What Harry Bates story inspired the screenplay writer of "The Last Caste" to write a 2008 remake?
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film) The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 2008 American science fiction film, a loose adaptation of the 1951 film of the same name. The screenplay by David Scarpa is based on the 1940 classic science fiction short story "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates and on the 1951 screenplay adaptation by Edmund H. North.
Ronald Harwood Sir Ronald Harwood, CBE, FRSL (born Ronald Horwitz; 9 November 1934) is an author, playwright and screenwriter. He is most noted for his plays for the British stage as well as the screenplays for "The Dresser" (for which he was nominated for an Oscar) and "The Pianist", for which he won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (2007).