Episode 444: The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2019

⏱️ 186 minutes

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Summary

We kick off sci-fi December with a look at Nicolas Roeg’s The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976). Based on the book by Walter Tevis, the film stars David Bowie as Thomas Jerome Newton, a strange man who appears in the office of a patent attorney with some big ideas that help him start on the road to untold wealth. Along the way he meets colorful characters such as Candy Clark as Mary Lou, a hotel worker, and Rip Torn, as Professor Bryce, a lascivious pedagogue.

Samm Deighan and Skizz Cyzyk join Mike to discuss the film. Interviews include Candy Clark, Sam Umland and Susan Compo.
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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.5	Christopher Media. Let's make some noise.
0:23.6	Are you the first? The first one?
0:25.6	Is it, sir?
0:27.6	I've always been visitors.
0:29.6	Nothing you have seen or heard about David Bowie will prepare you for the impact of his first dramatic performance in the man who fell to earth.
0:41.5	This is another dimension of David Bowie, one of the few true originals of our time.
0:47.8	You're really a freak. I don't mean that unkindly. I like freaks.
0:52.8	Is this a weapon? A weapon?
0:56.0	It's too small for anap planetary trouble.
0:59.0	Assume that it's a weapon.
1:02.0	If I stay here, I shall die.
1:05.0	What do you mean?
1:08.0	Take me with you. I'll see you don't die. I can't stay.
1:12.6	You're alien!
1:14.6	I think you know... You know too much about me.
1:22.6	Where are you taking me?
1:25.6	He's just like everybody else.
1:27.8	He's, he's, he's a fake.
1:30.2	Please don't hurt.
1:31.4	You don't understand.
1:32.4	You might be able to save him.
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