{"product_id":"earthbound-susan-compo-9781911036258","title":"Earthbound: David Bowie and the Man Who Fell to Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Before there was Star Wars ... before there was Close Encounters ... there was The Man Who Fell To Earth.' - advertising tag line for 1981 reissue of the film.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarthbound is the first book-length exploration of a true classic of twentieth-century science-fiction cinema, shot under the heavy, ethereal skies of New Mexico by the legendary British director Nicolas Roeg and starring David Bowie in a role he seemed born for as an extraterrestrial named Thomas Newton who comes to Earth in search of water. Based on a novel by the highly regarded American writer Walter Tevis, this dreamy, distressing, and visionary film resonates even more strongly in the twenty-first century than it did on its original release during the year of the US Bicentennial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on extensive research and exclusive first-hand interviews with members of the cast and crew, Earthbound begins with a look at Tevis's 1963 novel before moving into a detailed analysis of a film described by its director as 'a sci-fi film without a lot of sci-fi tools' and starring a group of actors - Bowie, Buck Henry, Candy Clark, Rip Torn - later described by one of them (Henry) as 'not a cast but a dinner party.' It also seeks to uncover the mysteries surrounding Bowie's rejected soundtrack to the film (elements of which later ended up his groundbreaking 1977 album Low) and closes with a look at his return to the themes and characters of The Man Who Fell To Earth in one of his final works, the acclaimed musical production Lazarus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Compo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1911036254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911036258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jawbone Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Susan Compo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46881144504575,"sku":"9781911036258","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_12487036-fa5d-4a6c-9965-27c807833ed3.jpg?v=1747970809","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/earthbound-susan-compo-9781911036258","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}