The Man Who Fell to Earth Page #2

you got there.

When shall I call

for you, sir?

I'm not sure.

Sometime tomorrow. I'll let you know.

He was born in Dixie

And his mama raised him right

He was born in Dixie

On a sultry summer night

- Um

No. No, I'll take that.

- No, I'll take the stairs.

- It's five flights.

- Do you want me to go back-

- No. Keep on going.

Oh! Oh, God!

Oh, God! God!

Oh! Oh. Oh.

Are you all right?

It's all right.

You're all right now.

We're on the fifth floor.

Oh, God!

Oh, Lord.

Oh. You're gonna be okay.

Oh. Oh.

Oh, Lord.

This good?

You okay? Oh.

Lord.

Oh.

Mister?

Mister? Mister?

Are you okay?

- Are you okay?

- I - I must have fainted.

Fainted? I thought you were dead.

I'll call a doctor.

No, don't call a doctor.

Mmm.

Hello.

- You know, you're not at all like

my father. - I'm glad about that.

You know, you're not

a bit like my father.

I'm glad about that.

- You've got more little wrinkles.

- Mmm.

You have a lot of lines

on your forehead and wrinkles.

And things.

And things.

- And more things.

- That's why you torment me.

- I'm probably older than your dad.

- Probably so.

That's why you tease me

so much, isn't it? Huh?

Well, I'm not

a lecherous old man.

You're a lecherous little girl.

But no one

would ever believe it!

Come on. Nobody would ever believe you.

- Yeah! Yeah!

- Yeah.

F*** Professor Canutti!

F*** you!

- F*** you!

- Yeah! Yeah!

- F*** Canutti.

- Yeah. Nobody would believe you.

Do you think I could have

something to drink?

Are you sure you should drink?

- I'd like a glass of...

- Gin?

A nice gin and tonic...

with four cubes of ice

and a slice of lime.

How's that sound, mister?

- Just a glass of water.

- No, no.

I'll get it.

Do you want me to go down

and get some medicine?

Maybe you should have

something with your water.

Some kind of pill maybe?

Just the water.

What's your name?

Sussex.

Um, can I leave now?

I've got some cleaning to do.

I'll come back in a little while, okay?

You go ahead.

I'm all right.

And then,

when I was 15...

I worked in this pharmacy

in a hospital...

delivering medicine

to all the floors.

It was a real responsible job.

Boy, you're really hooked

on water, aren't you?

One of these days

you oughta try one of these.

Am I talking too much?

Maybe I oughta go.

Oh, Lord, it's after 3:00.

I guess you're tired.

Well, I'll just

finish this up and then -

And then?

And then I think

I'll have another one.

You know, I really like you, mister.

What do you do?

For a living, I mean.

Oh, I'm just visiting.

Oh, a traveler!

Could you help me up, please?

Sure.

Oh.

You know, mister,

I don't think you get enough to eat.

If you don't mind

my saying so...

I think you're too thin.

You're very thin.

You're too thin!

Do you come from a city?

No, I come from the country.

Ah.

I wish I lived in the country.

You know, this is

a very unhealthy place.

Water here is all polluted.

They put all kinds of chemicals in it

to keep people from gettin' sick.

It's a very unhealthy place.

I think it just takes

getting used to. That's all.

It sure does.

- Anyway, I -

- I wonder-

I wonder if you'd mind,

Mary-Lou, if I rested now.

Lord, no.

I was just leaving anyway.

I'll come back and see you tomorrow,

if you want me.

I'd like to see you tomorrow.

Perhaps you could arrange

to bring me a television.

TV? Nothin' easier.

Well, I'll be seeing you then, Mr...

- Sussex.

- Sussex.

I don't know why, but I'll never

be able to remember that name.

Good night.

Good night.

Thank you, Mary-Lou.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Just say you love me

like you used to

And make the world go away

They always seem to lead

such interesting lives...

- people who travel.

- Make the world go away

People who write stories

must lead kind of interesting lives too.

- d Get it offe my shoulder - I know I'll

never be like a character in a story.

I'll just be like

everybody else.

Well, maybe, maybe, maybe.

I don't know.

- Maybe someday.

- dAnd make the world go away

There are now

six subsidiaries under the holding company.

I don't know how accurate you want

the account figures, but they change hourly.

Yes, we receive bank statements

on each company twice a day.

I want the total figure

by tomorrow.

Give it to me to the nearest

$50 million.

And the utility dropped very slightly.

The volume, 11,850,000 shares.

The average issues up -

The more secretive you are

about your life...

the more it arouses

people's interest.

We've had some chemistry professor

from Chicago...

who's been calling and writing.

That's not so terrible, Mr. Farnsworth.

Why don't you talk to him?

Don't be unfriendly.

- Mary-Lou.

- 686 issues up. 568 down.

My life is not secret, Mr. Farnsworth,

but it is private.

Among the most actives

today is World Enterprises.

Up five points on the day,

trading over 300,000 shares.

Wall Street analysts

and company officials report...

they know of no reason

for the sudden interest -

For a whole year

I concentrated equally on two things.

F***ing and World Enterprises.

It was neck and neck.

Well, I have to admit that I...

It began to look like Canutti was right

because World Enterprises...

was evasive and slow to reply

to my persistent letters and calls and...

Suddenly, I got this letter

from Farnsworth.

I'd landed a job in the research department

of the fuel division.

Strangely, after that...

I gradually began to lose my interest

in 18-year-olds.

I don't know what happened to me.

I'm not sure.

But my mind had developed

a libido of its own...

and I didn't need the stimulation oflegs

and so forth.

The salary was terrific too.

It was three times

what I'd been getting.

The first thing I did

is I ordered a French car.

This upset Canutti

more than anything else.

Last time I remember

feeling so exhilarated...

was 10 years back when I'd been

experimenting with heat photography.

It came to nothing, of course,

because academia got in the way.

But this time...

I knew I was gonna be given

a proper chance.

And you know how I knew that?

Because I had faith in myself.

What I didn't know then...

was someone else

had faith in me as well.

This will be your final call.

Continental Airlines,

Flight 241, the Golden Jet...

nonstop for El Paso,

ready for immediate departure...

...service to Tucson and Phoenix.

Dr. Bryce.

I'm Oliver Farnsworth.

Um, I thought you

were based in New York.

New York?

Oh, uh, not anymore.

I still keep an apartment there.

I've come to like it out here.

I think you will too.

It's got a lot of...

space.

That means freedom.

You know what I mean?

Yes, I do.

Then there's the job itself.

It will entail certain, uh -

Uh -

Well, you won't live

in quite the same way as you did before.

Of course, there's the salary.

- Another adjustment.

- I know this is what I want.

I hope so.

The sun is roughly

10,000 times larger than Earth.

Anyway, I'm rather glad you're

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