lock martin played gort in day the earth stood still.
lock martin played gort in day the earth stood still.
who played gort in day the earth stood still?
lock martin
the script described gort as nanotechnology by the time the director signed on, although it did not specify gort's appearance. the 15th draft of the script had depicted the robot as a four-legged "totem" that stands upright after firing its weapon beam. okun explained there were many more "horrific" or "amazing" concepts, but it made sense that the robot would assume a familiar human shape. he cited the monolith from "" as an inspiration for gort's texture, noting "it's a simple shape, it has no emotion [...] it just simply is", which makes gort more frightening because the audience cannot tell what he is thinking. the animators estimated the computer-generated robot as tall, whereas in the original he was played by the tall lock martin. gort's computer model was programmed to reflect light, and the filmmakers spent time on motion-capture sessions to guide the performance. an actor wore weights on his hands and feet, allowing the animators to bring a sense of weight and power to gort. his destructive capabilities were based on locust swarms, although the idea of metal-eating insects goes back to stephen vincent benét's 1933 poem "metropolitan nightmare".
the day the earth stood still (2008 film)
"the day the earth stood still" received recognition from the american film institute and was selected for preservation in the united states library of congress' national film registry. in 2001, it was ranked number 82 on "100 years...100 thrills", a list of america's most heart-pounding films. it placed number 67 on a similar list "100 years ... 100 cheers", a list of america's most inspiring films. in june 2008, the american film institute revealed its "10 top 10" — the best ten films in ten "classic" american film genres — after polling more than 1,500 people from the creative community. "the day the earth stood still" was acknowledged as the fifth best film in the science fiction genre. the film was also on the ballot for afi's other lists including "100 years ... 100 movies", the tenth anniversary list, "100 years...100 heroes and villains" for klaatu in the heroes category, "100 years ... 100 movie quotes" for the famous line "gort! klaatu barada nikto" and afi's "100 years of film scores". in 2004, the film was selected by "the new york times" as one of "the best 1000 movies ever made".
the day the earth stood still