An alien must pose as a human to save his dying planet, but a woman and greed of other men create complications.An alien must pose as a human to save his dying planet, but a woman and greed of other men create complications.An alien must pose as a human to save his dying planet, but a woman and greed of other men create complications.
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations
Jim Lovell
- Capt. James Lovell, Commander of Apollo 13
- (as Capt. James Lovell)
Dort Clark
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
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- TriviaThe picture was temporarily scored with music from Pink Floyd's album "The Dark Side of the Moon".
- GoofsWhen Mary-Lou takes Thomas to the hotel's fifth floor in the elevator instead of allowing him to use the stairs, she says, "It's five flights." This would be correct in the UK, but not in America; from the ground floor to the fifth floor of an American building is four flights.
- Quotes
Thomas Jerome Newton: Ask me...
Nathan Bryce: What?
Thomas Jerome Newton: The question you've been wanting to ask ever since we met.
Nathan Bryce: Are you Lithuanian?
Thomas Jerome Newton: [grins] I come from England.
Nathan Bryce: Ah, that's not so terrible.
- Alternate versionsThe US theatrical release of the film was drastically altered. Not only were 20 minutes cut (including the gun sequence) but some scenes were rearranged and a few scenes had different camera angles.
- ConnectionsEdited into We Are the Robots (2010)
Featured review
Moody, Understated, Strange
Of all the movies I saw as a teenager (I am now middle aged) this is the one that has remained with me the most, more so even than the highly acclaimed "Deerhunter," which came out 2 years later in 1978. I have not seen it since 1980, so if my memory fails me, please excuse. This eerie, moody movie encapsulated for me -- an alienated kid, I'll grant you -- the perils of living in, and partaking of, the modern world. An alien falls to earth in search of water for his planet, and somehow loses his way, corrupted by materialism, sex, alcohol, the physical world.
I recall Candy Clark's cool, almost southern voice (just saw her in a cameo performance tonight, playing Christopher Walken's girlfriend in the 1986 "At Close Range, another great) purring at Bowie after he has built a little house for her at the end of a dock, "You're such a nice man," and there is something so unsettled about the cinematography -- cloudy and dark and too still -- in the scene that you know he is definitely NOT a nice man, but deeply troubled and unable to respond to human emotions. The other reviewers noted the somewhat disturbing sex scene towards the end of the movie, but for me, at least, that was not needed. I didn't need slime or removed eyeballs (although that is a great scene) to tell me the man is a freak who is human enough to lament his own inability to connect with these creatures from Earth. For the most part the movie was understated, unfolding in its own, detached time.
I recall Candy Clark's cool, almost southern voice (just saw her in a cameo performance tonight, playing Christopher Walken's girlfriend in the 1986 "At Close Range, another great) purring at Bowie after he has built a little house for her at the end of a dock, "You're such a nice man," and there is something so unsettled about the cinematography -- cloudy and dark and too still -- in the scene that you know he is definitely NOT a nice man, but deeply troubled and unable to respond to human emotions. The other reviewers noted the somewhat disturbing sex scene towards the end of the movie, but for me, at least, that was not needed. I didn't need slime or removed eyeballs (although that is a great scene) to tell me the man is a freak who is human enough to lament his own inability to connect with these creatures from Earth. For the most part the movie was understated, unfolding in its own, detached time.
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- judithwolf
- Jun 26, 2005
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Der Mann, der vom Himmel fiel
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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- Budget
- $1,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $100,072
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,922
- Jun 26, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $166,672
- Runtime2 hours 19 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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