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Jerome Bixby's Man From Earth
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November 21, 2017 "Please retry" | 2-Disc Special Edition | 2 |
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Genre | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
Format | Anamorphic, Widescreen, Dolby, NTSC, Surround Sound |
Contributor | David Lee Smith, Richard Schenkman, Tony Todd |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 27 minutes |
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Product Description
Product Description
On a cold night in a remote cabin, an uneventful, impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman (David Lee Smith, CSI Miami , Fight Club) becomes something extraordinary when he makes a prodigious announcement: He is an immortal who has migrated through 140 centuries of evolution and now must move on. Is Oldman truly Cro-Magnon or simply insane? Now one man will force five scholars to confront their own notions of history, religion, science and humanity, all reading to a final revelation that may shatter their world forever.
John Billingsley (2012), William Katt (Carrie), Ellen Crawford ( ER ), Tony Todd (Candyman), Annika Peterson (The Devil You Know), Alexis Thorpe (American Wedding) and Richard Riehle (Bridesmaids) co-star in this provocative final work by renowned author Jerome Bixby (Fantastic Voyage, Star Trek , The Twilight Zone ) presented in this special anniversary edition of the worldwide cult smash that dazzled critics and audiences alike and resides among IMDb's top science fiction films of all time.
NOTE FROM THE PRODUCERS REGARDING THE MAN FROM EARTH HD RESTORATION: Jerome Bixby's The Man From Earth was originally shot on standard definition MiniDV (digital video) in January 2006 before the proliferation of high definition filmmaking. This special edition contains a high definition, newly remastered version of the film approved by the filmmakers which was completed using an up-conversion process from the original 172,800 pixels per frame MiniDV camera tapes to 2,073,600 pixels per frame of Full HD. The original DV 30 Mbps 29.97fps media was converted to a new ProRes 422 HQ 220 Mbps source at 24 fps for more cinematic motion and for more control and manipulation of the picture during an all new color correction process, with each shot meticulously noise reduced, sharpened, and detail enhanced.
DIRECTOR APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation (1.78:1) of the main feature
- Original 2.0 Stereo Audio (Uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray) and Dolby Digital 5.1
- Brand new feature-length retrospective documentary The Man From Earth: Legacy (HD, 88 mins) chronicling the history and the phenomenon of the film with all-new interviews with the director, producers and the cast
- Audio Commentary with Producer / Director Richard Schenkman and Actor John Billingsley
- Audio Commentary with Executive Producer Emerson Bixby and Author / Sci-Fi Scholar Gary Westfahl
- From Script To Screen (2007 featurette) [2:15, SD]
- Star Trek: Jerome Bixby's Sci-Fi Legacy (2007 featurette) [3:28, SD]
- On The Set (2007 featurette) [4:00, SD]
- The Story of the Story (2007 featurette) [2:13, SD]
- The mini-short film Contagion (2016) [:30, HD] from the producer Eric D. WIlkinson and director of The Man From Earth, Richard Schenkman and starring William Katt
- Before / After comparison of the brand new HD digital restoration of the feature film
- Photo Gallery
- Original Theatrical Trailer [SD]
- The Man From Earth: Holocene Teaser Trailer [HD]
- English, Spanish, French, German and Arabic Subtitles
Review
A considerable achievement… a picture which deserves wide exposure… The Man From Earth gradually and stimulatingly builds to a pitch of near hypnotic intensity. --Neil Young, The Hollywood Reporter
Based on a really wonderful final work by Jerome Bixby... If you re a fan of Bixby's it s a must own. --Harry Knowles, Ain't It Cool News
The Man From Earth is very much a labor of love from all involved… it's well worth the effort. The final work from the writer responsible for some of the finest episodes of ''The Twilight Zone'' and the original ''Star Trek'' gets a thoughtful, low-budget treatment. --Ian Spelling, Sci Fi.com
Product details
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 1.6 ounces
- Item model number : 0760137051282
- Director : Richard Schenkman
- Media Format : Anamorphic, Widescreen, Dolby, NTSC, Surround Sound
- Run time : 1 hour and 27 minutes
- Release date : November 21, 2017
- Actors : David Lee Smith, Tony Todd
- Studio : Man From Earth LLC
- ASIN : B074QVZJJ1
- Number of discs : 2
- Best Sellers Rank: #108,627 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #1,256 in Science Fiction Blu-ray Discs
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And do not bother w/ the sequel, as it is dreck. Too bad.
If you enjoy science fiction because of space battles, creepy aliens, vivid alternate realities and mind-boggling depictions of our future, then maybe you should skip this movie. It has none of that. It doesn't even offer the visual variety of an average drama. Instead, this movie is like a long Twilight Zone episode, circa 1962. It takes place in one house, on a single night. For 90 minutes, we simply see eight characters wrestling with an impossible question, and it is their dialogue that makes the movie so compelling. This is the science fiction of ideas (as all the best science fiction is). It offers no visual frills, no distractions, no "Wow Factor." It's like a meal consisting of perfect ingredients, perfectly cooked. When the basics are this good, you don't need any seasoning.
Don't get me wrong. I loved Alien, Blade Runner, The Matrix, Close Encounters, all the sci-fi classics. But this movie has a different sort of appeal. Watching it, I did have a certain advantage: I knew nothing about it. The movie was recommended by a friend, and that's all I needed to know. And I'm glad I saw it with no expectations. Within the first 5 minutes, I realized I wasn't going to see any special effects, or be swept into the future. So I just hunkered down and paid attention. And I was so sucked in by this film, so moved by the narrative, that as soon as it was over I watched it a second time.
In the interests of being fair and balanced, I'll point out some negatives. This movie was shot with very inexpensive equipment and a very small budget, and it shows. Some shots are underexposed and grainy. Production design is virtually non-existent. But weighed against its strengths, these factors are so minor that I've given the film five stars anyway.
Today, in an age when literally any image and any situation can be created digitally, with perfect realism, we so desperately need movies like this. We need movies that get back to basics. I hope "The Man From Earth" inspires other film makers to create comparable work, movies that sweep us up with their ideas without relying on eye candy. It's certainly inspired me.
The premise: Professor John Oldman has decided to move on, and several friends come by his cabin to say goodbye & wish him well. He seems eager yet hesitant to reveal something to them, but he decides to do so. He claims to have begun life as a Cro-Magnon man some 14,000 years ago, discovering that he didn't age, and thus constantly having to move on when it became noticeable. Since his friends are fellow professors in various disciplines, they're in a good position to question his story thoroughly. Of course at first they think it's a joke, or maybe a prospectus for a science-fiction novel ... but as the film goes on, they begin to believe he's either suffering some sort of mental breakdown ... or could he just be telling the truth?
Set within & briefly outside his cabin, this is essentially a conversation film, with the characters existing more as types (with some individual quirks) than as actual people. And that's just as well for this sort of story, because it IS about ideas, rather than people or plot. And those ideas touch on science, history, memory, myth, religion, faith, meaning, attachment, age, loss, death.
Now, some negative reviews here claim that the film bashes Christianity. Not so! It does make clear the abuses of organized religion, or of any One True Belief that can't abide questions or doubts -- this can apply to all religions, all ideological systems. But the essence of Christianity, defined as compassion, love for one another, the unity demanded of people who are ultimately all living in the same fragile boat, is presented as sensible & necessary. For the True Believer, this will be anathema; for those open to metaphor & poetry, this won't be a problem, whether you follow some spiritual system or none at all.
Finally, one of the points I took away from the film was that however long or short our lives, they're far too precious to waste, even though so many do in so many ways. It asks a pointed, poignant question: What is YOUR life about in the end? What have you done with it, what will you do with it? And that's a question we should all be asking ourselves -- most highly recommended!
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Copy i bought was an import amd region locked to not my region. So had to go through some effort to make it work. I wish sellers would make that more obvious. But i should have looked harder as well since its right in the title. Lol.