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DESCRIPTION:Wednesday, August 9 at 7:30 pm \nTHE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL \nPresented 
 by David Oertel \nThe Fellowship of Humanity \n510-393-5685 \n\nIn this 
 groundbreaking science fiction film of 1951, Klaatu, an extra-terrestrial 
 ambassador on a peace mission, and his robot, Gort, land in Washington D.C. 
 in their flying saucer. In a panic, troops are sent to the spot and Klaatu 
 is wounded by a nervous soldier. Gort emerges and uses his laserbeam 
 “eye” to melt the weapons right out of soldiers’ hands and to melt 
 even a tank. Klaatu’s arm is treated at Walter Reed hospital. In talks 
 with Earth people, Klaatu dismisses the Cold War that’s consuming Earth 
 as a “petty squabble” but fears its capacity for triggering mass 
 destruction. He explains that politicians, soldiers, and the media are the 
 enemy, squared off against the sane influences of women, children and an 
 Einstein-like scientist. He tries to arrange a meeting with the leaders of 
 the world but they cannot agree on a meeting place, letting pettiness and 
 pride rule them. Klaatu exclaims: “I’m impatient with stupidity. My 
 people have learned to live without it.” This film is a classic because 
 it creates for the first time images that have passed into our national 
 culture. \nhttp://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/4400/gort/ \n\nBefore 
 and after the film, everyone’s invited to indulge in our Humanist Coffee 
 House \n\n$5 donations are accepted \n 
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SUMMARY:Oakland: The Day the Earth Stood Still
LOCATION:Humanist Hall \n390 27th Street \nmidtown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway, below Pill Hill \n\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/07/19/18289655.php
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