The Day The Earth Stood Still

This is the IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE of science fiction films and now, some 55 odd years later, it is still as beautiful and relevant as the day it was first released. You can find many articles written about this Robert Wise directed classic starring Michael Rennie and Patricia Neal so I won't bother adding my two cents. What I will comment on however is how a number of the uncredited cast would go on to appear in either THE TWILIGHT ZONE or THE OUTER LIMITS. Also, I've often wondered if Stanley Kubrick was giving a tip of the hat to this film when he decided to use ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA by Richard Strauss in his masterpiece 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. The legendary Bernard Herrmann uses elements of the same piece in the score for the opening credits.