""Robot di Leonardo"" or ""Automa cavaliere"", lit. ""Automaton knight"") , was a humanoid automaton designed and possibly constructed by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1495. The design notes for the robot appear in sketchbooks that were rediscovered in the 1950s. Leonardo is said to have displayed the machine at a celebration hosted by Ludovico Sforza at the court of Milan in 1495. The robot knight could stand, sit, raise its visor and independently maneuver its arms, and had an anatomically correct jaw. The entire robotic system was operated by a"
"when he was 12 and named it George, plus two later versions. The last George robot, the only one extant, was built when Sale joined the Royal Air Force in 1949 as a radar instructor at the RAF Debden base in Essex. It could walk, turn the head, move its arms and sit down. It was powered by a pair of motorcycle batteries put inside his chest. The robot can also move his jaw to speak and be controlled by radio remote. The external cover of the body was made in aluminium and duralumin. George was put on display at"
"the cast credits, so some characters are unidentifiable. Information is referenced from the DVD release by Alpha Video. The Mechanical Man The Mechanical Man (Italian: ""L'uomo meccanico"") is a 1921 Italian science fiction film directed by André Deed. It is one of the first science fiction films produced in Italy, and the first film that showed a battle between two robots. For many years the original film, which was about 60-80 minutes in length, was regarded as lost. However, some reels of the Portuguese release version were discovered at the Cinemateca Brasileira in Brazil. The remained footage amounts to about"
"""100 Years of Film Scores"". In 2004, the film was selected by ""The New York Times"" as one of ""The Best 1000 Movies Ever Made"". Lou Cannon and Colin Powell believed that the film inspired Ronald Reagan to discuss uniting against an alien invasion when meeting Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985. Two years later, Reagan told the United Nations, ""I occasionally think how quickly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world"". ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"" is now considered one of the best films released in 1951. ""The Day the Earth"
"persisted through the 1960s, with the fears of nuclear weapons and radiation leading to giant insects in monster movies, cautionary tales like ""The Day the Earth Stood Still"", and ""The Hulk"". This was joined by fears of superintelligent machines, and rebellion amongst them, which was a recurring theme of ""Star Trek"", from the original series to """" to """" in the 1990s. A 1960 episode of ""The Twilight Zone"" called ""A Thing About Machines"", deals with a man's hatred for modern things such as electric razors, televisions, electric typewriters and clocks. The 1971 film ""The Omega Man"" (loosely based on"