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The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Directed by Robert Wise · Cinematography by Leo Tover

G92 min63 frames

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From out of space...A warning and an ultimatum.

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The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) movie still: medium — A man and a boy stand side-by-side in a cemetery filled with numerous stone markers. The…The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) movie still: closeup — A man looks out from behind a wooden window frame into a bright exterior. The man wears…The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) movie still: wide — A grand marble hall features massive fluted columns and a large statue of Abraham Lincoln.…The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) movie still: medium — A dark radio studio features a BBC logo, a wall clock, and a world map. A man in a suit…The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) movie still: medium — A man and a woman sit in the backseat of a moving car at night. The city street lights…The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) movie still: wide — A crowd of soldiers in combat helmets faces a massive, smooth, rounded spaceship. A…The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) movie still: fullbody — A television broadcast van is parked at night with a cameraman and reporter atop. A…The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) movie still: medium — A line of women sits at a large, complex telephone switchboard console. The operators…The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) movie still: wide — A Santa Fe passenger train moves across a vast, arid desert environment under bright skies.…The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) movie still: medium — A dark indoor setting features heavy shadow patterns cast by a window treatment. A man…The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) movie still: establishing — The Arc de Triomphe stands centrally in a bustling Parisian traffic circle.…The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) movie still: wide — A field filled with American soldiers training around a large anti-aircraft cannon unit.…The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) movie still: medium — A man stands in a room with light filtering through horizontal window blinds. He wears a…The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) movie still: medium — An office interior features metal filing cabinets against a wall and plain wooden…The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) movie still: medium — A woman stands in a dark corner with corrugated metal walls. She looks upward with a…The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) movie still: closeup — A featureless, dark space containing only a mechanical robot figure. The figure wears a…
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The Day the Earth Stood Still — official trailer

What is The Day the Earth Stood Still about?

An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.

Where can you watch The Day the Earth Stood Still?

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What does the cinematography of The Day the Earth Stood Still look like?

Sampled across 62 frames, the coverage of The Day the Earth Stood Still leans on medium shots (47% of the sample) and wide compositions (21%). Cinematographer Leo Tover keeps 40% of it in hard-edged, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 53% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1950s.

What is the color palette of The Day the Earth Stood Still?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) are #040404, #8c8c8c, #afafaf, #313131, #717171, #f8f8f8 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #313131
  • #717171
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