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Release Date:
26 May 1976 (Netherlands)
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Tagline:
You have to believe it to see it
Plot:
Thomas Jerome Newton is a humanoid alien who comes to Earth to get water for his dying planet. He starts...
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Awards:
1 win
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3 nominations
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User Comments:
Alive and breathing!
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Additional Details
Also Known As:
Czlowiek który spadl na ziemie (Poland) [pl]Dünyaya düsen adam (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]Der Mann, der vom Himmel fiel (West Germany) [de]El hombre que cayó a la tierra (Argentina) (festival title) [es]L'homme qui venait d'ailleurs (France) [fr]L'uomo che cadde sulla Terra (Italy) [it]Mannen utan ansikte (Sweden) [sv]Mies toisesta maailmasta (Finland) (video title) [fi]Muukalaisen kasvot (Finland) (TV title) [fi]O Homem Que Veio do Espaço (Portugal) [pt]O anthropos pou epese sti gi (Greece) [el]
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Runtime:
139 min | Sweden:119 min (cut version)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Fun Stuff
Trivia:
Candy Clark, with a large black hat strategically pulled low over her face, played Thomas Jerome Newton in one scene while
David Bowie was ill and unavailable to work the day it was shot.
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Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When Newton opens the cabinet mirror in the bathroom we can briefly see the reflection of a crew member.
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Soundtrack:
Thirty-Three And A Third
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A classic to be viewed perhaps once every ten years. Due to its somewhat convoluted, at times even incommunicable plot, it will always promise new layers of interpretation. Another such film that comes to mind is obviously Kubrick's 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY - after seeing it at least fifteen times I still haven't gotten to the bottom of it all. I am always surprised by it, discover a new hidden passage, a different shade of meaning or lack of it. Ditto with Roeg. In TMWFTE there are some shots, some moments in the story, some twists and turns that seem as if one has not seen them before. And even though, intellectually, they are all memorized and categorized - emotionally they manage to touch a slightly changed angle & offer a fresher key to already familiar. David Bowie is a splendid choice for Roeg's hermetic Sci-Fi hero and 25-years later this film is as refreshing and thought-provoking as when it was first released. American cinema was, I believe, at its best and highest precisely in the seemingly boring decade of the 70's: half disco and half punk how could it have been any different! Since then things have only gotten worse. Way worse.