The Man from Earth
Released Year: 2007
Certificate: Not Rated
Runtime: 87 minutes
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
IMDB Rating:
Meta Score: 0
Director: Richard Schenkman
Stars: David Lee Smith, Tony Todd, John Billingsley, Ellen Crawford
No of Votes: 174125
Gross: N/A
Overview: 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.
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