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The Man Who Fell to Earth

Rating:No Rating
Genre:SciFi/Fantasy, Drama
Release Date:January 1, 1976
Running time:140 minutes
Cast:David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry, Bernie Casey
Director:Nicolas Roeg
Writer:Paul Mayersberg, Walter Tevis

Description: Thomas Jerome Newton is a humanoid alien who comes to Earth to get water for his dying planet. He starts a high technology company to create the vast fortune he needs to build a return spacecraft.. He becomes a financial tycoon, but instead of moving forward with plans to save his home planet, he becomes enamored with his life on Earth and his new girlfriend, Mary Lou.

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