Thomas Jerome Newton is a humanoid alien who travels to Earth from a distant planet. Landing in New Mexico, he appears as an Englishman. Newton has arrived on Earth on a mission to take water back to his home planet, which is experiencing a catastrophic drought.

With David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry.

Dec 31, 2014 · 1976 science fiction film directed by Nicholas Roeg starring David Bowie, adapted adapted by Paul Mayersberg from the Walter Tevis novel of the same name.

It requires an almost courageous leap of the imagination to take Nicholas Roeg’s “The Man Who Fell to Earth” seriously. Here’s a film so preposterous and posturing, so filled with gaps of logic and continuity, that if it weren’t so solemn there’d be the temptation to laugh aloud.

Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his knowledge of advanced technology to create profitable inventions. While developing a method to transport water, Thomas meets Mary-Lou, a quiet hotel clerk, and begins to fall in love with her.

Thomas Jerome Newton is a humanoid alien who arrives on Earth from a distant planet, landing in the stark landscapes of New Mexico. To the world, he appears as an ordinary Englishman, but he is here on a critical mission: to transport water back to …

The story of an alien on an elaborate rescue mission provides the launching pad for Nicolas Roeg’s visual tour de force, a formally adventurous examination of alienation in contemporary life.

Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his knowledge of advanced technology to create profitable inventions. While developing a method to transport water, Thomas meets Mary-Lou, a quiet hotel clerk, and begins to fall in love with her.

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