The Man Who Fell to Earth
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Nicolas Roeg
David Bowie
Rip Torn
Candy Clark
Buck Henry
Lilybelle Crawford
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
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.
Director
Nicolas Roeg
Cast
David Bowie
Rip Torn
Candy Clark
Buck Henry
Lilybelle Crawford
Rick Riccardo
Tony Mascia
Peter Prouse
Jackson D Kane
Bernie Casey
Frank Glazer
Richard Breeding
Adrienne La Russa
James Lovell
Albert Nelson
Linda Hutton
Hilary Holland
Crew
Louis Armstrong
Alan Bell
Hoagy Carmichael
Hank Cochran
Bing Crosby
Michael Deeley
Linda Devetta
Brian Eatwell
Harrison Ellenshaw
Robert Farnon
Kip Gowans
Clifford Graeme
Richard Graydon
Robin Gregory
Gustav Holst
Bob Jones
Tom Jones
Al Lewis
Si Litvinoff
James Lovell
Paul Mayersberg
Colin Miller
Roy Orbison
Mitchell Parish
John Peverall
John Phillips
John Phillips
John Phillips
Cole Porter
Jim Reeves
Tony Richmond
Tony Richmond
Vincent Rose
May Routh
Martin Samuel
Harvey Schmidt
Artie Shaw
Hank Snow
Barry Spikings
Roy Stevens
Larry Stick
Walter Tevis
Bill Trader
Genevieve Waite
Frank Watlington
Stomu Yamashta
Stomu Yamashta
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
I think perhaps Mr. Newton has had enough, don't you?- Waiter
I think... perhaps... you're right.- Nathan Bryce
We'd of probably done the same to you, if you'd come round our place.- Thomas Jerome Newton
Trivia
The power-boat jump in this movie broke the world record for distance, previously set during the making of Live and Let Die (1973).
Candy Clark, with a large white hat strategically pulled low over her face, played Thomas Jeremy Newton in one scene while David Bowie was ill and unavailable to work the day it was shot.
Toward the end of the film, in the record store, Bryce walks past a display for David Bowie's "Young Americans" album.
The music that Oliver Farnsworth is listening to in the first scene we see him in and in one of the last is Holst's "The Planets".
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States June 1996
Released in United States on Video October 19, 1988
Released in United States Spring March 1976
CinemaScope
Released in United States Spring March 1976
Released in United States June 1996 (Shown in Los Angeles (American Cinematheque) as part of program "Jagged Time Lapse: A Tribute to Nicolas Roeg" June 1-15, 1996.)
Released in United States on Video October 19, 1988
