The Man from Earth

[Jack]

I just watched Jerome Bixby's The Man from Earth. What a cool movie. All dialogue, no special effects. The concepts raised are those I see raised here quite often. It's a movie that provides plenty of topics for debate.

Has anyone else seen it? What were your impressions?

The film tells a story of John Oldman, a man claiming to be a 14,000 year old Cro-Magnon caveman, who survives until the present day. The entire film is shot in a small house and its porch, relying solely on the conversation of the characters to keep the plot moving, with no special effects, actions, or fancy music as the whole film is no more than an intellectual discourse between the 14,000-year-old Cro-Magnon and his professor and teacher friends at his farewell party.

Spoiler Warning: The first link (Wikipedia) gives away the entire premise of the film. If you plan on watching it, and I recommend you do, avoid that article until after you've seen it.