
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Hey, fella!
Come on. Hey. Come here.
Hey, fella.
Come here.
I found my thrill
On Blueberry Hill
On Blueberry Hill
Can I help?
Yes. I hope so.
I want to sell this.
Uh, where'd you get this ring?
It's mine.
My wife gave it to me.
Look. The initials are on the inside.
Yes?
- "T.J.N."
- Yeah.
Do you have your I. D?
I'm British.
I have a passport.
- "Thomas Jerome Newton".
- The wind in the willows played
- Love's sweet melody
- This is not a pawnshop.
I beg your pardon?
If I buy this ring now,
you can't redeem it later.
- Understand?
- I understand.
Were never to be
Though we're apart
You're part of me still
Twenty dollars.
- Twenty dollars?
- Take it or leave it.
On Blueberry Hill
Oliver.
Oliver.
Oliver, Mr. Newton is here.
I'm Oliver Farnsworth.
Would you like a scotch and water
or something, Mr. Newton?
Oh, a glass of water.
Fine.
- Would you like a scotch?
- Yes, please.
Are you all right?
Just tired.
I'm sorry I didn't have time to see you
at my office today, Mr. Newton.
I had hardly even 10 minutes.
Excuse me.
What's this?
Some kind of bribe?
I'm paying you for your time.
As from now, I want at least 10 hours
at $1,000 an hour.
Mr. Newton, this kind of money buys
more than 10 hours even of my time.
What exactly do you want?
I want a lawyer
who's well versed in paten - patents.
That's me.
Here.
Electronics.
Read the file.
May I keep it overnight?
I'm sorry.
I can't leave it with you.
It's not that
I don't trust you.
All right. I'll read it.
If you want to put
a record on, Mr. Newton...
music doesn't disturb me.
Oh, no, thank you.
Well, if there's anything
you want, just ask.
I don't believe it.
I can't believe it.
You have nine basic patents here.
Nine.
That's basic patents.
Do you know what that means?
- Yes, I think so.
- Do you really?
I wonder.
It- It means, Mr. Newton,
that you can take RCA...
Eastman Kodak and DuPont,
for starters.
In, say, three years,
what would this be worth to me?
I'm a lawyer, not an accountant,
Mr. Newton.
But I'd say it must be
something in the area of...
$300 million.
- Not more?
- More?
- I need more.
- What the hell for?
I'm sorry.
I didn't mean it to sound like that.
It's just I'm trying
to adjust my mind to all this.
I'll offer you 10% of my net profits...
plus five percent
of all corporate holdings.
I'll ask Trevor
to take you home.
I don't drive.
Thank you. I have
my own driver waiting.
- All night?
- If you take this assignment...
you'll have complete authority,
below me.
I don't want to have contact
When you take this position,
Mr. Farnsworth...
you'll be able to replace your antiquated
sound equipment and buy some of mine.
- Buy it?
- At cost, naturally.
Perhaps you're not
so diffeerent after all, Mr. Newton.
Arthur, would you
please slow down?
We're only doin' 45,
Mr. Newton.
It's making me feel dizzy.
Keep to 30, please.
My father used to say, "Oliver...
"when you get a gift horse,
walk up to it...
"pat it,
quiet the animal down...
"and then, using both hands,
force open its jaws...
and have a damned good look
in its mouth. "
I'd say that was
good advice.
Yes. But my father
was always wrong.
Hello.
I just marked your paper.
How'd I do?
- I won't.
Oh, you! Ah!
Oh, sh*t!
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Do you want to see
what they look like?
I don't believe this. No.
No, it's impossible.
That one. Clever, isn't it?
It happened literally overnight.
When Mr. Newton
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