Jerome Bixby's The Man from Earth

Starring: David Lee Smith, Tony Todd, William Katt, et al.

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.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 013131546699
• Release Date: July 2009
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
• Director: Richard Schenkman
• Starring: David Lee Smith, Tony Todd, William Katt, John Billingsley, Richard Riehle
• Runtime: 1 hour, 30 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; Color; NTSC; Widescreen
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

My name is John.

Professor John Oldman (David Lee Smith) is packing, as it is time for him to move on. All his friends and co-scientists from the university come to see him off. They have an afternoon and a bottle to kill, so John poses a question. Based on a few trinkets that were found in John's possession, he hypothesizes what if he were a caveman who survived to this day. As his friends are grilling him, he feeds off their input to weave a tale that sucks us in as viewers. The whole movie takes place in a small room in a simple house. However, it is anything but a simple tale. A little added plus was having (Beethoven, 7th Symphony, 2nd Movement) in the background until someone tells John to turn it off. This was the last work from Screenwriter Jerome Bixby. I saw the Blu-ray DVD; however, it is a very poor transfer, it varies grainy and I am sure it was not for art’s sake. ---------------------------------------------------- After watching the Blu-Ray a few times, I was curious to find out why the standard DVD costs almost twice as much. I played them back-to-back in the same player, and they are “exactly” the same on the main feature on a 46” screen. There is not even a hint of better resolution or sound. The standard DVD comes with some coming attractions, but lets you know that you can go directly to the main menu if you like There is an audio setup, Dolby Surround 5.1 or 2.0. Two different voice-over commentaries. Star Trek: Jerome Bixby’s Sci-Fi Legacy On the Set The Story of the Story They actually made a sequence, “The Man from Earth: Holocene,” which is not nearly as good as this production.