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An alien crash-lands on Earth and sets out to use his scientific
knowledge to build an industrial empire that will enable him
to raise enough cash to develop a ship which can take him
back home. But World Enterprises becomes so successful that
its owner, now trading under the name of Thomas Jerome Newton,
soon becomes the source of suspicion. The
stranded humanoid alien takes to drinking, dreaming about
his distant family, while all the while planning a space programme
that will enable him to return to them. But things start to
go badly wrong when he hires Nathan Bryce, a sleazy Chicago
chemistry professor, who realises that his employer is not
of this world...
The
Man Who Fell to Earth, David Bowie's first leading screen
role, is based around an interesting theme: what happens when
cultures clash. Unfortunately, the script is uneven, Bowie's
acting is often execrable, the directing is flat (often because
there's clearly so little that can be achieved by Bowie) and
the whole darn thing appears to last a lifetime - it's a shade
over two hours, but seemingly so much longer.
Peter
O'Toole was originally set to play Newton which would have
made for a much better film. As it is, Bowie embarrasses with
his amateurish stumblings, aided and abetted by some very
silly dialogue.
Best
avoided.
Anthony
Clark
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