An alien being travels to Earth in human form with a plan to bring water to his own dying planet. Once on Earth, the superintelligent space traveler begins making the social and financial climbs necessary for his plot to succeed. But he finds earthly pleasures far more enticing than he ever imagined and gradually slides into a life of shallow debauchery.
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Synopsis
Product Description
Review
Entertainment Weekly, 10/07/2005, p.59, "It remains visually stunning..." -- Grade: B Rolling Stone, 09/22/2005, p.118, 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] 1976 sci-fi masterpiece....[It] probes environmental degradation and the corporate state in ever-relevant terms." Premiere, 11/01/2005, p.110, 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Roeg is a true cinematic poet, but he's a determinedly modernist one..." Sight and Sound, 03/01/2007, p.83, "[A] kaleidoscopic jumble of images and ideas....[With] some bravura camera and editing tricks..." Total Film, 03/01/2007, p.126, 4 stars out of 5 -- "THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH crowned Roeg as the heir to '60s time-tweaking experimental mentalists like Godard and Resnais." Uncut, 03/01/2007, p.121, 3 stars out of 5 -- "[E]ntirely of its own kind, and at times mesmerising."
Title Note
Theatrical release: May 28, 1976.
Product Quotation/Excerpt
"The strange thing about television is that it doesn't tell you anything."--Thomas Newton (David Bowie) to Bryce (Rip Torn)
Release Note
Includes the 20 minutes cut from the original U.S. release. DVD Features:
Product Notes
In Nicolas Roeg's sci-fi tale based on the novel by Walter Tevis, a humanoid alien from a dried-up husk of a planet falls to Earth in a spaceship--and later falls again metaphorically through alcohol abuse and the manipulations of a hostile culture. Arriving as a secret ambassador from a dying world, the masquerading Mr. Newton (David Bowie) patents several basic devices, including a self-developing color film and music recordings in the shape of small silver balls, in order to amass the tremendous capital necessary to build a spaceship. Along the way he solicits the help of a crack patent lawyer (Buck Henry) and a country-fried small-town girl (Candy Clark) who introduces him to gin, which he soon begins to substitute for his customary glass of water. Newton debates the reality of returning to his dead world only to have the choice made for him when he is swept from the launchpad by government agents. After serving his time with men in black, he is released, blinded by x rays, into the world. As a last drunken hurrah, he records an album under the name the Visitor with the hope that it may someday be broadcast and heard by his family and friends back home.
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