Gort is a fictional humanoid robot that appeared first in the 1951 20th Century Fox American science fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still and later in its 2008 remake. His depiction …

Out steps Klaatu (Michael Rennie, in a role intended for Claude Rains), a handsome and soft-spoken interplanetary traveler, whose "bodyguard" is Gort (Lock Martin), a huge robot who …

Gort is an eight-foot tall humanoid robot that appears in the 1951 science fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still. A seamless silver android formed from a single piece of "flexible metal", he …

Jul 13, 2025 · In the context of the 1950s, Gort can be interpreted as a metaphor for the unchecked power of atomic weapons. The fear of nuclear annihilation loomed large, and Gort, …

The humanoid alien protagonist of the film, Klaatu (Michael Rennie), instructs Helen Benson (Patricia Neal) that if any harm befalls him, she must say the phrase to the robot Gort (Lockard …

May 20, 2024 · Gort is an awesome sight, terrifying and mysterious. Late in the film, Klaatu will explain that robots like Gort are stationed throughout the galaxy, and serve as threatening, …

Gort is an alien robot that appears as the secondary antagonist in the 1951 science fiction thriller film The Day The Earth Stood Still and the main antagonist of its 2008 remake.

In 1951, the science fiction classic The Day the Earth Stood Still introduced audiences to Gort, the robot bodyguard of an alien named Klaatu, who visited Earth with the intention of promoting …

The alien, Klaatu, orders the robot, Gort, to desist. Klaatu explains that the now-broken device was a gift for the President of the United States "to study life on the other planets".

Gort is usually associated with nonsensical or blunt phrases, like "Let Gort cook" or "Gort knows all." People love attaching any sentence to Gort to give it a surreal twist. By saying "Gort" at …