The Man Who Fell to Earth
Synopsis
Official Selection Berlinale 2016 - Berlinale Special – Tribute to David Bowie
Details
- Year
- 1976
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 139 mins
- Director
-
Nicolas Roeg
- Producer
- Michael Deeley, Barry Spikings
- Executive Producer
- Si Litvinoff
- Editor
- Graeme Clifford
- Screenwriter
- Paul Mayersberg (script), Walter Tevis (novel)
- Director of Photography
- Anthony B. Richmond
- Production Designer
- Brian Eatwell
- Composer
- Musical Director: John Phillips; With music by: Stomu Yamashta
- Principal cast
- David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry, Bernie Casey
- Costume Designer
- May Routh
Categories
Production Status
Sales Company
StudioCanal (FR)
Juliette HochartHead of International Library Sales
1, place du Spectacle
92863 Issy-Les-Moulineaux
Cedex 9
France
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