In director Nicolas Roeg’s surreal, drug-fueled sci-fi vision, David Bowie stars as The Man Who Fell to Earth, a strange, extra-terrestrial being on a doomed mission to saved his parched planet. Using his knowledge of advanced technology, he gains the wealth and power to potentially fund his return home. But human vices, addiction, greed, and corruption, plus government forces and rival business interests threaten to extend his stay. Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry, and Bernie Casey co-star.
“The most intellectually provocative genre film of the 1970s.” – Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out
“At the peak of his powers, Roeg directs with virtuosity and daring, juxtaposing imagery through elliptical editing to generate a transfixing film that largely fulfils its wild ambition.” – Film4
