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Free Community Screenings at BSPAC

Thank you to our partner, the Borrego Valley Endowment Fund, for underwriting the entire screening season in 2026.

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The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Day the Earth Stood Still

*Special Outdoor Screening - Friday, October 30, 2026 at 7pm – The Day the Earth Stood Still | 1951 | Rated G | 1h 32m

The Day the Earth Stood Still, directed by Robert Wise, is a landmark of science fiction cinema. An alien named Klaatu, played by Michael Rennie, lands his flying saucer in Washington, D.C., accompanied by the towering robot Gort. He arrives with a message of peace but warns humanity that its nuclear ambitions threaten the wider galaxy. Met with fear and gunfire, Klaatu goes into hiding and befriends a widow, Helen Benson, and her young son. Bernard Herrmann's eerie theremin score and the film's thoughtful Cold War allegory helped elevate it far above typical monster-movie fare of the era.  The film earned a Golden Globe for Best Film Promoting International Understanding, was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry in 1995 and is still regularly ranked among the greatest science fiction films ever made.

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The Borrego Springs Film Festival

THE 13th ANNUAL BSFF • JANUARY 14-18, 2026

BSFF FILM FESTIVAL