The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

Actors: Ty Olsson (actor), David Richmond-Peck (actor), David Lewis (actor), Robert Knepper (actor), Keanu Reeves (actor), Serge Houde (actor), Michael Hogan (actor), Roger R. Cross (actor), Hiro Kanagawa (actor), Jon Hamm (actor), John Cleese (actor), James Hong (actor), Ben Cotton (actor), John Rothman (actor), Juan Riedinger (actor),

Plot: Dr. Helen Benson is summoned to a military facility with several other scientists when an alien spacecraft of sorts arrives in New York City. Aboard is a human-like alien and a giant robot of immense size and power. The alien identifies himself as Klaatu and says he has come to save the Earth. The US military and political authorities see him as a threat however and decide to use so-called intensive interrogation techniques on him but Dr. Benson decides to facilitate his escape. When she learns exactly what he means when he says he is there to save the Earth, she tries to convince him to change his intentions.

Keywords: 18-wheeler, 1920s, actor-playing-multiple-roles, ah-64-apache-helicopter, alien, alien-contact, american-flag-lapel-pin, ark, astrobiologist, australia
Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Taglines: 12.12.08 is the Day the Earth Stood Still

Quotes:

Polygraph Operator: I'm going to ask you a series of control questions. Are you currently in a seated position?::Klaatu: Yes.::Polygraph Operator: Are you human?::Klaatu: My body is.::Polygraph Operator: Do you feel pain?::Klaatu: My body does.::Polygraph Operator: Are you aware of an impending attack on the planet earth?::Klaatu: You should let me go.::Polygraph Operator: I'll repeat the question. [he touches the machine and gets a shock]::Klaatu: What gate did you use to enter this base?::Polygraph Operator: East loading door.::Klaatu: How do I get there?::Polygraph Operator: 100 yards left from the back of this building.::Klaatu: Is there a security code?::Polygraph Operator: 4-4-Bravo-3-0.::Klaatu: What size is that suit?::Polygraph Operator: 42 long.::Klaatu: Take it off.

Regina Jackson: What is your purpose in coming here?::Klaatu: There is a gathering of world leaders not far from here; I will explain my purpose to them.::Regina Jackson: I'm afraid thats not possible. Perhaps you should explain yourself to me instead.::Klaatu: Do you speak for the entire human race?::Regina Jackson: I speak for the President of the United States. Now, please; tell me why have you come to our planet.::Klaatu: *Your* planet.::Regina Jackson: Yes; this is our planet.::Klaatu: No, it is not.

Klaatu: The decision is made.

Klaatu: [to Helen] Your professor is right. At the precipice we change.

Guardswoman: [Catching Helen with a cellphone after they had been forbidden] Is that a cell phone?::Helen Benson: [nods]::Guardswoman: [Chokingly] Can I borrow it?

Helen Benson: I need to know what's happening.::Klaatu: This planet is dying. The human race is killing it.::Helen Benson: So you've come here to help us.::Klaatu: No, *I* didn't.::Helen Benson: You said you came to save us.::Klaatu: I said I came to save the Earth.::Helen Benson: You came to save the Earth... from us. You came to save the Earth *from* us.::Klaatu: We can't risk the survival of this planet for the sake of one species.::Helen Benson: What are you saying?::Klaatu: If the Earth dies, you die. If you die, the Earth survives. There are only a handful of planets in the cosmos that are capable of supporting complex life...::Helen Benson: You can't do this.::Klaatu: ...this one can't be allowed to perish.::Helen Benson: We can change. We can still turn things around.::Klaatu: We've watched, we've waited and hoped that you *would* change.::Helen Benson: Please...::Klaatu: It's reached the tipping point. We have to act.::Helen Benson: Please...::Klaatu: We'll undo the damage you've done and give the Earth a chance to begin again.::Helen Benson: Don't do this. Please, we can change. We can change.::Klaatu: The decision is made. The process has begun.::Helen Benson: Oh God.

Professor Barnhardt: There must be alternatives. You must have some technology that could solve our problem.::Klaatu: Your problem is not technology. The problem is you. You lack the will to change.::Professor Barnhardt: Then help us change.::Klaatu: I cannot change your nature. You treat the world as you treat each other.::Professor Barnhardt: But every civilization reaches a crisis point eventually.::Klaatu: Most of them don't make it.::Professor Barnhardt: Yours did. How?::Klaatu: Our sun was dying. We had to evolve in order to survive.::Professor Barnhardt: So it was only when your world was threated with destruction that you became what you are now.::Klaatu: Yes.::Professor Barnhardt: Well that's where we are. You say we're on the brink of destruction and you're right. But it's only on the brink that people find the will to change. Only at the precipice do we evolve. This is our moment. Don't take it from us, we are close to an answer.

Klaatu: There are some things I can't do.::Jacob Benson: But you have powers.::Klaatu: I'm sorry.::Jacob Benson: Please. Please!::Klaatu: Jacob, nothing ever truly dies. The universe wastes nothing. Everything is simply, transformed.::Jacob Benson: Just leave me alone.

Helen Benson: It's alright. He's here to help.::Klaatu: There's another side to you. I feel it now.::Helen Benson: [referring to large, black cloud] Is that how it ends?::Klaatu: Yes.::Helen Benson: You can't stop it?::Klaatu: I don't know. It would come at a price, to you and your way of life.::Helen Benson: But we can change, you know that now. Please, please, just give us a chance.::Klaatu: I'll try. I must get back to the city.

Professor Barnhardt: I have so many questions to ask you.::Helen Benson: [addressing Klaatu about the music playing] It's Bach.::Klaatu: It's beautiful.::Professor Barnhardt: So we're not so different after all.::Klaatu: I wish that were true.