“Jenny Lumet and Alex Kurtzman’s Showtime adaptation of The Man Who Fell to Earth, based on Walter Tevis’ 1963 science fiction novel of the same name, begins with Faraday (Chiwetel Ejiofor) addressing a room full of excitable fans.
“He’s well dressed and well-spoken, a billionaire playboy type, giving something halfway between a TED Talk and a product demonstration. He describes himself as an immigrant.
“At this point we don’t know that he means a literal alien, having fallen from outer space.
“But that is indeed where Faraday – he takes the name from a disinterested cop’s name tag – comes from.
“His home planet, Anthea, is in a state of some disrepair, and he has been sent on a mission by a missing inventor named Thomas Newton (Bill Nighy) which involves saving both his own planet and Earth from the ravages of a ruined climate.”
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