Reproduction theatrical release poster from the critically-acclaimed 1951 American sci-fi movie ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ directed by Robert Wise (West Side Story, Sound of Music, Star Trek: the Motion Picture). The film had a significant influence on the science fiction genre and played on the fears of a Cold War-era audience paranoid about alien invasion. This dramatic, action-packed poster depicts many core elements from the genre and is unusually square shaped.