The Day the Earth Stood Still

A mountaineer encounters an alien sphere in 1928 and in present day, an alien spaceship lands in Central Park, revealing the transformed alien as part of a group trying to save Earth from ecocide, leading to panic and the militarys failed attempts to attack, until the alien sacrifices himself to deactivate a destructive swarm and warns of a price to human existence before leaving Earth. The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 2008 American English-language Drama Sci-Fi motion picture featuring Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith, John Cleese, Jon Hamm, Kathy Bates and Steve Silverie. The movie is inspired from The Day the Earth Stood Still by Edmund H. North Farewell to the Master by Harry Bates. The Day the Earth Stood Still was Produced by Paul Harris Boardman, Gregory Goodman and Erwin Stoff. The Day the Earth Stood Still is written by David Scarpa and Edmund H. North and it is directed by Scott Derrickson. 20th Century Fox acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. The Day the Earth Stood Still was released on 11th December 2008 and takes a screen time of 103 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. The Day the Earth Stood Still was made on a budget of $80 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $233 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by David Scarpa. Cinematography was done by David Tattersall and editing by Wayne Wahrman. The music was composed by Tyler Bates.