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The Man from Earth (2007)
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Summary: 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. (imdb)
Genre: Sci-fi
Country: USA
Directed By: Richard Schenkman
Written By: Jerome Bixby
More information at the Internet Movie Database
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The Man from Earth belongs to 9 collections
1. Mindfuck (public: moderated by moses - 12 stars)
2. Netflix Instant (public: moderated by somnivore - 8 stars)
3. Existential films (public: moderated by frederic_g54 - 8 stars)
4. Humanity and the Natural World (public: moderated by paulofilmo - 5 stars)
5. 24 hour (or less) timeframe (public: moderated by djross - 2 stars)
6. Nihilism (public: moderated by The Way - 2 stars)
7. Dialog Centric Films (public: moderated by lvlr - 1 star)
8. To See (private: caffe - 2 stars)
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While the beginning is quite promising, it gets gradually more and more silly until it culminates in an explosion of sheer stupidity which you probably expect since a certain moment, but hope that the movie can't be that predicable.
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I can appreciate it.
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06 temmuz 09. & http://sineofrenik.blogspot.com/2009/07/man-from-earth-2007.html
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