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Dec 12, 2008
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Le Jour où la terre s'arrêta
Klaatu (Keanu Reeves), an extraterrestrial visitor to planet Earth, becomes the herald of upheaval on a global scale. As the world's governments and scientists race to understand what is happening and how to stop it, Dr. Helen Benson (Jennifer Connelly) and her stepson come to understand the chilling ramifications behind Klaatu's statement that he's a ``friend to the Earth.''
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| Keanu Reeves | Klaatu |
| Jennifer Connelly | Dr. Helen Benson |
| Kathy Bates | Regina Jackson |
| Jaden Smith | Jacob Benson |
| John Cleese | Professor Barnhardt |
| Jon Hamm | Michael Granier |
| Kyle Chandler | John Driscoll |
| Robert Knepper | Colonel |
| James Hong | Mr. Wu |
| John Rothman | Dr. Myron |
| Sunita Prasad | Rouhani |
| Juan Riedinger | William Kwan |
| Sam Gilroy | Tom |
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In one eye and out the other, the sullen remake of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" airlifts certain story details straight from its source material. For example, the robot known as Gort resembles the metallic, helmet-headed being of the 1951 original, only he's taller and has better muscle tone, suggesting the occasional intergalactic workout. That's about it for visual links to director Robert Wise's film (his best, in any genre), which remains one of the great science fiction tales of its era; a sneaky, subversive Red Menace parable; an unfashionably pacifist statement underpinning a gripping documentary-style yarn; and haunting proof that composer Bernard Herrmann really knew how to deploy a theremin.
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