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The Man Who Fell to Earth
UK 1976
produced by Michael Deeley, Barry Spikings, Si Litvinoff (executive) for British Lion, Cinema 5
directed by Nicolas Roeg
starring David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry, Bernie Casey, Jackson D. Kane, Rick Riccardo, Tony Mascia, Linda Hutton, Hilary Holland, Adrienne Larussa, Lilybelle Crawford, Richard Breeding, Albert Nelson, Peter Prouse, Jim Lovell
screenplay by Paul Mayersberg, based on the novel by Walter Tevis, music by John Phillips, Stomu Yamashta
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie) may look human, but he's actually an
alien from outer space who has left his dying planet to look for a new
source for water, leaving his family behind in the process. But he wants
to go back, and figures all he needs is enough money (which means LOTS of
it) - but fortunately, by earth standards he's a genius and brings some
inventions from his home world that are nothing short of revolutionary. At
first all works well for Newton, too, he surrounds himself with the right
people, namely patent attorney Farnsworth (Buck Henry) and fuel engineer
Bryce (Rip Torn), and even if he can't forget his wife and children, he
finds love with Mary Lou (Candy Clark) ... but at the same time, he's
becoming more and more familiar with earth's vices, especially sex and
alcohol, which lead him to lose sight of his objectives, even if for a
moment, and instead of going back to his planet, he eventually becomes a
gouvernment prisoner, a test subject in a luxury jail whose spirit is
slowly destroyed, and when he finally manages to escape it only leads him
to the conclusion it's already much too late ... The Man Who
Fell to Earth is by no means an easy movie as it refuses to tell its
story in a simple straightforward way, uses associative storytelling to
bring its point across, is leisurly paced and full of oddball details ...
and it's brilliant, too, for all these reasons, a great performance by
David Bowie pretty much playing the weirdo he has come to be known and
ably supported by a solid ensemble, plus add to this a fascinating imagery
... and you've got one rather exceptional movie!
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Robots and rats,
demons and potholes, cuddly toys and shopping mall Santas,
love and death and everything in between,
Tales to Chill Your Bones to is all of that.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to -
a collection of short stories and mini-plays ranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
from the post-apocalyptic to the weirdly romantic,
tales that will give you a chill and maybe a chuckle,
all thought up by the twisted mind of screenwriter and film reviewer Michael Haberfelner.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to
the new anthology by Michael Haberfelner
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