The Day the Earth Stood Still
We thought the Earth was ours. We were wrong.
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12/10/2008Runtime
104 minsOverview
A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides humankind shall be exterminated so the planet can survive.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$80,000,000Revenue
$233,093,859Homepage
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A sci-fi thriller that uses humanity's first contact with an alien judge as a vehicle for confronting ecological reckoning. It's a bleak remake that treats its environmental message with apocalyptic urgency, building dread through the threat of planetary erasure rather than extraterrestrial spectacle.
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