The Man Who Fell to Earth

1976
R
2h 19m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

30K

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David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

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Drama Sci-Fi

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.

Director
- Nicolas Roeg
Writers
- Paul Mayersberg
- Walter Tevis
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

30K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Nicolas Roeg
Writers
- Paul Mayersberg
- Walter Tevis
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations total

Trivia
The picture was temporarily scored with music from Pink Floyd's album "The Dark Side of the Moon".

Goofs
When Mary-Lou takes Thomas to the hotel's fifth floor in the elevator instead of allowing him to use the stairs, she says, "It's five flights." This would be correct in the UK, but not in America; from the ground floor to the fifth floor of an American building is four flights.

Quotes
Thomas Jerome Newton: Ask me...
Nathan Bryce: What?
Thomas Jerome Newton: The question you've been wanting to ask ever since we met.
Nathan Bryce: Are you Lithuanian?
Thomas Jerome Newton: [grins] I come from England.
Nathan Bryce: Ah, that's not so terrible.

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
Poker Dice
Written by Stomu Yamashta
Recorded by Stomu Yamashta

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Review

Featured review

9/10

Don't bother seeing this film unless it is the director's cut

I first saw "The Man Who Fell to Earth" when it was first released, and found it to be a jumbled mess. There were plot holes galore, and scenes that went nowhere or had no connection to anything.

A few years back, I saw the director's cut, and it was an entirely different film. The plot holes were filled and all the scenes fit together perfectly. As bad as the original release version was, the director's cut is great and worth seeing.