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6.7/10   470 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Lanny Cotler (written by)
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Release Date:
24 July 1980 (USA) more
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Plot:
Patrick Foley has been on the move all his live. Tired of drifting, he wants to spend his last days in an isolated Australian valley where he grew up... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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A deeply spiritual and heart-touching film more (22 total)

Cast

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William Holden ... Patrick Foley
Rick Schroder ... Shawn Daley (as Ricky Schroder)
Jack Thompson ... Ross Daley
Olivia Hamnett ... Bettina Daley
Alwyn Kurts ... Christian Neilson
Pat Evison ... Meg Neilson
Redmond Phillips ... Bobby Burns
Ray Barrett ... Parnell

Tony Barry ... Red
Allan Penney ... Harlan
Willie Fennell ... R.C
Walter Pym ... Uncle
Cul Cullen ... Dawson
Dawn Schroder ... Dalton
Maggie Blinco ... Jessica
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Additional Details

Runtime:
97 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Quotes:
[first lines]
Australian Customs Agent: Next please. Now what's the purpose of your visit?
Patrick Foley: Uh - passing through.
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Soundtrack:
He'll Never Fill My Shoes more

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9 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
A deeply spiritual and heart-touching film, 27 September 2005
10/10
Author: fyremawth from United States

I'm rarely moved to comment on a movie, but the Earthling is one of my favorites. I like thought-provoking and heart-touching movies, this film aims right at my emotional core and gets me in the breadbasket.

It's not a family film in the Disney sense, but it's a true family film in the spiritual sense. Sometimes the happy ending teaches that life is hard, suffering has a cause and an end, and within us lies the answer to the cessation of suffering: We can endure and find happiness, so long as we remember to find love.

Holden's performance was right-on, playing the embittered but compassionate mentor to Shroeder's traumatized child. The cinematography was outstanding, the Australian landscape was full of color and the story line quite refreshing.

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