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Despite creating indispensable accompaniment for such iconic moments as the "Psycho" shower scene, and an alien robot's pivotal response to the phrase "Klaatu barada nikto!" in "The Day the Earth Stood Still," Herrmann, who died in 1975, collected only a single Oscar for scoring 1941's forgotten "The Devil and Daniel Webster."
Unsung Composer's Cinematic Feats Bruce Bennett 2011
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Also a lot of names that I expect would be familiar: Gort (Klaatu barada nikto!), Darkseid, the HAL 9000 ... no Dr. Doom, though (as Galactus -- a forum member named Galactus, not Galactus-Galactus, who _is_ in the competition -- pointed out).
Creeping Crud grrm 2010
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Bark Bark Woof Woof: "Klaatu barada nikto, baby." skip to main | skip to sidebar
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And don't forget: if you're abducted, "Klaatu barada nikto" means "Yew shore got a purty mouth."
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Yes, but they change him from mechanical to biological. klaatu barada nikto
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I can just hear the painful dialogue now: "Like, Klaatu barada, uh, nikto ... dudes."
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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She also saved the world from destruction by yelling the code phrase "Klaatu barada nikto!" in "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951), regarded as one of the best sci-fi films of the era.
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I can just hear the painful dialogue now: "Like, Klaatu barada, uh, nikto ... dudes."
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Klaatu barada nikto has, by the way, been called "the most famous phrase ever spoken by an extraterrestrial."
Tom Engelhardt: The Day the Earth Still Stood: What Will Obama Inherit? 2009
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And all I can say -- for those of you who aren't reading this anyway, and in the spirit of the clunky 1951 sci-fi classic, The Day the Earth Stood Still -- is: Klaatu barada nikto!
Tom Engelhardt: The Day the Earth Still Stood: What Will Obama Inherit? 2009
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