The Man Who Fell to Earth
Sci-Fi & Horror
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Sci-Fi, R
David Bowie cemented his unearthly persona in Nicolas Roeg’s startling cult film; playing an alien stranded on Earth while on a mission to find water for his own world, he initiates a plan to amass a fortune to help save his home planet.
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