Off The Planet
Subtitle: Music, Sound And Science Fiction Cinema
Publisher: John Libbey & Company
Published: June 16, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780861966448
Subjects: Films, cinema; Sound effects; Motion picture music; General; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Science fiction films; Cinema/Film: Book; Motion pictures; Film & Video - General; Film & Video - Direction & Production; History; History and criticism
First sentence: In 'Farewell to the Master' (1944), Harry Bates' short story upon which the film The Day the Earth stood still (1951) is based, an extra-terrestrial called Klaatu visits the Earth and is promptly killed by a deranged citizen.