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The Man Who Fell to Earth is a 1976 British science fantasy drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg and adapted by Paul Mayersberg.
Apr 8, 1976 · A sci-fi drama starring David Bowie as an alien who comes to Earth to get water for his dying planet. The film explores themes of alienation, greed, love, and art, and features a non-linear narrative and a controversial sex scene.
- (29K)
- Drama, Sci-Fi
- Nicolas Roeg
- 1976-04-08
A sci-fi film starring David Bowie as an alien who comes to Earth to find water for his planet. Critics praise its stunning imagery and exploration of culture, while audiences are divided on its pace and plot.
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- Nicolas Roeg
- R
- David Bowie
A cult sci-fi film starring David Bowie as an alien who comes to Earth to find water. Ebert praises Bowie's performance and the film's character-driven and idea-oriented approach, but criticizes its plot and pacing.
The Man Who Fell To Earth. Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie) is a humanoid alien who comes to Earth to get water for his dying planet. He starts a high technology company to get the billions of dollars he needs to build a return spacecraft. 1,768 IMDb 6.6 2 h 18 min 1976. X-Ray R.
- 138 min
It requires an almost courageous leap of the imagination to take Nicholas Roeg's "The Man Who Fell to Earth" seriously. Here's a film so preposterous and posturing, so filled with gaps of logic and continuity, that if it weren't so solemn there'd be the temptation to laugh aloud.
A humanoid space alien (David Bowie) plummets to planet Earth, landing in a lake in New Mexico. He drinks the water from the lake and thinks about his barren planet, where his wife and two children are dying of thirst.
