Revealing mistake: When Gort goes behind the wall to pick up Patricia Neal, the camera moves about an inch in the same shot, because they had to stop filming, go rig the wires up to Patricia, then start filming once again. (01:17:00)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Robert Wise
Starring: Hugh Marlowe, Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Sam Jaffe
The alien leaves, teaching Earth that war is not the answer, and that Earth will be destroyed if they ever bring war into space and become a threat to other planets.
Bazzu
More mistakes in The Day the Earth Stood Still
Helen: Gort! Klaatu barada nikto.
Trivia: In order to make Gort's body appear seamless, two different costumes were created, one that opened in the back for front shots and one that opened in the front for rear shots. Unfortunately, as someone has already pointed out on this site, it was sometimes rather difficult to co-ordinate which suit was needed for which shot and thus there are several times in the film where Gort's seams can be seen.
Question: For such and advanced species, wouldn't Klatu's people know that "reducing Earth to a burnt out cinder" (for its warlike ways) would also punish those billions of innocents who have no say in the policies of their governments or military? Wouldn't it be more effective to police the earth and neutralize any weaponry that we shot into space?
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Answer: They said, how they handle their earth problems is no concern to them, it's only if they bring it to outer space and other worlds, they would take drastic measures to ensure that did not happen.