The Man Who Fell To Earth 50th Anniversary Set For Cinema & 4K UHD Release!

How time flies! and this November Studiocanal UK will bring back  to cinemas director Nicolas Roeg’s (Don’t Look Now) seminal science fiction odyssey, The Man Who Fell To Earth.

The film, which was fully restored in 2015, to mark the 50th anniversary of the UK release with  a special 5 disc Anniversary Collector’s Edition of the cult classic. It will be released via Studiocanal’s Vintage Classics label. With brand-new artwork by Aleksander Walijewski, a 2CD soundtrack, a 100-page booklet featuring a brand-new interview with Candy Clark, four posters and four art cards (designed by Nick Neocleous), plus much more.

Featuring intriguing lead performance from David Bowie (The Prestige, Labyrinth) in his debut feature role and based on the cult novel by Walter Tevis, The Man Who Fell to Earth endures as, not only a bitingly caustic indictment of the modern world but, also, a poignant commentary on the loneliness of the outsider.

Synopsis | Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie) is a humanoid alien who comes to Earth from a distant planet on a mission to take water back to his home planet in the midst of a catastrophic drought. Using the advanced technology of his home planet to patent many inventions on Earth, Newton acquires incredible wealth as the head of a technology-based conglomerate (aided by leading patent attorney Oliver Farnsworth (Buck Henry, The Graduate) that he intends to use to finance the construction of a space vehicle to ship water back to his planet.

Newton embarks on a relationship with hotel maid Mary-Lou (Candy Clark, American Graffiti) and makes progress with the construction of his vehicle but soon finds his true identify at risk via his roguish colleague and confidant Dr. Nathan Bryce (Rip Torn, Men in Black) who threatens not only his relationship with Mary-Lou, but his freedom and chances of ever returning home.

EXTRAS
Brand-new 40-minute documentary –
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH AT 50 – BOWIE AND ROEG: ALIENS IN AMERICA
Interview with May Routh
Interview with David James
Interview with Sam Taylor-Johnson
Interview with Michael Deeley
The Lost Soundtracks
Interview with Candy Clark
Interview with Paul Mayersberg
Interview with Tony Richmond
Interview with Nic Roeg
Watching the Alien featurette
David Bowie – French TV 1977

The Man Who Fell To Earth Will arrive in UK and Irish cinemas in 4K on 13th November. Then on 16th November the film will be released as a 5 disc anniversary collector’s edition on 4K UHD.

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