The Man Who Fell to Earth

The Man Who Fell to Earth

  • Director: Nicolas Roeg
  • Writer: Paul Mayersberg,Walter Tevis
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Release date: April 8, 1976
  • Sound mix: 4-Track Stereo
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: Der Mann, der vom Himmel fiel
  • "The Man Who Fell to Earth" is a science fiction film directed by Nicolas Roeg and starring David Bowie and Rip Dunn.
    The film tells the story of Thomas, a human being on another highly developed planet, after he came to earth.

    Details

    • Release date April 8, 1976
    • Filming locations White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, USA
    • Production companies British Lion Film Corporation, Houtsnede Maatschappij N.V., Cinema 5

    Box office

    Budget

    $1,500,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $100,072

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $5,922

    Gross worldwide

    $163,230

    Movie reviews

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    • By Kaitlin 2022-12-26 01:33:20

      This is not a film review, just a short review. . .

      The plot that I understand: Aliens who come to Earth to find resources use their own technology to become a billionaire and build spacecraft to prepare to return to their planet. As a result, their identity is suspected, their body is checked, and a fake eye mask is taken during an inspection. X-ray burns and cannot be removed, unable to return to the home planet, so he missed his family, so he recorded a record hoping that his family could hear it through the radio. . . This is Bowie, so he...

    • By Angeline 2022-12-19 19:46:47

      the man who fell to earth

      What else do you want to pursue for the beauty of Youbao! What does it feel like to be a person who plays without makeup but comes with eyeliner and orange eyeshadow! However, the script is also super avant-garde, and when looking back on material things, he can't go back to his previous life. Everyone seems to be like this, but I just hope I don't become the person I didn't want to be. The treasure that is white and transparent in the sun is like an angel, nonono, he himself is an angel,...

    • By Mauricio 2022-11-19 04:18:47

      Some video footage

      The information about this movie on Baidu was too little, so I went to IMDb to dig some tidbits. Dig a hole for yourself by the way, and fill it up when you have time in a few days.

      Slag translation, criticisms and corrections are welcome.

      ①According to costume designer May Routh, because David Bowie is so skinny, some of his suits that look good in the film are actually children's clothes.

      ②On a certain shooting day, Bowie was physically ill and could not...

    • By Nannie 2022-10-25 09:58:11

      [Film Review] The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) 6.7/10

      A male alien disguises himself as a British citizen Thomas Jerome Newton (Bowie, in his first movie role), who crash-lands on earth in hope of transporting water back to his draught-plagued home planet, but in iconoclast Nicolas Roeg's thrall, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH is much less a heartstring-tugging inter-species tale à la STARMAN (1984) than a rhapsodic welter of total corporeal abandon...

    • By Conrad 2022-10-07 17:29:47

      it's wonderful

      Seeing that the comments are mostly negative, I wrote something for the first time:

      The more I think about it, the more interesting it becomes... I can't sleep the whole time... The heroine can't doi with Tommy as she is, but after he put on the human skin, the two of them were very happy, and there was a sense of tragedy in it... The love-hate relationship between the two is reflected by guns, empty bullets and sex. After this seemingly very happy and sad doi is over, it is a metaphor...

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    • By Dane 2023-09-26 17:54:21

      I don't understand it, and I don't want to spend time trying to understand it. There are too many branches to be found in this film, and these branches are diffused by a black solidified object. Like Naked, it gave me an air of...

    • By Opal 2023-09-23 03:12:32

      How Bowie made me feel like Jang Geun Suk when I was young!...

    • By Vito 2023-09-06 12:38:25

      He said: "You really a freak, I like freak." I only watched a little of the movie, and I was surprised that your voice was too feminine when you spoke, and it didn't match your singing voice in any period. Beautiful and proud. Others say that this alien who fell into the earth is actually like a true portrayal of you, I dare not admit it because it would be a bit desolate to say so. Love...

    • By Kaitlyn 2023-08-09 00:38:49

      Except for Hong Kong, I really can’t think of where people in the Chinese circle would putTranslated into "God of Wealth". This is an experimental science fiction film from 1976. The film is obscure and permeated with confusion and despair. If you are not a big fan of David Bowie or a senior science fiction fan, you really don’t need to waste time on this film....

    • By Rebeca 2023-07-31 01:49:30

      10 great treasures can only give 1...

    Movie quotes

    • Nathan Bryce: If I had the copyright on the Bible, I wouldn't sell it to Random House.

    • Helen: Hello. You know, you're not at all like my father.

    • Jill: You know, you're not a bit like my father.