{"id":1157,"date":"2008-11-29T14:19:58","date_gmt":"2008-11-29T14:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omniversity.us\/exopolitics\/2008\/11\/29\/my-entry-4-3\/"},"modified":"2008-11-29T14:19:58","modified_gmt":"2008-11-29T14:19:58","slug":"my-entry-4-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omniversity.us\/exopolitics\/my-entry-4-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Keanu Reeves in &#8220;re-imagining&#8221; of &#8220;The Day the Earth Stood Still&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"2\" class=\"infobox vevent\" style=\"width: 20em; text-align: left; font-size: 90%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"font-size: 95%; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: center;\">\n<p><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still.jpg\" title=\"The Day the Earth Stood Still.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"299\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/c\/c1\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTheatrical poster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"description\">\n<th>Directed by<\/th>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scott_Derrickson\" title=\"Scott Derrickson\">Scott Derrickson<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Produced&#0160;by<\/th>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Erwin_Stoff\" title=\"Erwin Stoff\">Erwin Stoff<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Harris_Boardman\" title=\"Paul Harris Boardman\">Paul Harris Boardman<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Written&#0160;by<\/th>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Scarpa\" title=\"David Scarpa\">David Scarpa<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Starring<\/th>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keanu_Reeves\" title=\"Keanu Reeves\">Keanu Reeves<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jennifer_Connelly\" title=\"Jennifer Connelly\">Jennifer Connelly<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jaden_Smith\" title=\"Jaden Smith\">Jaden Smith<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Music&#0160;by<\/th>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tyler_Bates\" title=\"Tyler Bates\">Tyler Bates<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cinematography<\/th>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Tattersall\" title=\"David Tattersall\">David Tattersall<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Editing&#0160;by<\/th>\n<td><a class=\"new\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Wayne_Wahrmann&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" title=\"Wayne Wahrmann (page does not exist)\">Wayne Wahrmann<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Distributed&#0160;by<\/th>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/20th_Century_Fox\" title=\"20th Century Fox\">20th Century Fox<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><span style=\"white-space: nowrap;\">Release date(s)<\/span><\/th>\n<td>December 12, 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Running time<\/th>\n<td>104 min.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-0\"><span>[<\/span>1<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Country<\/th>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cinema_of_the_United_States\" title=\"Cinema of the United States\">United States<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Language<\/th>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/English_language\" title=\"English language\">English<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Budget<\/th>\n<td>$80\u2013100 million<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-1\"><span>[<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Official Web site:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dtessmovie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.dtessmovie.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Day the Earth Stood Still<\/strong><\/em> is a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2008_in_film\" title=\"2008 in film\">2008<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Science_fiction_film\" title=\"Science fiction film\">science fiction film<\/a>, a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Remake\" title=\"Remake\">remake<\/a> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%281951_film%29\" title=\"The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)\">1951 film of the same name<\/a>. Directed by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scott_Derrickson\" title=\"Scott Derrickson\">Scott Derrickson<\/a> and starring <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keanu_Reeves\" title=\"Keanu Reeves\">Keanu Reeves<\/a> as <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Klaatu_%28The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still%29\" title=\"Klaatu (The Day the Earth Stood Still)\">Klaatu<\/a>, the film updates <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_War\" title=\"Cold War\">Cold War<\/a> themes like <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_warfare\" title=\"Nuclear warfare\">nuclear warfare<\/a> to the more contemporary issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Global_warming\" title=\"Global warming\">global warming<\/a>. It will be released in conventional theaters and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IMAX\" title=\"IMAX\">IMAX<\/a> screens on December 12, 2008.<\/p>\n<table class=\"toc\" id=\"toc\" summary=\"Contents\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div id=\"toctitle\">\n<h2>Contents<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"toctoggle\">[<a class=\"internal\" href=\"javascript:toggleToc()\" id=\"togglelink\">hide<\/a>]<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"toclevel-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#Premise\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">1<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Premise<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#Cast\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">2<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Cast<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#Production\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">3<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Production<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"toclevel-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#Development\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">3.1<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Development<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#Filming\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">3.2<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Filming<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#Effects\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">3.3<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Effects<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#References\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">4<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">References<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toclevel-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#External_links\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">5<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">External links<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/\/&lt;![CDATA[\nif (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = &quot;show&quot;; var tocHideText = &quot;hide&quot;; showTocToggle(); }\n\/\/]]&gt;\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Premise\" name=\"Premise\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"editsection\">[<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1\" title=\"Edit section: Premise\">edit<\/a>]<\/span> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Premise<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Klaatu_%28The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still%29\" title=\"Klaatu (The Day the Earth Stood Still)\">Klaatu<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keanu_Reeves\" title=\"Keanu Reeves\">Keanu Reeves<\/a>) comes to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Earth\" title=\"Earth\">Earth<\/a><br \/>\nto assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they<br \/>\nhave inflicted on their own planet. Klaatu himself already has a<br \/>\nnegative opinion of humans, and when barred from speaking to the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" title=\"United Nations\">United Nations<\/a>,<br \/>\nhe decides they shall be exterminated so the planet \u2013 with its rare<br \/>\nability to sustain complex life \u2013 can survive. It is up to Dr. Helen<br \/>\nBenson (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jennifer_Connelly\" title=\"Jennifer Connelly\">Jennifer Connelly<\/a>) and her stepson Jacob (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jaden_Smith\" title=\"Jaden Smith\">Jaden Smith<\/a>) to convince Klaatu humans are worth saving, but it may already be too late.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-notes_3-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-notes-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Cast\" name=\"Cast\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"editsection\">[<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2\" title=\"Edit section: Cast\">edit<\/a>]<\/span> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Cast<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keanu_Reeves\" title=\"Keanu Reeves\">Keanu Reeves<\/a><\/strong> as <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Klaatu_%28The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still%29\" title=\"Klaatu (The Day the Earth Stood Still)\">Klaatu<\/a><\/strong>, an alien messenger in human form. Reeves dislikes remakes, but was impressed by the script, which he deemed a <a class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reimagining\" title=\"Reimagining\">reimagining<\/a>.<br \/>\nHe enjoyed the original film as a child and became fonder of it as an<br \/>\nadult when he understood how relevant it was, but liked this<br \/>\ninterpretation because it lacked the contradictory message of Klaatu<br \/>\n&quot;laying down the law [&#8230;] almost as though the alien had the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Big_Stick_Ideology\" title=\"Big Stick Ideology\">bigger stick<\/a>&quot;.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-empire_4-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-empire-4\"><span>[<\/span>5<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> At Reeves&#39; insistence, the classic line &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Klaatu_barada_nikto\" title=\"Klaatu barada nikto\">Klaatu barada nikto<\/a>&quot; was kept from the original, though in an &quot;inverted&quot; context.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-anatomy_5-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-anatomy-5\"><span>[<\/span>6<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><br \/>\nHe spent many weeks advising the script, trying to make Klaatu&#39;s<br \/>\ntransistion from alien in human form to one who appreciates their<br \/>\nemotions and beliefs subtle and nuanced.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-notes_3-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-notes-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><br \/>\nDerrickson said although Reeves would not use actions &quot;that are highly<br \/>\nunusual or highly quirky&quot;, he nevertheless &quot;keeps you aware of the fact<br \/>\nthat this being you&#39;re walking through this movie with is not a human<br \/>\nbeing&quot;.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-mtvtrailer_6-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-mtvtrailer-6\"><span>[<\/span>7<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jennifer_Connelly\" title=\"Jennifer Connelly\">Jennifer Connelly<\/a><\/strong> as <strong>Helen Benson<\/strong>, a famed <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Astrobiology\" title=\"Astrobiology\">astrobiologist<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Princeton_University\" title=\"Princeton University\">Princeton University<\/a> who is recruited by the government to study Klaatu. Connelly was Derrickson&#39;s first choice for the part.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-mtvtrailer_6-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-mtvtrailer-6\"><span>[<\/span>7<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> She is a fan of the original film and felt <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patricia_Neal\" title=\"Patricia Neal\">Patricia Neal<\/a>&#39;s<br \/>\noriginal portrayal of Helen was &quot;fabulous&quot;, but trusted the filmmakers<br \/>\nwith their reinterpretation of the story and Helen, who was a secretary<br \/>\nin the original.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-anatomy_5-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-anatomy-5\"><span>[<\/span>6<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><br \/>\nConnelly emphasized Helen is amazed when she meets Klaatu, as she never<br \/>\nbelieved she would encounter a sentient alien like him after<br \/>\nspeculating on extraterrestrial life for so long.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-notes_3-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-notes-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jaden_Smith\" title=\"Jaden Smith\">Jaden Smith<\/a><\/strong> as <strong>Jacob<\/strong>,<br \/>\nHelen&#39;s rebellious eight-year old stepson. His conflict with his<br \/>\nstepmother was worsened by the death of his father, and initially<br \/>\ndislikes Klaatu, believing he is a potential stepfather. Jacob replaces<br \/>\nthe character of Bobby (<a class=\"new\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Billy_Gray&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" title=\"Billy Gray (page does not exist)\">Billy Gray<\/a>)<br \/>\nfrom the original, and his relationship with Helen was written as a<br \/>\nmicrocosm of how Klaatu comes to see humanity \u2013 the aliens sees their<br \/>\ncold and distant relationship as proof positive of normal human<br \/>\nbehavior, and their reconciliation forces him to change his mind. Smith<br \/>\nsaid he found Jacob difficult to play because he felt the character an<br \/>\n&quot;opposite&quot; of his personality. Smith had met Reeves before on the set<br \/>\nof <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Matrix_%28series%29\" title=\"The Matrix (series)\">The Matrix<\/a><\/em> sequels with his mother <a class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jada_Pinkett-Smith\" title=\"Jada Pinkett-Smith\">Jada Pinkett-Smith<\/a>.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-notes_3-3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-notes-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Cleese\" title=\"John Cleese\">John Cleese<\/a><\/strong> cameos as <strong>Professor Barnhardt<\/strong>, a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nobel_Prize\" title=\"Nobel Prize\">Nobel Prize<\/a>-winning physicist who specializes in the evolutionary basis of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Altruism\" title=\"Altruism\">altruism<\/a>.<br \/>\nHelen takes Klaatu to him to further change his mind. The role was the<br \/>\nmost difficult to cast, and eventually the filmmakers decided to<br \/>\napproach Cleese, noting &quot;Who would you rather make the argument [to<br \/>\nKlaatu] for mankind than John Cleese?&quot;<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-setqaa_7-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-setqaa-7\"><span>[<\/span>8<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Stoff had met Cleese a few times beforehand and had noted his intellect.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-notes_3-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-notes-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><br \/>\nThe actor was surprised the filmmakers were interested in him, and<br \/>\ndecided playing a dramatic role would be easier than to play a manic,<br \/>\ncomedic one at his age. He was often reminded to speed up his dialogue<br \/>\nso Reeves would not appear in sync with normal human speech patterns.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-empire_4-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-empire-4\"><span>[<\/span>5<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><br \/>\nCleese said he is not interested in extraterrestrial life because he<br \/>\noften philosophizes about the purpose of life and why humans are<br \/>\ndistracted by trivial matters.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-notes_3-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-notes-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Cleese had experience writing equations he did not understand, as he had spoken Russian in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Fish_Called_Wanda\" title=\"A Fish Called Wanda\">A Fish Called Wanda<\/a><\/em> without knowing its meaning.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-notes_3-6\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-notes-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> The crew enjoyed working with Cleese and were sad when he finished his part.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-setqaa_7-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-setqaa-7\"><span>[<\/span>8<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jon_Hamm\" title=\"Jon Hamm\">Jon Hamm<\/a><\/strong> as <strong>Dr. Michael Granier<\/strong>,<br \/>\na NASA official who recruits Helen into his scientific team<br \/>\ninvestigating Klaatu. Granier is fascinated by Klaatu, but is torn<br \/>\nbetween his official obligation to detain the alien and protect his<br \/>\ncountry.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-notes_3-7\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-notes-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Hamm acknowledged science fiction was a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Niche_market\" title=\"Niche market\">niche genre<\/a><br \/>\nwhen the original film was made, and that it used science fiction to<br \/>\nmake topical issues more approachable. Hamm had the same feelings for<br \/>\nthis remake.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-setqaa_7-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-setqaa-7\"><span>[<\/span>8<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Originally, Hamm&#39;s character was French and named Michel.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-8\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-8\"><span>[<\/span>9<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><br \/>\nAlthough he is interested in maths and science, Hamm found his<br \/>\ntechnical dialogue difficult and had to film his lines repeatedly.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-notes_3-8\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-notes-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kathy_Bates\" title=\"Kathy Bates\">Kathy Bates<\/a><\/strong> as <strong>Regina Jackson<\/strong>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense\" title=\"United States Secretary of Defense\">United States Secretary of Defense<\/a>.<br \/>\nBates had only two weeks to film her scenes, so she often requested<br \/>\nDerrickson act out her lines so she would directly understand his aims<br \/>\nfor her dialogue, rather than interpret vague directions.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-notes_3-9\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-notes-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kyle_Chandler\" title=\"Kyle Chandler\">Kyle Chandler<\/a> in an unspecified role.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-empire_4-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-empire-4\"><span>[<\/span>5<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"Production\" name=\"Production\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"editsection\">[<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3\" title=\"Edit section: Production\">edit<\/a>]<\/span> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Production<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a id=\"Development\" name=\"Development\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"editsection\">[<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4\" title=\"Edit section: Development\">edit<\/a>]<\/span> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Development<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In 1994, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/20th_Century_Fox\" title=\"20th Century Fox\">20th Century Fox<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Erwin_Stoff\" title=\"Erwin Stoff\">Erwin Stoff<\/a> had produced the successful <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keanu_Reeves\" title=\"Keanu Reeves\">Keanu Reeves<\/a> film <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Speed_%28film%29\" title=\"Speed (film)\">Speed<\/a><\/em>. Stoff was at an office at the studio when he saw a poster for <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%281951_film%29\" title=\"The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)\">The Day the Earth Stood Still<\/a><\/em>, which made him ponder a remake with Reeves as Klaatu.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-setqaa_7-3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-setqaa-7\"><span>[<\/span>8<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> By the time <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Scarpa\" title=\"David Scarpa\">David Scarpa<\/a> started writing his draft in 2005,<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-tf_9-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-tf-9\"><span>[<\/span>10<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Rothman\" title=\"Thomas Rothman\">Thomas Rothman<\/a> was in charge of Fox and felt a responsibility to remake the film.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-setqaa_7-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-setqaa-7\"><span>[<\/span>8<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><br \/>\nScarpa felt everything about the original film was still relevant, but<br \/>\nchanged the allegory from nuclear war to environmental damage because<br \/>\n&quot;the specifics of [how] we now have the capability to destroy ourselves<br \/>\nhave changed&quot;.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-notes_3-10\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-notes-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Scarpa noted the recent events of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hurricane_Katrina\" title=\"Hurricane Katrina\">Hurricane Katrina<\/a> in 2005 informed his mindset when writing the screenplay.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-tf_9-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-tf-9\"><span>[<\/span>10<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><br \/>\nHe noted &quot;People don&#39;t want to be preached to about the environment. We<br \/>\ntried to avoid having our alien looking out over the garbage in the<br \/>\nlake and crying a silent tear,&quot; <em>\u00e0 la<\/em> the 1970s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keep_America_Beautiful\" title=\"Keep America Beautiful\">Keep America Beautiful<\/a><\/em> adverts. He scrapped Klaatu&#39;s speech at the conclusion of the story because &quot;audiences today are [un]willing to tolerate that&quot;.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-10\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-10\"><span>[<\/span>11<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Director <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scott_Derrickson\" title=\"Scott Derrickson\">Scott Derrickson<\/a> admired the original film&#39;s director <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Wise\" title=\"Robert Wise\">Robert Wise<\/a>, whom he met as a film student.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-notes_3-11\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-notes-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> He generally dislikes remakes, but he enjoyed the script \u2013 which he decided was a retelling of the story and not a true remake.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-empire_4-3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-empire-4\"><span>[<\/span>5<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> He also explained <em>The Day the Earth Stood Still<\/em> is a not a widely seen classic film, unlike <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Wizard_of_Oz_%281939_film%29\" title=\"The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)\">The Wizard of Oz<\/a><\/em>, which he would not bother remaking.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-tf_9-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-tf-9\"><span>[<\/span>10<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> There was debate over whether to have Klaatu land in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington,_D.C.\" title=\"Washington, D.C.\">Washington, D.C.<\/a> as with the original, but Derrickson chose <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_City\" title=\"New York City\">New York City<\/a> because he liked the geometry of Klaatu&#39;s sphere landing in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Park\" title=\"Central Park\">Central Park<\/a>.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-setvisit_11-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-setvisit-11\"><span>[<\/span>12<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Astronomer <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seth_Shostak\" title=\"Seth Shostak\">Seth Shostak<\/a> served as scientific consultant.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-notes_3-12\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-notes-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Filming\" name=\"Filming\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"editsection\">[<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5\" title=\"Edit section: Filming\">edit<\/a>]<\/span> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Filming<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Filming took place from December 12, 2007 to March 19, 2008 at <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vancouver_Film_Studios\" title=\"Vancouver Film Studios\">Vancouver Film Studios<\/a>.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-setvisit_11-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-setvisit-11\"><span>[<\/span>12<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-12\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-12\"><span>[<\/span>13<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><br \/>\nThe film was originally scheduled for release on May 9, 2008, but it<br \/>\nwas delayed to December 12, 2008 because filming commenced later than<br \/>\nscheduled.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-13\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-13\"><span>[<\/span>14<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> The shoot was unaffected by the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2007%E2%80%932008_Writers_Guild_of_America_strike\" title=\"2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike\">2007\u20132008 Writers Guild of America strike<\/a>;<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-setqaa_7-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-setqaa-7\"><span>[<\/span>8<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> by then Scarpa had written forty drafts of the script.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-tf_9-3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-tf-9\"><span>[<\/span>10<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> The film was mostly shot on sets because it was winter in Vancouver.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-notes_3-13\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-notes-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>As Fox had a mandate to become a carbon neutral company by 2011, <em>The Day the Earth Stood Still<\/em><span style=\"padding-left: 0.1em;\">&#39;<\/span>s<br \/>\nproduction had an environmentally friendly regimen. &quot;Whether it was<br \/>\nbecause of this movie thematically or it was an accident of time, there<br \/>\nwere certain things production-wise we&#39;ve been doing and been asked to<br \/>\ndo and so on,&quot; said Erwin Stoff.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-setqaa_7-6\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-setqaa-7\"><span>[<\/span>8<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><br \/>\nTo prevent the wasting of paper, concept art, location stills and<br \/>\ncostume tests were posted on a website created by the production for<br \/>\ncrew members to look up. Costumes were kept for future Fox productions<br \/>\nor given to homeless shelters, rather than thrown away. Hybrid vehicles<br \/>\nwere used and crew members had to turn off their car engines if they<br \/>\nsat in their vehicles for more than three minutes.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-notes_3-14\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-notes-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Derrickson was fascinated by color schemes. He chose blue-green and orange as the primary colors for <em>The Day the Earth Stood Still<\/em>.<br \/>\nThe missile silo the military convert for experiments on Gort<br \/>\nemphasized gray and orange, which was inspired by an image of lava<br \/>\nflowing through a gray field. Derrickson opted to shoot on traditional<br \/>\nfilm, and rendered the colors in post-production to make them more<br \/>\nsubtle, for realism.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-notes_3-15\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-notes-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Effects\" name=\"Effects\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"editsection\">[<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6\" title=\"Edit section: Effects\">edit<\/a>]<\/span> <span class=\"mw-headline\">Effects<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner\" style=\"width: 182px;\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:Gortreborn.JPG\" title=\"The redesigned Gort and the biological spaceship\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" class=\"thumbimage \" height=\"74\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/0\/01\/Gortreborn.JPG\/180px-Gortreborn.JPG\" width=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">\n<div class=\"magnify\"><a class=\"internal\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:Gortreborn.JPG\" title=\"Enlarge\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"11\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/skins\/common\/images\/magnify-clip.png\" width=\"15\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The redesigned Gort and the biological spaceship<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Weta_Digital\" title=\"Weta Digital\">Weta Digital<\/a> worked on the majority of the effects, with additional work by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cinesite\" title=\"Cinesite\">Cinesite<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flash_Film_Works\" title=\"Flash Film Works\">Flash Film Works<\/a>.<br \/>\nThe machines of Klaatu&#39;s people have a biological basis rather than a<br \/>\nmechanical one, as Derrickson theorized their level of advancement<br \/>\nwould be shown by their mastering of ecology.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-notes_3-16\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-notes-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Derrickson deemed a modern audience would find the original&#39;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flying_saucer\" title=\"Flying saucer\">flying saucer<\/a> amusingly dated.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-setvisit_11-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-setvisit-11\"><span>[<\/span>12<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> The director also noted many films had been influenced by <em>The Day the Earth Stood Still<\/em>, so they needed to bring new ideas to the remake.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-setqaa_7-7\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-setqaa-7\"><span>[<\/span>8<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><br \/>\nThey approached their spacecraft as interdimensional portals resembling<br \/>\norbs. The script had specified the inside of the orbs as a &quot;white<br \/>\nlimbo-y thing&quot;, but visual effects consultant Jeff Okun explained this<br \/>\nwas deleted for being too &quot;cheesy&quot;.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-setvisit_11-3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-setvisit-11\"><span>[<\/span>12<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Derrickson felt not showing the inside of the ship, unlike the original, would make the audience more curious.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-notes_3-17\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-notes-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><br \/>\nAs well as computer-generated spheres \u2013 such as Klaatu&#39;s 300 feet ship,<br \/>\nor a 3000 feet tall orb that rises from the sea \u2013 700 pound spheres<br \/>\nnine feet in diameter were sculpted by Custom Plastics, which built<br \/>\nspheres for Disney theme parks. The spheres were split in two to make<br \/>\ntransportation easier. It was difficult placing lights inside them<br \/>\nwithout making them melt. The visual effects team looked at molecules,<br \/>\nwater droplets and the surfaces of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jupiter\" title=\"Jupiter\">Jupiter<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturn\" title=\"Saturn\">Saturn<\/a> for the spheres&#39; texture.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-notes_3-18\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-notes-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Derrickson emphasized a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trinity\" title=\"Trinity\">Trinity<\/a>-like relationship between the sphere, Klaatu and Gort.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-setqaa_7-8\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-setqaa-7\"><span>[<\/span>8<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><br \/>\nKlaatu is initially depicted as a radiant focus of sentient light. He<br \/>\nis then depicted as a seven-feet tall gray &quot;walking womb&quot; shape which<br \/>\nfinally takes on a completely human appearance. The filmmakers<br \/>\nconceived the transistionary form because they pondered the idea of<br \/>\nhumans mistaking space suits for alien skin. Computer-generated imagery<br \/>\nand practical effects achieved the transformation.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-notes_3-19\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-notes-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> The creation of the alien form was led by Todd Masters (<em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slither_%282006_film%29\" title=\"Slither (2006 film)\">Slither<\/a><\/em>), who hired a sex toy maker to sculpt the skinsuit with thermal plastic and silicone.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-setvisit_11-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-setvisit-11\"><span>[<\/span>12<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>For the film&#39;s version of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gort_%28The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still%29\" title=\"Gort (The Day the Earth Stood Still)\">Gort<\/a>,<br \/>\nDerrickson explored many possibilities for depicting the character, but<br \/>\nrealized making a faithful homage to the original was best.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-mtvtrailer_6-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-mtvtrailer-6\"><span>[<\/span>7<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Their 15th draft<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-tf_9-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-tf-9\"><span>[<\/span>10<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> had depicted the robot as a four-legged &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Totem_pole\" title=\"Totem pole\">Totem<\/a>&quot; that stands upright after firing its weapon beam.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-14\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-14\"><span>[<\/span>15<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><br \/>\nOkun explained there were many more &quot;horrific&quot; or &quot;amazing&quot; concepts,<br \/>\nbut it made sense that the robot would assume a familiar human shape.<br \/>\nHe cited the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monolith_%28Space_Odyssey%29\" title=\"Monolith (Space Odyssey)\">Monolith<\/a> from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey\" title=\"2001: A Space Odyssey\">2001: A Space Odyssey<\/a><\/em> as an inspiration for Gort&#39;s texture, noting &quot;it&#39;s a simple shape, it has no emotion [&#8230;] it just simply is&quot;,<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-empire_4-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-empire-4\"><span>[<\/span>5<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><br \/>\nwhich makes Gort more frightening because the audience cannot tell what<br \/>\nhe is thinking. The computer-generated robot was estimated by the<br \/>\nanimators to be 28 feet tall, whereas in the original he was played by<br \/>\nthe 7 feet tall <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lock_Martin\" title=\"Lock Martin\">Lock Martin<\/a>.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-notes_3-20\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-notes-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Gort&#39;s computer model was programmed to reflect light, and the filmmakers spent time on <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Motion_capture\" title=\"Motion capture\">motion capture<\/a><br \/>\nsessions to guide the performance. An actor wore weights on his hands<br \/>\nand feet so the animators could bring a sense of weight and power to<br \/>\nGort.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-notes_3-21\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-notes-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> His destructive capabilities were based on <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Locust\" title=\"Locust\">locust<\/a> swarms.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-tf_9-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_note-tf-9\"><span>[<\/span>10<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"References\" name=\"References\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"editsection\">[<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7\" title=\"Edit section: References\">edit<\/a>]<\/span> <span class=\"mw-headline\">References<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"references-small\">\n<ol class=\"references\">\n<li id=\"cite_note-0\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-0\">^<\/a><\/strong> &quot;<a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbfc.co.uk\/recent\/index.php?media=film\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"http:\/\/www.bbfc.co.uk\/recent\/index.php?media=film\"><em>The Day the Earth Stood Still<\/em><\/a>&quot;. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Board_of_Film_Classification\" title=\"British Board of Film Classification\">British Board of Film Classification<\/a>. Retrieved on 2008-11-24.<\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-1\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-1\">^<\/a><\/strong> &quot;<a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mailonsunday.co.uk\/moslive\/article-1086979\/Keanu-Reeves-The-billion-dollar-man.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"http:\/\/www.mailonsunday.co.uk\/moslive\/article-1086979\/Keanu-Reeves-The-billion-dollar-man.html\">Keanu Reeves: The three billion dollar man<\/a>&quot;, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Mail_on_Sunday\" title=\"The Mail on Sunday\">The Mail on Sunday<\/a><\/em> (2008-11-22)<span class=\"reference-accessdate\">. Retrieved on 25 November 2008<\/span>.<span class=\"Z3988\" title=\"ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rft.type=newspaperArticle&amp;rft.subject=News&amp;rft.title=Keanu+Reeves%3A+The+three+billion+dollar+man&amp;rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mailonsunday.co.uk%2Fmoslive%2Farticle-1086979%2FKeanu-Reeves-The-billion-dollar-man.html&amp;rft.source=%5B%5BThe+Mail+on+Sunday%5D%5D&amp;rft.date=2008-11-22\"><span style=\"display: none;\">&#0160;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-2\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-2\">^<\/a><\/strong> &quot;<a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ew.com\/ew\/article\/0,,20237155,00.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"http:\/\/www.ew.com\/ew\/article\/0,,20237155,00.html\">Aliens Among Us, Then and Now<\/a>&quot;, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Entertainment_Weekly\" title=\"Entertainment Weekly\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/em> (2008-10-31)<span class=\"reference-accessdate\">. Retrieved on 17 November 2008<\/span>.<span class=\"Z3988\" title=\"ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rft.type=newspaperArticle&amp;rft.subject=News&amp;rft.title=Aliens+Among+Us%2C+Then+and+Now&amp;rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ew.com%2Few%2Farticle%2F0%2C%2C20237155%2C00.html&amp;rft.source=%5B%5BEntertainment+Weekly%5D%5D&amp;rft.date=2008-10-31\"><span style=\"display: none;\">&#0160;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-notes-3\">^ <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-notes_3-0\"><sup><em><strong>a<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-notes_3-1\"><sup><em><strong>b<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-notes_3-2\"><sup><em><strong>c<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-notes_3-3\"><sup><em><strong>d<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-notes_3-4\"><sup><em><strong>e<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-notes_3-5\"><sup><em><strong>f<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-notes_3-6\"><sup><em><strong>g<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-notes_3-7\"><sup><em><strong>h<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-notes_3-8\"><sup><em><strong>i<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-notes_3-9\"><sup><em><strong>j<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-notes_3-10\"><sup><em><strong>k<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-notes_3-11\"><sup><em><strong>l<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-notes_3-12\"><sup><em><strong>m<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-notes_3-13\"><sup><em><strong>n<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-notes_3-14\"><sup><em><strong>o<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-notes_3-15\"><sup><em><strong>p<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-notes_3-16\"><sup><em><strong>q<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-notes_3-17\"><sup><em><strong>r<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-notes_3-18\"><sup><em><strong>s<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-notes_3-19\"><sup><em><strong>t<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-notes_3-20\"><sup><em><strong>u<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-notes_3-21\"><sup><em><strong>v<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> &quot;<a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/thedaytheearthstoodstillmovie.com\/us\/downloads\/Complete_Notes.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"http:\/\/thedaytheearthstoodstillmovie.com\/us\/downloads\/Complete_Notes.pdf\">Production notes<\/a>&quot;. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/20th_Century_Fox\" title=\"20th Century Fox\">20th Century Fox<\/a><\/em>. Retrieved on 2008-11-21.<\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-empire-4\">^ <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-empire_4-0\"><sup><em><strong>a<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-empire_4-1\"><sup><em><strong>b<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-empire_4-2\"><sup><em><strong>c<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-empire_4-3\"><sup><em><strong>d<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-empire_4-4\"><sup><em><strong>e<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> Damon Wise (December 2008). &quot;Keanu Barada Nikto&quot;, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Empire_%28magazine%29\" title=\"Empire (magazine)\">Empire<\/a><\/em>, pp.&#0160;143\u2013149.<span class=\"Z3988\" title=\"ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rft.type=newspaperArticle&amp;rft.subject=News&amp;rft.au=Damon+Wise&amp;rft.title=Keanu+Barada+Nikto&amp;rft.source=%5B%5BEmpire+%28magazine%29%7CEmpire%5D%5D&amp;rft.pages=143%26ndash%3B149&amp;rft.date=December+2008\"><span style=\"display: none;\">&#0160;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-anatomy-5\">^ <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-anatomy_5-0\"><sup><em><strong>a<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-anatomy_5-1\"><sup><em><strong>b<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> Cindy White (2008-11-17). &quot;<a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scifi.com\/scifiwire\/index.php?category=0&amp;id=62216\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"http:\/\/www.scifi.com\/scifiwire\/index.php?category=0&amp;id=62216\">On Set: Day The Earth Stood Still<\/a>&quot;, <em><a class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SCI_FI_Wire\" title=\"SCI FI Wire\">SCI FI Wire<\/a><\/em><span class=\"reference-accessdate\">. Retrieved on 17 November 2008<\/span>.<span class=\"Z3988\" title=\"ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rft.type=newspaperArticle&amp;rft.subject=News&amp;rft.au=Cindy+White&amp;rft.title=On+Set%3A+Day+The+Earth+Stood+Still&amp;rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scifi.com%2Fscifiwire%2Findex.php%3Fcategory%3D0%26id%3D62216&amp;rft.source=%5B%5BSCI+FI+Wire%5D%5D&amp;rft.date=2008-11-17\"><span style=\"display: none;\">&#0160;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-mtvtrailer-6\">^ <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-mtvtrailer_6-0\"><sup><em><strong>a<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-mtvtrailer_6-1\"><sup><em><strong>b<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-mtvtrailer_6-2\"><sup><em><strong>c<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> Shawn Adler (2008-07-04). &quot;<a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/moviesblog.mtv.com\/2008\/07\/04\/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-trailer-is-here\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"http:\/\/moviesblog.mtv.com\/2008\/07\/04\/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-trailer-is-here\/\">\u2018The Day The Earth Stood Still\u2019 Trailer Is Here!<\/a>&quot;, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MTV\" title=\"MTV\">MTV<\/a> Movies Blog<\/em><span class=\"reference-accessdate\">. Retrieved on 5 July 2008<\/span>.<span class=\"Z3988\" title=\"ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rft.type=newspaperArticle&amp;rft.subject=News&amp;rft.au=Shawn+Adler&amp;rft.title=%E2%80%98The+Day+The+Earth+Stood+Still%E2%80%99+Trailer+Is+Here%21&amp;rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmoviesblog.mtv.com%2F2008%2F07%2F04%2Fthe-day-the-earth-stood-still-trailer-is-here%2F&amp;rft.source=%5B%5BMTV%5D%5D+Movies+Blog&amp;rft.date=2008-07-04\"><span style=\"display: none;\">&#0160;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-setqaa-7\">^ <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-setqaa_7-0\"><sup><em><strong>a<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-setqaa_7-1\"><sup><em><strong>b<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-setqaa_7-2\"><sup><em><strong>c<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-setqaa_7-3\"><sup><em><strong>d<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-setqaa_7-4\"><sup><em><strong>e<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-setqaa_7-5\"><sup><em><strong>f<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-setqaa_7-6\"><sup><em><strong>g<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-setqaa_7-7\"><sup><em><strong>h<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-setqaa_7-8\"><sup><em><strong>i<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> Ryan Rotten (2008-11-17). &quot;<a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/news\/movienews.php?id=50605\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"http:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/news\/movienews.php?id=50605\">The Day the Earth Stood Still Set Visit Q &amp; A<\/a>&quot;, <em>ComingSoon.net<\/em><span class=\"reference-accessdate\">. Retrieved on 17 November 2008<\/span>.<span class=\"Z3988\" title=\"ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rft.type=newspaperArticle&amp;rft.subject=News&amp;rft.au=Ryan+Rotten&amp;rft.title=The+Day+the+Earth+Stood+Still+Set+Visit+Q+%26+A&amp;rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comingsoon.net%2Fnews%2Fmovienews.php%3Fid%3D50605&amp;rft.source=ComingSoon.net&amp;rft.date=2008-11-17\"><span style=\"display: none;\">&#0160;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-8\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-8\">^<\/a><\/strong> Paulington James Christensen (2008-11-17). &quot;<a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movieweb.com\/news\/NE9Ag9diGlagbg\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"http:\/\/www.movieweb.com\/news\/NE9Ag9diGlagbg\">Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly Prepare Us for The Day the Earth Stood Still!<\/a>&quot;, <em>MovieWeb<\/em><span class=\"reference-accessdate\">. Retrieved on 17 November 2008<\/span>.<span class=\"Z3988\" title=\"ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rft.type=newspaperArticle&amp;rft.subject=News&amp;rft.au=Paulington+James+Christensen&amp;rft.title=Keanu+Reeves+and+Jennifer+Connelly+Prepare+Us+for+The+Day+the+Earth+Stood+Still%21&amp;rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.movieweb.com%2Fnews%2FNE9Ag9diGlagbg&amp;rft.source=MovieWeb&amp;rft.date=2008-11-17\"><span style=\"display: none;\">&#0160;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-tf-9\">^ <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-tf_9-0\"><sup><em><strong>a<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-tf_9-1\"><sup><em><strong>b<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-tf_9-2\"><sup><em><strong>c<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-tf_9-3\"><sup><em><strong>d<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-tf_9-4\"><sup><em><strong>e<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-tf_9-5\"><sup><em><strong>f<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> Matt Mueller (December 2008). &quot;Excellent adventure, or bogus journey?&quot;, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Total_Film\" title=\"Total Film\">Total Film<\/a><\/em>, pp.&#0160;68-72.<span class=\"Z3988\" title=\"ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rft.type=newspaperArticle&amp;rft.subject=News&amp;rft.au=Matt+Mueller&amp;rft.title=Excellent+adventure%2C+or+bogus+journey%3F&amp;rft.source=%5B%5BTotal+Film%5D%5D&amp;rft.pages=68-72&amp;rft.date=December+2008\"><span style=\"display: none;\">&#0160;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-10\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%282008_film%29#cite_ref-10\">^<\/a><\/strong> Scott Brown (2008-11-25). &quot;<a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/techbiz\/people\/magazine\/16-12\/pl_brown\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/techbiz\/people\/magazine\/16-12\/pl_brown\">The Looming Deluge of Eco-Disaster Flicks<\/a>&quot;, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wired_%28magazine%29\" title=\"Wired (magazine)\">Wired<\/a><\/em><span class=\"reference-accessdate\">. 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It&#39;s an unusual<br \/>\nexpression, akin to an English-language translation of the French &quot;Quel<br \/>\n\u00e2ge avez-vous?&quot; Maybe this should come as no great surprise &#8211; after<br \/>\nall, Reeves grew up in Canada.<\/p>\n<table align=\"right\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" width=\"287\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"8\">&#0160;<\/td>\n<td width=\"279\"><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Keanu Reeves\" border=\"0\" height=\"406\" src=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/arts\/graphics\/2008\/11\/28\/bfkeanu128.jpg\" width=\"279\" \/><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"caption\"><center>Keanu Reeves: &#39;Sci-fi&#39;s just one of the things I can do&#39;<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"story2\">&quot;So,<br \/>\nc&#39;mon,&quot; he insists. &quot;How many?&quot; I fib a little. &quot;Thirty-eight,&quot; I<br \/>\nexaggerate; I&#39;m adding a few years to bring our ages closer together.<br \/>\n&quot;You&#39;re looking good for it, man,&quot; he says. Of course I am &#8211; I&#39;m a fair<br \/>\nbit younger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story2\">&quot;It&#39;s funny, you are going to get to<br \/>\n40 soon &#8211; it&#39;s like a club with a secret handshake,&quot; he says. &quot;I<br \/>\nremember my doctor telling me to enjoy my forties, because I&#39;ll still<br \/>\nhave my physical capabilities but also my life experiences. We should<br \/>\ntake advantage of that before the physical capabilities slip away.&quot;<\/p>\n<p class=\"story2\">I<br \/>\nmeet Reeves in a New York hotel room, which houses a number a small<br \/>\ntelescopes, each one overlooking the southern tip of Central Park. Last<br \/>\nnight was his 44th birthday &#8211; &quot;It was quiet, I spent it with family and<br \/>\nfriends&quot; &#8211; and today he&#39;s talking about his latest film, a re-imagining<br \/>\nof the 1951 sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still, in which he<br \/>\nplays the role of Klaatu, an alien who lands in Central Park. The<br \/>\nlittle telescopes in the hotel room, I note, would have afforded<br \/>\npotential onlookers a fine view of his spaceship.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<li><span class=\"listory\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/link.brightcove.com\/services\/link\/bcpid1358314062\/bclid1364243001\/bctid2597655001\" lang=\"en.uk\">Watch the trailer for The Day The Earth Stood Still<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"listory\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/arts\/main.jhtml?xml=\/arts\/2008\/11\/28\/bfkeanu228.xml\" lang=\"en.uk\">Keanu Reeves&#39;s film roles <\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<div class=\"mpuad\">\n<div class=\"adtxt\">advertisement<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/core\/NetGravity\/mpu.js\"><\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/ads.telegraph.co.uk\/js.ng\/site=arts&amp;spaceid=mpu&amp;sz=200x200&amp;sz=240x400&amp;sz=250x250&amp;sz=300x250&amp;ls=f&amp;transactionID=1227996529463&amp;Section=arts\/film\/stars_and_stories&amp;view=details&amp;xml=\/arts\/2008\/11\/28\/bfkeanu128.xml\"><\/script><iframe loading=\"lazy\" bordercolor=\"#000000\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"250\" hspace=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.uk.doubleclick.net\/adi\/N1238.telegraph.quantum\/B3217569.3;sz=300x250;click=http:\/\/ads.telegraph.co.uk\/event.ng\/Type=click&amp;Segments=406,475,491,533,590,964,998,1057,1063,1088,1108,1171,1300,1418,1427,1532,1703,1872,1923,1953,2263,2302,2391,2932,2990,3127,3273,3276,3310,3314,3471,3654,3655,3656,3945,3950,4366,4385&amp;FlightID=33449&amp;AdID=41437&amp;TargetID=11028&amp;Values=1458&amp;ASeg=&amp;AMod=&amp;Redirect=;ord=btmsKtw,betdplsbbkeaA?\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p>&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;SCRIPT<br \/>\nlanguage=&amp;amp;quot;JavaScript1.1&amp;amp;quot;<br \/>\nSRC=&amp;amp;quot;http:\/\/ad.uk.doubleclick.net\/adj\/N1238.telegraph.quantum\/B3217569.3;abr=!ie;sz=300&#215;250;click=http:\/\/ads.telegraph.co.uk\/event.ng\/Type=click&amp;amp;amp;amp;Segments=406,475,491,533,590,964,998,1057,1063,1088,1108,1171,1300,1418,1427,1532,1703,1872,1923,1953,2263,2302,2391,2932,2990,3127,3273,3276,3310,3314,3471,3654,3655,3656,3945,3950,4366,4385&amp;amp;amp;amp;FlightID=33449&amp;amp;amp;amp;AdID=41437&amp;amp;amp;amp;TargetID=11028&amp;amp;amp;amp;Values=1458&amp;amp;amp;amp;ASeg=&amp;amp;amp;amp;AMod=&amp;amp;amp;amp;Redirect=;ord=btmsKtw,betdplsbbkeaA?&amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;\/SCRIPT&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/p&amp;gt;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n<p><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class=\"story2\">&quot;Actually,<br \/>\nI&#39;m not sure people would want to see this Klaatu,&quot; counters Reeves.<br \/>\n&quot;He&#39;s a little different from the original character, who was played by<br \/>\nMichael Rennie in the 1951 classic. He was pretty idealised in the<br \/>\nfirst film. He had Christian, spiritual overtones and he had a<br \/>\nnaturalism to him. He was more human than human. I am a little less<br \/>\nnaturalistic.&quot;<\/p>\n<p class=\"story2\">In both the original movie and the<br \/>\nremake &#8211; the latter also features Jennifer Connelly, John Cleese and<br \/>\nWill Smith&#39;s 10-year-old son, Jaden &#8211; Klaatu arrives on Earth with a<br \/>\nwarning. The first film was released during the first decade of the<br \/>\nCold War, and reflected the concerns of the time: nuclear armageddon.<br \/>\nThe remake, however, picks up on environmental themes. Here Klaatu is a<br \/>\nfriend of the Earth, not a friend of mankind, and if he kills the<br \/>\nlatter, the former will survive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story2\">&quot;That&#39;s how he<br \/>\nthinks at the outset, but Klaatu discovers his humanity during the film<br \/>\n&#8211; that is the journey for him,&quot; says Reeves. &quot;So I played him as a man<br \/>\nwho has an alien inside him, but he is embodied by human flesh and that<br \/>\nchanges him. I picture the human body as a kind of container for him.<br \/>\nIt was funny &#8211; because of the way I was playing him, I didn&#39;t have a<br \/>\nlot of facial cues, so when I was thinking about the character, I&#39;d<br \/>\njust look at people and I would answer them, but I wouldn&#39;t do anything<br \/>\nwith my face. I realised that it was a little off-putting so when we<br \/>\nweren&#39;t shooting, I had to remember to smile. I enjoyed it a lot.&quot;<\/p>\n<p class=\"story2\">It<br \/>\nseems Reeves is taking his doctor&#39;s advice: he&#39;s enjoying his forties.<br \/>\nTraditionally, the fourth decade can prove a difficult one for<br \/>\nactresses; for actors, the real test comes in their thirties. Reeves,<br \/>\nhowever, survived, thanks largely to his lead performances in the three<br \/>\nMatrix films, which, along with boosting his bank balance, established<br \/>\nhim as a sci-fi superstar (he has also featured in the likes of Johnny<br \/>\nMnemonic, Constantine and A Scanner Darkly), a reputation that his<br \/>\nlatest film will only enhance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story2\">&quot;I grew up liking<br \/>\nscience fiction &#8211; it&#39;s almost like a Trojan horse,&quot; he says. &quot;You can<br \/>\nput any other genre inside. You can do a romance like Blade Runner, you<br \/>\ncan do action romance like Star Wars; an existential art movie like<br \/>\nTarkovsky&#39;s Solaris; or a comedy like Spaceballs. It really translates<br \/>\nwell to a lot of different genres.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story2\">&quot;As to whether I get stereotyped for doing sci-fi, I don&#39;t know. For me, sci-fi&#39;s just one of the things I can do.&quot;<\/p>\n<p class=\"story2\">In<br \/>\nhis long and varied career &#8211; he began on Canadian TV in 1984 &#8211; Reeves<br \/>\nhas not always won critical plaudits. The stoner-dude he played in the<br \/>\ntwo Bill &amp; Ted films (1989 and 1991) cast a shadow over his later<br \/>\nwork, and some of his performances &#8211; notably in Point Break (1991) and<br \/>\nBram Stoker&#39;s Dracula (1992) &#8211; were justifiably accused of being<br \/>\nwooden. But his performances have matured with age. He has worked with<br \/>\nsome of the world&#39;s biggest-name directors, including Stephen Frears<br \/>\n(Dangerous Liaisons, 1988), Coppola (Bram Stoker&#39;s Dracula), Bertolucci<br \/>\n(Little Buddha, 1994), Gus Van Sant (Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, 1993)<br \/>\nand, of course, the Wachowskis (The Matrix trilogy, 1999-2003).<\/p>\n<p class=\"story2\">&quot;I<br \/>\nhave no idea what I would have done if I hadn&#39;t been actor,&quot; he says.<br \/>\n&quot;I&#39;ve been doing this professionally since I was 16. I&#39;ve never really<br \/>\n&#8211; knock on wood &#8211; had to look for another job and hopefully I won&#39;t<br \/>\nhave to in the future. I played hockey when I was an adolescent, and<br \/>\nmaybe that was a crossroads. Professional hockey or the high-school<br \/>\nplay? I took the high-school play.&quot;<\/p>\n<p class=\"story2\">The<br \/>\nhigh-school play has since taken Reeves to the apex of the Hollywood<br \/>\nA-list. He has a home in the Hollywood Hills and another in Manhattan<br \/>\nnot far from our hotel, although he tries to keep himself out of the<br \/>\nmedia spotlight. Notoriously press-shy, he gives short shrift to<br \/>\npersonal questions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story2\">This, however, should come as<br \/>\nno great surprise; he has endured a turbulent private life. In 2001 his<br \/>\ngirlfriend Jennifer Syme was killed in a car accident. Syme had given<br \/>\nbirth to the couple&#39;s daughter Ava in 1999, but she was stillborn. The<br \/>\ntwo are buried side by side in a Los Angeles cemetery. He has never<br \/>\nspoken about the events publicly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story2\">Nowadays, he<br \/>\nconfesses to an interest in travel, especially if it involves his<br \/>\nNorton motorcycle. &quot;I have a bike and it&#39;s how I get around. There are<br \/>\nso many paparazzi in Los Angeles now, it&#39;s like: here is Keanu filling<br \/>\nup his bike with gas, here is Keanu at a stoplight on his bike! But I<br \/>\ngot the chance to travel a little bit with the bike this summer in<br \/>\nFrance &#8211; I took the Route Napol\u00e9on and I went over the mountains in the<br \/>\nArd\u00e8che.&quot;<\/p>\n<p class=\"story2\">His trip to France also allowed him to<br \/>\nindulge his interest in wine. &quot;I&#39;m not a connoisseur, though I do enjoy<br \/>\na good drop now and then. For me it&#39;s not only the taste but also the<br \/>\nmoment that you have the wine. So I have a sentimental favourite, which<br \/>\nis a 1982 French vintage, a fine year from a fine grower and a couple<br \/>\nof fine moments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story2\">&quot;An interest in wine, eh? I guess<br \/>\nthat&#39;s something that happens in your forties!&quot; He smiles. &quot;Like my<br \/>\ndoctor said, I should enjoy them.&quot;<\/p>\n<li><span class=\"listory\">&#39;The Day the Earth Stood Still&#39; is out on Dec 12<\/span><\/li>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/arts\/main.jhtml?xml=\/arts\/2008\/11\/28\/bfkeanu128.xml\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/arts\/main.jhtml?xml=\/arts\/2008\/11\/28\/bfkeanu128.xml<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omniversity.us\/exopolitics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omniversity.us\/exopolitics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omniversity.us\/exopolitics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omniversity.us\/exopolitics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omniversity.us\/exopolitics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omniversity.us\/exopolitics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omniversity.us\/exopolitics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omniversity.us\/exopolitics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}