Original 1970s anniversary theatrical re-issue of the 1951 theater film poster on Linen Backing, sent to film theaters in AUSTRALIA for marketing purposes. Nicely backed in VERY GOOD+ condition, original folds. Extremely minor age appropriate edgewear, few pin holes in linen backing border. See photos. Bright Colors, with linen border, which is about one inch to one and a half outside the actual paper edge. FAST and SAFE DELIVERY.

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Director : ROBERT WISE Stars : Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlow, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray MUSIC SCORE : BERNARD HERMANN  TAGLINES : "Never Before EQUALLED! Never Before APPROACHED! Never Before SEEN!" "From Out Of Space... A Warning And An Ultimatum!" BEHIND THE SCENES TRIVIA : BEHIND THE SCENES TRIVIA : One of the reasons that Michael Rennie was cast as Klaatu was because he was generally unknown to American audiences, and would be more readily accepted as an "alien" than a more recognizable actor. Bernard Herrmann, a master of unconventional orchestrations, used two Theremins to create his eerie music, one pitched higher, the other lower, cementing the early electronic instrument's association with science fiction. He would be nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Score. According to Danny Elfman, Bernard Herrmann's score inspired him to become a composer. In 2008 "The Day The Earth Stood Still" Ranked #5 on the American Film Institute's list of the 10 greatest films of  "Sci-Fi". The equations seen on Professor Barnhardt's blackboard are authentic physics, and describe a particular form of the famous "three-body problem" in Newtonian gravitation, a problem which has no general closed-form solution. Such many-body problems are central to navigation in interstellar space. The manner of writing and organization of the terms show that a real physicist has produced the work.  Klaatu establishes that he traveled to planet Earth from 250 million miles away. 250 million miles is equivalent to 402 million kilometers and 0.00004 light-years. It would locate Klaatu's home in a point between Mars and Jupiter, inside the known Solar system. 

Plot Summary : Travelling with mind-boggling speed, a gleaming unidentified flying object zooming in from the boundless deep space, penetrates the Earth's atmosphere, landing smoothly in Cold War-Washington, D.C. Encircled by large yet feeble military forces, the peaceful intergalactic ambassador, Klaatu, emerges from the mysterious vessel accompanied by the silently dangerous robot of incomprehensible power, Gort, only to witness firsthand the earthlings' hospitality. The sophisticated humanoid declares that he comes in peace; however, he needs to assemble the world's greatest minds to hear his merciful warning and a definitive ultimatum. Is Klaatu the messenger of humanity's doom?