The Man from Earth (2007)

An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he has a longer and stranger past than they can imagine.

Director:

Richard Schenkman

Writer:

Jerome Bixby

Stars:

David Lee Smith, Tony Todd, John Billingsley

5 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
David Lee Smith	...	John
Tony Todd	...	Dan
John Billingsley	...	Harry
Ellen Crawford	...	Edith
Annika Peterson	...	Sandy
William Katt	...	Art
Alexis Thorpe	...	Linda
Richard Riehle	...	Dr. Will Gruber
Steven Littles	...	Moving Man #1
Chase Sprague	...	Moving Man #2
Robbie Bryan	...	Officer

Storyline

An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he has a longer and stranger past than they can imagine.

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Plot Keywords:

single setting | dialogue driven | storytelling | cro magnon | huis clos | 

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Taglines:

From one of the acclaimed writers of Star Trek and The Twilight Zone comes a story that transcends both time and space...

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

David Lee Smith, as with Jerome Bixby, Tony Todd, John Billingsley and Richard Riehle, also has a connection with Star Trek. He guest starred in Star Trek: Voyager: Darkling (1997) as Zahir.

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Goofs

(at around 1 min) It the very beginning of the movie, Edith (Ellen Crawford) notices a painting on the ground by the truck and asks about the artist. The dialogue makes it clear she saw the painted surface of the canvas but she wouldn't have been able to see it from its angle and from where she was standing.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Dan: Hey buddy, you don't waste time, do you?

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Connections

Followed by The Man from Earth: Holocene (2017)

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Soundtracks

7th Symphony: 2nd Movement
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven

User Reviews

Triumph

This is a brilliant tale and a writers triumph over the thirst of hearing a good story! At first i was not sure of what a was to expect from the movie but like the characters i was drawn into the story. As the film goes on it shorter to the end, i don't under stand why it is necessary to write ten lines about the film, i just wanted to say a few words about it. I don't think it will do very well in the cinema because most people don't appreciate a good story for just that. They want to see some action in the film, but this film does not have much of that in the physical sense,but maybe in the intellectual :) grate movie....

Details

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 November 2007 (Brazil)

Also Known As:

Jerome Bixby's The Man from Earth

Filming Locations:

Agua Dulce Movie Ranch - 34855 Petersen Road, Agua Dulce, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$200,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Falling Sky Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1