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Widescreen Editions The Man Who Fell to Earth Criterion #169 LaserDisc Bowie Sci-Fi

The Man Who Fell to Earth Criterion #169 LaserDisc Bowie Sci-Fi

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The Man Who Fell to Earth Criterion #169 LaserDisc Bowie Sci-Fi

Rare Widescreen, LaserDisc Movie Near-Mint LaserDiscs and Gatefold Jacket with some edge-wear

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David Bowie in...

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1312L )
(2.35:1) (4 Sides) (CAV+CLV) (NTSC)

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The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976 - 139 min. - Color
Genre: Sci-Fi
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
In Nicolas Roeg's sci-fi tale based on the novel by Walter Tevis, a humanoid alien from a dried-up husk of a planet falls to Earth in a spaceship--and later falls again metaphorically through alcohol abuse and the manipulations of a hostile culture. Arriving as a secret ambassador from a dying world, the masquerading Mr. Newton (David Bowie) patents several basic devices, including a self-developing color film and music recordings in the shape of small silver balls, in order to amass the tremendous capital necessary to build a spaceship. Along the way he solicits the help of a crack patent lawyer (Buck Henry) and a country-fried small-town girl (Candy Clark) who introduces him to gin, which he soon begins to substitute for his customary glass of water. Newton debates the reality of returning to his dead world only to have the choice made for him when he is swept from the launchpad by government agents. After serving his time with men in black, he is released, blinded by x rays, into the world. As a last drunken hurrah, he records an album under the name the Visitor with the hope that it may someday be broadcast and heard by his family and friends back home. 

Connected throughout by intercut clips of television programs, classic movies, and film soundtracks, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH is an fine example of the postmodern technique of work referring to its own medium and history. Like much 1970s sci-fi, it is heavily indebted to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY; a scene in which an upset tray of cookies is juxtaposed with flying bodies echoes the film's flying bone and spaceship. Juxtaposing the free love enjoyed by Dr. Bryce (Rip Torn) with post-Altamont, pre-Reagan paranoia, Roeg's film manages to be at once artistically groundbreaking and a crystallization of the post-Summer of Love era.

Cast for The Man Who Fell to Earth

David Bowie
Rip Torn
Candy Clark
Buck Henry
Bernie Casey
Jackson D. Kane
Rick Riccardo
Tony Mascia
Linda Hutton
Hilary Holland
Adrienne Larussa
Lilybelle Crawford
Richard Breeding
Albert Nelson
Peter Prouse
Jim Lovell (Commander of Apollo 13)

Crew for The Man Who Fell to Earth

Producer Michael Deeley
Producer Si Litvinoff
Producer John Peverall
Producer Barry Spikings
Writer Paul Mayersberg
Writer Walter Tevis
Cinematographer Anthony B. Richmond
Composer John Phillips
Composer Stomu Yamashta
Costume Designer May Routh
Director Nicolas Roeg
Editor Graeme Clifford
Gregg Champion
Terence Churcher
Marilyn Clarke
Ronald Cook
Susanna Merry
Production Designer Brian Eatwell

Feature Details

Title: The Man Who Fell to Earth
Feature Release Date: 1976
Genre: Sci-Fi
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 139 Minutes
Chapters: 65
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 2.35:1
Playback Format: CAV+CLV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 19 Mar 1993
Catalog Number: CC1312L
UPC: 0715515003506
ISBN: 1-55940-279-2
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Collection: Criterion Collection
Publisher: Criterion

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 4
Cover: Gatefold Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: CC1312L
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Rare Widescreen, LaserDisc Movie

Near-Mint LaserDiscs and Gatefold Jacket with some edge-wear

David Bowie in...

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1312L )
(2.35:1) (4 Sides) (CAV+CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
See the History of Criterion LaserDiscs at DaDon's...

The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976 - 139 min. - Color
Genre: Sci-Fi
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
In Nicolas Roeg's sci-fi tale based on the novel by Walter Tevis, a humanoid alien from a dried-up husk of a planet falls to Earth in a spaceship--and later falls again metaphorically through alcohol abuse and the manipulations of a hostile culture. Arriving as a secret ambassador from a dying world, the masquerading Mr. Newton (David Bowie) patents several basic devices, including a self-developing color film and music recordings in the shape of small silver balls, in order to amass the tremendous capital necessary to build a spaceship. Along the way he solicits the help of a crack patent lawyer (Buck Henry) and a country-fried small-town girl (Candy Clark) who introduces him to gin, which he soon begins to substitute for his customary glass of water. Newton debates the reality of returning to his dead world only to have the choice made for him when he is swept from the launchpad by government agents. After serving his time with men in black, he is released, blinded by x rays, into the world. As a last drunken hurrah, he records an album under the name the Visitor with the hope that it may someday be broadcast and heard by his family and friends back home. 

Connected throughout by intercut clips of television programs, classic movies, and film soundtracks, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH is an fine example of the postmodern technique of work referring to its own medium and history. Like much 1970s sci-fi, it is heavily indebted to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY; a scene in which an upset tray of cookies is juxtaposed with flying bodies echoes the film's flying bone and spaceship. Juxtaposing the free love enjoyed by Dr. Bryce (Rip Torn) with post-Altamont, pre-Reagan paranoia, Roeg's film manages to be at once artistically groundbreaking and a crystallization of the post-Summer of Love era.

Cast for The Man Who Fell to Earth

David Bowie
Rip Torn
Candy Clark
Buck Henry
Bernie Casey
Jackson D. Kane
Rick Riccardo
Tony Mascia
Linda Hutton
Hilary Holland
Adrienne Larussa
Lilybelle Crawford
Richard Breeding
Albert Nelson
Peter Prouse
Jim Lovell (Commander of Apollo 13)

Crew for The Man Who Fell to Earth

Producer Michael Deeley
Producer Si Litvinoff
Producer John Peverall
Producer Barry Spikings
Writer Paul Mayersberg
Writer Walter Tevis
Cinematographer Anthony B. Richmond
Composer John Phillips
Composer Stomu Yamashta
Costume Designer May Routh
Director Nicolas Roeg
Editor Graeme Clifford
Gregg Champion
Terence Churcher
Marilyn Clarke
Ronald Cook
Susanna Merry
Production Designer Brian Eatwell

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