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The Man from Earth

Movie · 2007 · 87 min

A quiet, talky evening that slowly tightens into a gripping philosophical argument, leaving you unsettled and moved.

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2007 film by Richard Schenkman
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Year
2007
Runtime
87 min
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • faith
  • memory
  • mystery
  • death
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness5
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, science fiction
Directed by
Richard Schenkman
Written by
Jerome Bixby
Starring
William Katt, Tony Todd, John Billingsley, Richard Riehle, David Lee Smith, Alexis Thorpe, Ellen Crawford, Annika Peterson
Music
Mark Hinton Stewart
Cinematography
Afshin Shahidi
Runtime
87 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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