The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
David Bowie: Thomas Jerome Newton
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Quotes
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Thomas Jerome Newton : Ask me...
Nathan Bryce : What?
Thomas Jerome Newton : The question you've been wanting to ask ever since we met.
Nathan Bryce : Are you Lithuanian?
Thomas Jerome Newton : [grins] I come from England.
Nathan Bryce : Ah, that's not so terrible.
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Thomas Jerome Newton : Television. The strange thing about television is that it - doesn't *tell* you everything. It *shows* you everything about life on Earth, but the true mysteries remain. Perhaps it's in the nature of television. Just waves in space.
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Mary-Lou : What are they like, your children?
Thomas Jerome Newton : They're like children. Exactly like children...
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Nathan Bryce : Don't you feel bitter about it? Everything?
Thomas Jerome Newton : Bitter? No. We'd have probably treated you the same, if you'd come over to our place.
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Thomas Jerome Newton : Well I'm not a scientist. But I know all things begin and end in eternity.
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Nathan Bryce : Why'd you come here?
Thomas Jerome Newton : Where I come from, there's a terrible drought. We saw pictures of your planet on television. We saw the water. In fact, our word for your planet means - planet of water.
Nathan Bryce : You watched it all on television?
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Nathan Bryce : Don't you feel bitter about it - everything?
Thomas Jerome Newton : Bitter, no. We'd have probably treated you the same if you'd come over to our place.
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Thomas Jerome Newton : If I stay, I'll die.
Mary-Lou : What're you talking about? Take me with you, I'll see you don't die.
Thomas Jerome Newton : I can't stay.
[walks away from her]
Mary-Lou : You're an alien!
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Thomas Jerome Newton : What is this music Farnsworth keeps sending me? I don't like it.
Mary-Lou : Some big named composer.
Thomas Jerome Newton : I don't want it. I want something with singing on it.
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Thomas Jerome Newton : My life isn't secret, Mr. Farnsworth, but it is private.
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Mary-Lou : I really like you mister. What do you do? For a living, I mean?
Thomas Jerome Newton : Oh, I'm just visiting.
Mary-Lou : Oh, a traveler!
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Thomas Jerome Newton : Do you think I could have something to drink?
Mary-Lou : Are you sure you should drink?
Thomas Jerome Newton : I'd like a glass of...
Mary-Lou : Gin? A nice gin and tonic with four cubes of ice and a slice of lime. Hmm. How's that sound mister?
Thomas Jerome Newton : Just a glass of water.
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Thomas Jerome Newton : They're so strange here, the trains.
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Mary-Lou : What happens to you when you drink?
Thomas Jerome Newton : I see things.
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[last lines]
Waiter : I think maybe Mr. Newton has had enough, don't you?
Nathan Bryce : I think maybe, he has.
Thomas Jerome Newton : Ah.
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Thomas Jerome Newton : My interest is energy - transference of energy.
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Thomas Jerome Newton : Mary Lou! Help me!
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Nathan Bryce : [Referring to Newton's phonograph record] Who'd you make it for, then?
Thomas Jerome Newton : For my wife. She'll get to hear it one day - on the radio.
Nathan Bryce : We hear most everything on the radio these days.
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Jewelery Store Owner : Can I help?
Thomas Jerome Newton : I'm sorry. I want to sell this ring.
Jewelery Store Owner : [looks it over] Where'd you get it from?
Thomas Jerome Newton : My wife gave it to me. You see it has initials.
Jewelery Store Owner : [reads] T.J.N. Do you have any I.D.?
Thomas Jerome Newton : I'm British, I have a passport.
[shows it to her]
Jewelery Store Owner : [reads] Thomas Jerome Newton. This is not a pawn shop, Mr. Newton.
Thomas Jerome Newton : I beg your pardon?
Jewelery Store Owner : If you sell it to me now, you can't redeem it later.
Thomas Jerome Newton : I understand.
Jewelery Store Owner : $20.
Thomas Jerome Newton : $20?
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Mary-Lou : I don't love you anymore.
Thomas Jerome Newton : And I don't love you.
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Thomas Jerome Newton : I can't go to church.
Mary-Lou : Oh, come on, Tommy, it's a real good church. You won't feel out of place. Makes me feel so good. Gives me something to believe in. Everybody needs that: a meaning to life. I mean, when you look out at the sky at night, don't you feel that somewhere, out there, there's gotta be a God. There's gotta be.
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Nathan Bryce : Per ardua ad astra... That's Latin.
Thomas Jerome Newton : Latin?
Nathan Bryce : You must know that in England? The Royal Air Force, their motto.
Thomas Jerome Newton : Yes.
Nathan Bryce : Per ardua ad astra. Through difficulties to the stars.
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Thomas Jerome Newton : I may not stay - sober anymore. But, I still have money.
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Thomas Jerome Newton : You put alcohol in my drink.
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Thomas Jerome Newton : [Mary-Lou starts the elevator] I'll just walk.
Mary-Lou : It's five flights.
[Thomas leans against the wall and falls to the floor]
Mary-Lou : Should I stop it?
Thomas Jerome Newton : Just keep going.
Mary-Lou : Oh my God.
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Thomas Jerome Newton : They're stuck! I'll never get them off.
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Mary-Lou : Are you married?
Thomas Jerome Newton : Yes.
Mary-Lou : I thought so. What's she like, your wife? Is she like me?
Thomas Jerome Newton : No.
Mary-Lou : I didn't think so. Well, I guess I'll do for now, won't I?
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[after many years, Bryce meets Newton, who is just served another drink by the waiter, at an outdoor restaurant]
Nathan Bryce : Mr. Newton?
Thomas Jerome Newton : [somewhat delighted] Nathan Bryce.
Nathan Bryce : That's right. May I sit down?
Thomas Jerome Newton : Hmm? Go ahead.
[slight smile]
Thomas Jerome Newton : Strangely enough, I was thinking of you just the other day.
[notices a helicopter far off in the sky]
Thomas Jerome Newton : How did you find me?
Nathan Bryce : Your record.
Thomas Jerome Newton : Hmm?
Nathan Bryce : It took me a while, but I traced you.
Thomas Jerome Newton : Did you like it?
Nathan Bryce : [shakes his head] Not much.
Thomas Jerome Newton : Oh. Well, I didn't make it for you anyway.
Nathan Bryce : Who'd you make it for then?
Thomas Jerome Newton : For my wife. She'll get to hear it one day. On the radio.
Nathan Bryce : [slight smile] We hear most everything on the radio these days.
Thomas Jerome Newton : Do you see anything of Mary-Lou?
Nathan Bryce : [shakes head] Not much.
Thomas Jerome Newton : [sardonically] I don't want her to get lonely. She must still have enough money.
Nathan Bryce : Don't you feel bitter about it, everything?
Thomas Jerome Newton : Bitter? No. We'd have probably treated you the same if you'd come around to our place.
Nathan Bryce : Is there no chance then?
Thomas Jerome Newton : Of what? Of course there's a chance. You're the scientist, Dr. Bryce. You must know there's always a chance.
[pause]
Thomas Jerome Newton : Do you need money?
[Bryce shakes his head]
Thomas Jerome Newton : Let me know if you do, will you? I may not see so well anymore. I still have money.