Ultimatum alla Terra

Titolo originale: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Regia: Robert Wise |
Anno: 1951
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Fantascienza Thriller Dramma
Tag: spacecraft | flying saucer | peace | remote control | ufo | social commentary | giant robot | black and white | military | physics professor | humanity | alien technology |
Cast: Michael Rennie | Patricia Neal | Billy Gray | Sam Jaffe | Hugh Marlowe | Lock Martin | Freeman Lusk | Edith Evanson | Frank Conroy | Frances Bavier | John Brown | Olan Soule | Marjorie Crossland | Elmer Davis | H.V. Kaltenborn | Drew Pearson | Gabriel Heatter | Harry Lauter | James Doyle | Larry Dobkin | Robert Osterloh | Glenn Hardy | Tyler McVey | House Peters Jr. | George Lynn | Dorothy Neumann | Wheaton Chambers | Carleton Young | Harry Harvey | Sammy Ogg | Bess Flowers | James Seay | Grady Galloway | Hassan Khayyam | John Barton | Stuart Whitman | Rama Bai | John Burton | Bill Welsh |

L'alieno Klaatu, atterrato negli Stati Uniti con un disco volante, chiede di vedere i leader dell'umanità per convincere le potenze mondiali a eliminare le armi nucleari. Accolto con ostile ottusità, cercherà di vivere in incognito e di conoscere gli umani: a guardia del disco rimane Gort, un silenzioso ma potentissimo robot.

Approfondimenti

Fans of Lost in Space (1965) will notice a striking familiarity in the combination of horn swells, f [...] D
Patricia Neal has admitted in interviews that she was completely unaware during the filming that the [...] D
Originally Klaatu's post-death resurrection at the end of the movie was meant to be permanent, reinf [...] D
In the 1950's when the story is set, littering apparently wasn't considered rude. When Klaatu is abo [...] D
The spaceship lands on "The Ellipse", a large open space to the south of the White House and north o [...] D
Released on Janet Munro's 17th birthday. D
At seven minutes a radio DJ can be seen broadcasting from a mic labeled WMAL. WMAL is a radio statio [...] D
Italian censorship visa # 11383 delivered on 28 February 1952. D
All of the scenes of Helen Benson and Klaatu in the taxi also feature footage from the second unit o [...] D
Robert Wise was attracted to the project because of its overt anti-military stance and also because [...] D
The scene of the large crowd fleeing the saucer area after Gort appears is all too obviously "sped u [...] D
According to TCM, Patricia Neal could barely keep a straight face when saying the words "Klaatu bara [...] D
Although he was already signed to play the Albert Einstein-like Professor Barnhardt, a part not diss [...] D
Some reference works state that Adventures of Superman (1952) star George Reeves appeared as a telev [...] D
During the early phases of pre-production for the film, 20th Century-Fox studio chief Darryl F. Zanu [...] D
Besides Claude Rains, the other actor suggested for the part of Klaatu, by studio head Zanuck, was S [...] D
Klaatu was born in 1873. D
Bernard Herrmann's music for the film is scored for two theremins, pianos, harps, different electric [...] D
The equations seen on Professor Barnhardt's blackboard are authentic physics, and describe a particu [...] D
In the original short story on which the screenplay is loosely based, the robot, Gnut, was the maste [...] D
A print of Maxfield Parrish's Garden Of Allah can be seen above the piano in the living room when Bo [...] D
Writer Edmund H. North was a former army officer who wrote the script in response to the proliferati [...] D
Actor Hugh Marlowe often confused with Actor Richard Carlson D
Even though Hugh Marlowe plays a cad and disrupter in this film, he will return to classic science f [...] D
Klaatu says he's from a planet 250 million miles away, but doesn't name it. Scientists in the movie [...] D
Three years after this was made, it was adapted for the "Lux Radio Theatre". Michael Rennie and Bill [...] D
The DVD commentary is done by director Robert Wise and is joined by fellow director Nicholas Meyer. [...] D
This was Michael Rennie's third film for 20th Century-Fox; though he was under contract to the studi [...] D
The film takes place in July 1951. D
Footage from this movie is used for the landing of the Kanamits in Ai confini della realtà: To Se [...] D
Originally broadcast on network television during the first season of NBC Saturday Night at the Movi [...] D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. D
Olan Soule and Frances Bavier, who played boarders in the film, would later share the screen again i [...] D
Ranked #5 on the American Film Institute's list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Sci-Fi" in Ju [...] D
This was the second big budget science fiction feature film to be released by a major American studi [...] D
Although the title music isn't played with traditional instruments, hints of composer Bernard Herrma [...] D
As Gort liberates Klaatu from his jail cell, and carries him into their spaceship, the musical phras [...] D
Darryl F. Zanuck was the one who first suggested Michael Rennie for the part of Klaatu after having [...] D
The spaceship was made of wood, wire and Plaster of Paris. D
The drawbridge shown in the up position when the electricity has been neutralized is a photo of the [...] D
The first actor to whom the role of Klaatu was actually offered was Claude Rains, who wanted to acce [...] D
In the scene where Gort is seen carrying Klaatu's body (inside the ship), Michael Rennie was actuall [...] D
This was a big event when first broadcast on television. Saturday Night At The Movies (NBC), March 3 [...] D
To depict the seamless closing of the ship and its ramp, they just reversed the film of the shot of [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 G [...] D
In the original script, Klaatu's resurrection scene was to have taken place in the space craft's med [...] D
Because the stationary Gort statue was several inches taller than Lock Martin and could not stand on [...] D
This is an early example of composer Bernard Herrmann's ability to make a musical score become anoth [...] D
There were three different versions of Lock Martin's foam Gort suit: one with lacings up the front f [...] D
When Klaatu tell Professor Barnhardt that he was in the hospital, Room 309, it was Room 306 D
The name "Richard Carlson" - another leading sci-fi actor of the 1950s - appears at the bottom of th [...] D
The film was shot on the 20th Century-Fox back lot, which is now an upscale office complex known as [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2005 list of 250 movies nominated for AFI's 100 Years o [...] D
One of the more distinctive and subliminally eerie effects in the film, is a musical organ chord hel [...] D
The screenplay was based on the story "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates. It was originally pub [...] D
The Army refused to cooperate after reading the script. The studio then approached the National Guar [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of the top 100 Most Heart-Pounding American M [...] D
The cover of Ringo Starr's 1974 album "Goodnight Vienna" features Ringo and Gort. D
Jean Charney's debut. D
The crowds were made up of local government employees, including some from the FBI offices, who were [...] D
According to the shooting script on the DVD special features, significant dialogue between Klaatu an [...] D
Klaatu adopts the name "Carpenter" while hiding from the authorities, in a none-too-subtle nod to th [...] D
At the military meeting during the power outage, one officer reports that all communications are out [...] D
When Bobby is playing in his bedroom with his train, Klaatu doesn't bother to knock on his door befo [...] D
Robert Benson, Sr. was born in Virginia on April 10, 1916 and was killed in the landing at Anzio bea [...] D
In 1951, 20th Century-Fox theatrically distributed this with the short film The Guest (1951). D
To increase the sense of reality, some of the most famous broadcast journalists of the time were hir [...] D
Klaatu says that he traveled for about five months, covering a distance of about 250 million miles, [...] D
It might be noted that the business address on the dry cleaner's tag says "Washington 12, D.C.". Thi [...] D
Klaatu leaves the address of 1412 Harvard St. NW DC for Professor Barnhardt. This is a real address. D
Doubles were used for Klaatu and Bobby in long shots of them walking around Washington, DC. In reali [...] D
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the film on January 4, 1954 with Micha [...] D
In the scene in London when the power is supposedly out allover the world, the scene depicts a boat [...] D
Young Billy Gray became one of the most recognized child actors in film and television during the 50 [...] D
When Bobby and Klaatu visit the saucer together, the black silhouettes of soldiers standing behind G [...] D
In the original story by Harry Bates, Klaatu is killed immediately and has no dramatic part in the s [...] D
Sam Jaffe had an engineering degree and taught mathematics before becoming an actor, a good backgrou [...] D
In the boarding house scenes, Mrs. Barley is played by Frances Bavier and Mr. Krull is played by Ola [...] D
According to Danny Elfman, Bernard Herrmann's score inspired him to become a composer. D
The man interviewing the crowd has WEAM on his microphone. This is a popular Washington D.C. radio s [...] D
One of the reasons Michael Rennie was cast as Klaatu was that he was generally unknown to American a [...] D
Anne Baxter was originally cast in the role of Helen Benson. D
Several quotes from the film were used in the music group Expose album, of the same name in 1992. "I [...] D
Harry Bates was paid a mere $500 by 20th Century-Fox for the rights to his short story "Farewell to [...] D
In the opening title montage of astro-photographs representing Klaatu's trip to Earth, the last obje [...] D
This film's pacifist/international cooperation message was decidedly out of sync with the Cold War e [...] D
In the original story, "Farewell to the Master", the robot's name was Gnut, not Gort. D
Bernard Herrmann, a master of unconventional orchestrations, used two Theremins to create his eerie [...] D
Lock Martin, the doorman at Grauman's Chinese Theater, was cast because of his nearly seven-foot hei [...] D
To give the appearance of seamlessness to the space ship, the crack around the door was filled with [...] D
In addition to the two Gort costumes worn by Lock Martin, a fiberglass statue of the robot, several [...] D
It is possible that Klaatu Barada Nikto is in a mishmash of languages from the Indian subcontinent. [...] D
The design of the spaceship was reputedly based on the interior of a Frank Lloyd Wright office build [...] D
Klaatu tra Marte e Giove D
Klaatu establishes that he traveled to planet Earth from 250 million miles away. 250 million miles i [...] D
In the scenes of Gort carrying both Helen Benson and Klaatu up the ramp and into the ship, lightweig [...] D

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Errori

In the side shot of Drew Pearson's telecast, the television camera trained on him is seen dollying b [...] D
When the Government Agents, and later Helen and Tom, pull up in their cars in front of 1412 Harvard [...] D
In some long shots of Gort walking, wrinkles in the legs of the costume are clearly visible. Howeve [...] D
If temporarily stopping the world's electricity cut off all communications, there would be no way th [...] D
Klaatu arranges to have the electromagnetic fields neutralized from 12.00 pm to 12:30 pm EST, yet it [...] D
When Klaatu and Bobby first go to find Professor Barnhardt at his home, they go to his patio doors l [...] D
When Klaatu returns to the ship at night to contact his people, Gort is shown from the front after h [...] D
Klaatu is shot in his left shoulder, yet we see him wounded on the ground and leaning against his le [...] D
When Klaatu visits Dr. Barnhardt in the evening, there is a small piece of paper pinned to one side [...] D
Just after Klaatu is shot and is in the hospital, he is visited by a government official. Klaatu sta [...] D
At the beginning of the time electricity is out, we see a taxicab rolling to a stop. However, right [...] D
As the spaceship races across the world, scenes of successive radio announcers (or people listening [...] D
In the shots from behind of Gort carrying first Helen, and later Klaatu, into the spaceship, the peo [...] D
In the final scene, Gort alternately stands feet together/feet apart between shots. D
After Helen tells Gort "Klaatu Barada Nikto", he picks her up and carries her to the ship. There wer [...] D
When Gort begins marching down the ship's ramp at the beginning, a shot shows the crowds running awa [...] D
A photograph shows the famous publicity still with Gort to the left of the photo and helmet-clad Kla [...] D
Drew Pearson's desk doesn't have any pens on it when he starts his broadcast. There are two pens dir [...] D
After Klaatu is shot, blood is seen on his shoulder, but when he's actually shot, not only is there [...] D
General Cutler tells his board members during the power freeze that all communications in the world [...] D
When Gort moves behind the wall to pick up Helen, the frame shifts slightly. This was because direct [...] D
During the power outage, one of the scenes of a city avenue has in it a sign which is blinking. D
When the army is hunting for Klaatu the Colonel receives the license plate number and repeats it for [...] D
In Klaatu's hospital room, the light switch is on the wrong side of the door. Normally the light swi [...] D
When Gort picks up Helen, she is wearing shiny black high-heeled shoes. In the scenes immediately be [...] D
The fat man running crying, "They landed in the Mall," is wrong. The Mall is a long relatively narro [...] D
When Gort goes to collect Klaatu, he passes Helen as he walks to the door of the central room in the [...] D
When Helen and Klaatu are going to the professor's, the army states that their cab is heading northw [...] D
When Klaatu asks Mr. Harley if he could speak to the United Nations about his mission, Harley allows [...] D
Fly wires can be seen holding up Helen Benson as Gort begins to carry her toward the spacecraft. (Lo [...] D
A colonel orders his troops to block off all streets intersecting Connecticut Avenue "along a line f [...] D
The newspaper article headlined "Step Up Hunt for Spaceman" is accompanied by a photograph of Klaatu [...] D
Bobby's father's tombstone says Lt. Robert Benson was with the 45th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Inf [...] D
Klaatu spends a couple of days wandering round Washington DC and listening to the radio with the lod [...] D
Klaatu states that his people have given their interstellar police - robots like Gort - absolute pow [...] D
When Bobby is doing his math homework, Klaatu looks over his shoulder and says: "All you have to rem [...] D
Not all vehicles would have been stopped by the power outage. Diesel engines, particularly at that t [...] D
When the soldiers are tracking the cab, they speak of "Massachusetts" and "Connecticut" Avenues. In [...] D
The broadcast with Drew Pearson shows the first angle from the side with no microphone shadow. When [...] D
The British radar man says it's moving at 4,000 mph. Then says it must be a Buzzbomb. As a British r [...] D
When Gort puts Klaatu into the "life regeneration" device the blood stain on Klaatu's suit coat reve [...] D
After the electricity is neutralized we see a motorcycle cop trying to start his motorcycle and the [...] D
Some suggested that it was impossible for Klaatu to have learned handwriting via radio, however, TV [...] D
In one scene near the end, the sound of an airplane approaching can be heard, then there is a cut to [...] D
When Gort picks up Helen and begins walking towards the spaceship, the closures on the front of the [...] D
In the scenes showing the arrival of the military, Klaatu's injury and the eradication of the weapon [...] D
Bobby's room is clearly shown to be at the top of the staircase, and Helen's room is down the hall. [...] D
At the beginning, H.V. Kaltenborn mentions the 'beautiful spring weather' in the Nation's capital, b [...] D
Klaatu tells Professor Barnhardt that he was in room 309 of Walter Reed Hospital, but the number on [...] D
Klaatu gives Bobby several diamonds and tells him they're what his planet uses for money. However, t [...] D
When the spaceship (seen as a glowing white disc) is tracked across the sky in Washington, D.C., it [...] D
When the military are trying to cut through the metal of the spaceship, a square of asbestos materia [...] D
If the earth doesn't accept the conditions of Klattu's race.. they will simply incinerate us! Hardly [...] D
After taking Helen on the spaceship, as Gort is leaving, you can briefly see the costume lacing on h [...] D
When Helen is taken into the spaceship and is sitting on the bench, her right hand is alternately by [...] D
When revealing his identity to Professor Barnhardt, Klaatu stated he stayed in room 309 at Walter Re [...] D
Bobby and Klaatu visit the grave of Bobby's dad. Whilst still at Arlington National Cemetery, they d [...] D
In the close-up of the quick-triggered soldier atop the tank turret, we see and hear him fire his pi [...] D
After Klaatu is shot from behind, the soldiers who examine him make no attempt to apprehend Helen, d [...] D
During the montage shots of newspaper headlines during the hunt for Klaatu, a photograph shows him s [...] D
During the power outage, Professor Barnhardt's secretary excitedly tells him that the whole city has [...] D
Beth displays a complete lack of parental concern as she allows Klaatu, going under the name of Mr C [...] D
The morning when the guard and nurse discover Klaatu missing in the hospital room they rush in befor [...] D
Klaatu is from a highly advanced collection of races that have overcome all great social issues. One [...] D

Frase

Helen: Now, you didn't really see a spaceship, but [...] D
Barnhardt: Have you tested this theory? Klaatu: I [...] D
Mrs. Crockett: You're a long way from home, aren't [...] D
Bobby Benson: [to Klaatu] I like you Mr. Carpenter [...] D
Mr. Harley: Your impatience is quite understandabl [...] D
Klaatu: [after reading the Gettysburg Address at t [...] D
Klaatu: We have come to visit you in peace and wit [...] D
Klaatu: I'm worried about Gort. I'm afraid of what [...] D
Barnhardt: One thing, Mr. Klaatu: suppose this gro [...] D
Helen: Gort! Klaatu barada nikto! Klaatu barada ni [...] D
Klaatu: I won't resort to threats, Mr. Harley. I m [...] D
[last lines] Klaatu: I am leaving soon, and you w [...] D
Klaatu: You have faith, Professor Barnhardt? Barn [...] D
[Klaatu is revived by Gort after being fatally sho [...] D
Army physician: [about Klaatu] He was very nice ab [...] D
Secretary: The phone doesn't work. Mr. Krull: Wel [...] D
Helen: I thought you were... Klaatu: I was. D
[first lines] American Radar Operator: Holy Macke [...] D
Mrs. Barley: There is nothing strange about Washin [...] D
Helen: What about the rest of the world? Tom: I d [...] D
Army physician: Their life expectancy is a hundred [...] D
Klaatu: Gort! Deglet ovrosco! D
George Barley: Why doesn't the government do somet [...] D
Barnhardt: Tell me, Hilda, does all this frighten [...] D
Bobby Benson: [indicating grave marker during a vi [...] D
Klaatu: I am fearful when I see people substitutin [...] D
Bobby Benson: Department of Commerce. She's a secr [...] D
Army physician: I don't know whether to get drunk [...] D
Klaatu: Gort: Barenga! D
Reporter: Would you like to say a few words? I sup [...] D
Klaatu: Perhaps before deciding on a course of act [...] D
Bit Man: They're here! They're here! They've lande [...] D
unknown: [walla-walla after Klaatu is first shot] [...] D

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