Leo Tover
Leo Tover, A. S.C.
( December 6, 1902 – December 30, 1964) was an American cinematographer, twice nominated for Academy Awards for his work on" The Heiress"( 1949) and" Hold Back the Dawn"( 1941).
His other credits include the silent version of" The Great Gatsby" as well as" The Day the Earth Stood Still" and" Payment on Demand", both released in 1951.
He was born in New Haven, Connecticut and died in Los Angeles, California.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film)
The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 2008 American science fiction thriller film and 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 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 alien sent to try to change human behavior or eradicate humans from Earth.
The film was originally scheduled for release on May 9, 2008, but was released on a roll- out schedule beginning December 12, 2008, screening in both conventional and IMAX theaters.
The critical reviews were mainly negative, with 186 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes showing only 21% of them were positive; typically the film was found to be" heavy on special effects, but without a coherent story at its base".
In its opening week, the film took the top spot at the U.S. box office and went on to gross over$ 233 million worldwide.
" The Day the Earth Stood Still" was released on home video on April 7, 2009.
That Hamilton Woman
That Hamilton Woman, also known as Lady Hamilton and The Enchantress, is a 1941 black-and-white historical film drama, produced and directed by Alexander Korda for his British company during his exile in the United States.
Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the film tells the story of the rise and fall of Emma Hamilton, dance-hall girl and courtesan, who married Sir William Hamilton, British ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples.
She later became mistress to Admiral Horatio Nelson.
The film was a critical and financial success, and while on the surface the plot is both a war story and a romance set in Napoleonic times, it was also intended to function as a deliberately pro-British film that would portray Britain positively within the context of World War II which was being fought at that time.
At the time the film was released France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Denmark had all surrendered to the Nazis and the Soviet Union was still officially allied to them, correspondingly the British were fighting against the Nazis alone and felt the need to produce films that would both boost their own morale, and also portray them sympathetically to the foreign world, and in particular, to the United States.
Alexander Korda
Sir Alexander Korda( born Sándor László Kellner, 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956) was a British film producer and director and screenwriter, who founded his own film production studios and film distribution company.
Born in Hungary, where he began his career, he worked briefly in the Austrian and German film industries during the era of silent films, before being based in Hollywood from 1926 to 1930 for the first of his two brief periods there( the other was during World War II).
The change led to a divorce from his first wife, the Hungarian film actress María Corda, who was unable to make the transition from silent films to" talkies" because of her strong Hungarian accent.
From 1930, Korda was active in the British film industry, and soon became one of its leading figures.
He was the founder of London Films and, post-war, the owner of British Lion Films, a film distribution company.
Korda produced many outstanding classics of the British film industry, including" The Private Life of Henry VIIIRembrandtThings To Come The Thief of Baghdad" and" The Third Man".
In 1942, Korda became the first filmmaker to receive a knighthood.
Scott Derrickson
Scott Derrickson( born July 16, 1966) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.
He lives in Los Angeles, California.
Derrickson is best known for directing" The Exorcism of Emily Rose"( 2005)," Sinister"( 2012), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film" Doctor Strange"( 2016).
Harry Bates (author)
Hiram Gilmore" Harry" Bates III( October 9, 1900 – September 1981) was an American science fiction editor and writer.
His short story" Farewell to the Master"( 1940) was the basis of the well- known science fiction movie" The Day the Earth Stood Still"( 1951).
Rukiya Bernard
Rukiya Bernard( born January 20, 1983) is a Canadian actress, producer and interior designer.
She is known for her role as Doc in Syfy's" Van Helsing, The Cabin in the Woods"( 2012)," The Day the Earth Stood Still"( 2008) and" Stuck"( 2007).
Juliette Compton
Juliette Compton( May 3, 1899 – March 19, 1989) was an American actress whose career began in the silent film era and concluded with" That Hamilton Woman" in 1941.
Michael Rennie
Michael Rennie( born Eric Alexander Rennie; 25 August 1909 – 10 June 1971) was a British film, television and stage actor, perhaps best remembered for his starring role as the space visitor Klaatu in the science fiction film" The Day the Earth Stood Still"( 1951).
In a career spanning more than 30 years, Rennie appeared in more than 50 films and in several American television series.
The Men in Her Life
The Men in Her Life is a 1941 film adaptation of the novel" Ballerina" by Eleanor Smith.
It was nominated for the 1941 Academy Award for Best Sound Recording( John P. Livadary), but lost to" That Hamilton Woman".

Question: Do both films, The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008 Film) and That Hamilton Woman, have the directors who are from the same country?
Answer: no