<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $1.85 million (US theatrical rentals) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Day the Earth Stood Still (a.k.a. Farewell to the Master and Journey to the World) is a 1951 American black - and - white science fiction film from 20th Century Fox, produced by Julian Blaustein, directed by Robert Wise, that stars Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Billy Gray, Hugh Marlowe, and Sam Jaffe . The screenplay was written by Edmund H. North, based on the 1940 science fiction short story "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates . The score was composed by Bernard Herrmann . </P> <P> In The Day the Earth Stood Still, a humanoid alien visitor named Klaatu comes to Earth, accompanied by a powerful eight - foot tall robot, Gort, to deliver an important message that will affect the entire human race . </P> <P> In 1995, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". </P>

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