Well, this one is a gem!
Okay, the picture quality of this DVD edition was terrible (it was like watching a VHS tape!) and there's no action in this movie - it could have been made into a theatre play easily - but nonetheless, it's a great movie, well, if you can let yourself be amazed by it's intentions.
Watching this movie made me buy the book by Jerome Bixby. That's a first! ;)
According to the web, this story's been Bixby's last big success.
All in all, it's a must-have for every sci-fi enthusiast - sci-fi without action and special effects just through the magic of words. Incredible!
Also, on a side note, quite an interesting cast: Tony Todd, John Billingsley and Richard Riehle - all three once portraying popular characters on Star Trek shows (Tony Todd as Worf's brother Kurn (among many other roles), John Billingsley as part of Enterprise's main cast as Dr. Phlox and Richard Riehle as the Irish holodeck character Seamus Driscol on Voyager's Fair Haven).
Thanks for the kind words. Glad you liked the movie. For the record though, we had a REALLY LOW budget. I would have liked it to look better to. At the time we shot it HD cameras weren't so cheap, but hey... it's all about telling the story and regardless of asthetic, it acomplished that mission.
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Thanks again.
Eric D. Wilkinson
Producer
Jerome Bixby's The Man From Earth