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The Man from Earth

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Sequel:

The Man From Earth: Holocene

Original title

Jerome Bixby's The Man from Earth

Year

2007

Running time

87 min.

Country

United States

Director

Richard Schenkman

Screenwriter

Jerome Bixby

Cast

Music

Mark Hinton Stewart

Cinematography

Afshin Shahidi

Producer

Falling Sky Entertainment

Genre

Sci-Fi. Mystery. Drama | One Location. Cult Movie. Independent Film (US)

Synopsis

An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he is an immortal who has walked the earth for 14,000 years. Acclaimed Sci-Fi writer Jerome Bixby conceived this story back in the early 1960's. It would come to be his last great work, finally completing it on his deathbed in April of 1998.

Rankings Position

#36 Best Science Fiction Movies
#96 Best Mystery Films
#135 Best Movies of the 21st century

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50 My Favorite Cult Classics (136)
54 My Favorite Sci-Fi Films (272)

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