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My first meeting with Gort. He is located at Sci-Fi City on Colonial
Blvd in Orlando Florida. The display sign used information from the
Suit page of this website. |
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Gort Animated Gif I constructed using GifBuilder. You are welcome
to copy and use. Click on it for a larger version. |
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This animated poster is courtesy of Matinee
Today, a site that specializes in Film Art and Posters. |
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Cartoon of Gort playing trombone for Klaatu, an illustration for an
article on Bernard Hermann's score from Fantastic Films. |
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Gort's first appearance on "The Simpson's" TV show, "The Springfield
Files" Features Marvin the Martian, Gort, Chewbacca the Wookie, Alf, and
one of the resident Simpson aliens, Kragg. Gort is an imposter as
he about 5 inches too short! |
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Close up of Gort costume showing laces and air holes in helmet.
See The Suit
for more information. |
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Close up of Gort costume showing tie up laces. See The
Suit for more information. |
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Preperation of Gort stand-in model. See The
Suit for more information. |
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Close up of Gort stand-in model. See The
Suit for more information. |
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What appears to be a set-up shot for poster art. Notice brace
under Patricia Neal. |
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10 points if yu can guess the human in the still from an unaired TV
pilot which featured Robbie the Robot as a cybernetic Sherlock Holmes.
(Highlight here for answer: ***Jerry Mathers aka
The Beaver***) |
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8mm Movie Cover by Ken Films/20th Century Fox |
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Autographed Photo - Patricia Neal, Robert Wise |
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Another autographed photo: Robert Wise, Patricia Neal, Billy
Gray |
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Color image of Gort and Klaatu with retouched sky |
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Original fan art by internationally known illustrator George Bush (*Warning*
VERY large file) |
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Color image of Gort and Klaatu |
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Billiken toy wind-up Gort Toy. Only about 500 were produced.
Current purchase price: about $300. Not very well detailed - the
only significant feature is the helmet. Arms move up and down as
the robot walks. |
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Japenese toy Gort in box with cover art. Still crude although
has more detail in torso and legs than the Billiken toy. |
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Original Lobby card |
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Original lobby card |
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Original lobby card |
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Newspaper advertisment |
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VHS Video cover art |
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Laserdisc cover art |
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This is an original newsprint ad for The Day the Earth Stood Still.
Written to look like a real newspaper. First 2 pages tell of UFO landing
in Washington DC with several articles. 3rd page tells about the actors,
directors and Hollywoods advancement in science-fiction movies for 1951,
and possibility of flight to moon. Last page has poster advertisement for
this movie at 2 Wichita, KS theatres on Oct 5-10. (These theatres are no
longer around). Also has ad for the movies The Desert Fox, and People Will
Talk. Paper measures 16" x 11 1/2" |
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From the Omaha
Film Event. Gort poses with Bruce Crawford, Patricia Neal, Bill
Gray and Lucy Anderson, wife of composer Bernard Herrmann, and artist Mike
Hansen. |
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Original artwork that debuted at the Omaha
Film Event. By Mike Hansen. There are a few limited prints
still available. They are $15.00 postage paid, to order contact bruce@omahafilmevent.com.Ê |
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