What was the name of the robot in the 1951 film, 'The Day The Earth Stood Still'?
Gort (The Day the Earth Stood Still) Gort (The Day the Earth Stood Still) Gort is a fictional humanoid robot that appeared first in the 1951 20th Century Fox American science fiction film "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and later in its 2008 remake. His depiction varies between film adaptations, however, the original character was loosely based on the character Gnut, from "Farewell to the Master", a 1940 "Astounding Science Fiction" short story written by Harry Bates, used as the basis for Edmund H. North's screenplay. In that story, Gnut is a moving green statue that is apparently attendant upon Klaatu, but in the terminus of
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film) The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film) The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 2008 American science fiction thriller film, a loose adaptation of the 1951 film of the same name. The screenplay by David Scarpa is based on the 1940 classic science fiction short story "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates and on the 1951 screenplay adaptation by Edmund H. North. Directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Keanu Reeves as Klaatu, this version replaces the Cold War theme of nuclear warfare with the contemporary issue of humankind's environmental damage to the planet. It follows Klaatu, an