Oh, I just realized, you don't even need to hunt down a copy to play in your VCR or DVD machine.

The Wikipedia article about the movie provided a link to a Google video.  Not just clips, the whole darn film!  I'll admit I'm somewhat doubtful this is a coordinated effort with 20th Century Fox, but at the time I'm writing this post, the link is valid.  (It may not be in the near future, so don't be shocked if you can't access it when this post is a few weeks or months old.)

Rather than link directly to the video and possibly violate R'osity's Terms for Service, here's a link to the Wikipedia article.  Scroll to the "External Links" section and find the one pointing to the Google Video page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still

You can also find an on-line copy of "Farewell to the Master", the story by Harry Bates upon which the movie was inspired.

Sincerely,

Bill

Tempt the Hand of Fate and it'll give you the "finger"!