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The Man Who Fell to Earth

  • 19761976
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  • 2h 19m
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6.6/10
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An alien must pose as a human to save his dying planet, but a woman and greed of other men create complications.An alien must pose as a human to save his dying planet, but a woman and greed of other men create complications.An alien must pose as a human to save his dying planet, but a woman and greed of other men create complications.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
27K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,860
1,655
    • Nicolas Roeg
    • Paul Mayersberg(screenplay)
    • Walter Tevis(novel)
  • Stars
    • David Bowie
    • Rip Torn
    • Candy Clark
    • Nicolas Roeg
    • Paul Mayersberg(screenplay)
    • Walter Tevis(novel)
  • Stars
    • David Bowie
    • Rip Torn
    • Candy Clark
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 168User reviews
    • 137Critic reviews
    • 81Metascore
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    David Bowie
    David Bowie
    • Thomas Jerome Newton
    Rip Torn
    Rip Torn
    • Nathan Bryce
    Candy Clark
    Candy Clark
    • Mary-Lou
    Buck Henry
    Buck Henry
    • Oliver Farnsworth
    Bernie Casey
    Bernie Casey
    • Peters
    Jackson D. Kane
    • Professor Canutti
    Rick Riccardo
    • Trevor
    Tony Mascia
    Tony Mascia
    • Arthur
    Linda Hutton
    • Elaine
    Hilary Holland
    • Jill
    Adrienne Larussa
    Adrienne Larussa
    • Helen
    Lilybelle Crawford
    • Jewellery Store Owner
    Richard Breeding
    • Receptionist
    Albert Nelson
    • Waiter
    Peter Prouse
    • Peters' Associate
    Jim Lovell
    Jim Lovell
    • Capt. James Lovell, Commander of Apollo 13
    • (as Capt. James Lovell)
    Preacher & Congregation of Presbyterian Church
    • Preacher & Congregation of Presbyterian Church Artesia NM
    Dort Clark
    Dort Clark
    • Waiter
    • (uncredited)
      • Nicolas Roeg
      • Paul Mayersberg(screenplay)
      • Walter Tevis(novel)
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    • Trivia
      Between takes and when not filming, lead actor David Bowie composed songs, sketched drawings, wrote short stories, planned an autobiography to be titled "The Return of the Thin White Duke", filmed on a 16mm newsreel camera that director Nicolas Roeg had given him, and read books, including a biography of silent film comedian Buster Keaton. This was in preparation for a biopic of Keaton, whom Bowie was to play.
    • Goofs
      At the end of the film, it is implied that 20 to 30 years have passed, yet the fashion, technology, and general appearance of the world is still clearly in the mid 1970s.
    • Quotes

      Thomas Jerome Newton: We'd have probably done the same to you, if you'd come 'round our place.

    • Alternate versions
      The US theatrical release of the film was drastically altered. Not only were 20 minutes cut (including the gun sequence) but some scenes were rearranged and a few scenes had different camera angles.
    • Connections
      Edited into We Are the Robots (2010)
    • Soundtracks
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      Written by Stomu Yamashta

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    User reviews168

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    9/10
    Moody, Understated, Strange
    Of all the movies I saw as a teenager (I am now middle aged) this is the one that has remained with me the most, more so even than the highly acclaimed "Deerhunter," which came out 2 years later in 1978. I have not seen it since 1980, so if my memory fails me, please excuse. This eerie, moody movie encapsulated for me -- an alienated kid, I'll grant you -- the perils of living in, and partaking of, the modern world. An alien falls to earth in search of water for his planet, and somehow loses his way, corrupted by materialism, sex, alcohol, the physical world.

    I recall Candy Clark's cool, almost southern voice (just saw her in a cameo performance tonight, playing Christopher Walken's girlfriend in the 1986 "At Close Range, another great) purring at Bowie after he has built a little house for her at the end of a dock, "You're such a nice man," and there is something so unsettled about the cinematography -- cloudy and dark and too still -- in the scene that you know he is definitely NOT a nice man, but deeply troubled and unable to respond to human emotions. The other reviewers noted the somewhat disturbing sex scene towards the end of the movie, but for me, at least, that was not needed. I didn't need slime or removed eyeballs (although that is a great scene) to tell me the man is a freak who is human enough to lament his own inability to connect with these creatures from Earth. For the most part the movie was understated, unfolding in its own, detached time.
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    • judithwolf
    • Jun 27, 2005

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    • Release date
      • April 8, 1976 (Italy)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, USA
    • Production companies
      • British Lion Film Corporation
      • Houtsnede Maatschappij N.V.
      • Cinema 5
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    • 2 hours 19 minutes
      • Color
      • 4-Track Stereo

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