The Man from Earth | A Sci-Fi Masterpiece by Jerome Bixby

[Ivan Seeking]

One of my absolute favorite sci-fi movies, it is entirely dialogue driven and a wonderfully fun story; so much so that I hate to give anything away. I read that the author Jerome Bixby, worked on the story for many years and died before it was finished. Luckily his son stepped up and finished his father's masterpiece.

It is available for streaming now on Amazon
An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he has a longer and stranger past than they can imagine.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077N4M7PQ/?tag=pfamazon01-20

Bixby had one heck of a resume, including work on a good number of Star Trek books and the original Twilight Zone series
https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?833

 

[Ibix]

including work on a good number of Star Trek books

And four episodes of the original series, including Requiem for Methuselah.

 

[Tiger Blood]

Yeah, it is one of my favs also. I was just thinking yesterday how I would like to see it again.

I also remember a conversation with his son who said how that movie had a long gestation period because studios wanted it to have expensive recreations of the past to which Bixby refused.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Yeah, it is one of my favs also. I was just thinking yesterday how I would like to see it again.

I also remember a conversation with his son who said how that movie had a long gestation period because studios wanted it to have expensive recreations of the past to which Bixby refused.

Cool. I'm glad Bixby insisted. It is perfect they way it is [not including some of the acting :)].

Did you know they made a sequel? The Man From Earth - Holocene. Honestly I watched it way back but don't remember much. So it must not have made a significant impression. I need to rewatch it.