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''[[The Man From Earth]]'' is 2007 film about a group of college professors (and a grad student) sitting together in a cabin during an intimate going-away party. They contemplate the plausibility of their departing professor friend's story: witnessing thousands of years of human progress first-hand.
The professor, who calls himself John [[Punny Name|Oldman]], reveals that he's secretly 14,000 years old and a former caveman. The movie revolves around the characters dissecting John's claims about him being that old, and especially [[Historical
One of the most down-to-earth depictions of a seemingly immortal man in movie history.
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* [[The Gump]] - John is {{spoiler|Jesus, even though it's all pretty much a big misunderstanding}}.
** He also met Van Gogh and Buddha. But John also mentions that aside from those, it'd be incredibly difficult for him to know many histoical people, as he is just one man in one place at any given time, and he can't afford to attract too much attention to himself.
* [[Hey
** William Katt (Art) was [[The Greatest American Hero|Ralph Hinckley]].
** Ellen Crawford (Edith) was a nurse in [[ER]] called Lydia.
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* [[Immortality Immorality]] - Point 2 is discussed much within the movie.
** Also averted big time with John, {{spoiler|already thousands of years old at the time, being incredibly inspired by the Buddha, eventually bringing his teachings, philosophies and ethics to Israel centuries later, and continuing to revere him in the present day.}}
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]] - {{spoiler|In the end what confirms that John wasn't lying when he claims he doesn't age was Gruber (who appears much older than John) realizing John is his father. The shock ends up giving Gruber a heart attack and he dies shortly after.}}
* [[Mayfly
* [[No Such Thing As Wizard Jesus]] {{spoiler|- averted.}}
* [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]]: Mostly averted. In his long lifetime, John has acquired ten advanced degrees, but he points out that, like any typical person, he can't keep up with the advances in that many fields, so his old degrees don't mean very much now.
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* [[Time Dissonance]] - Averted: The discussion is brought up, but John waves it away.
* [[Undead Tax Exemption]] - Averted: It becomes increasingly difficult for John to move around and not be caught. He even spent a year in jail for forging government records.
* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]] - Subverted: John is [[Living Forever Is Awesome|quite satisfied with being really old]].
* [[Unreliable Narrator]] - John starts out with the disclaimer that he is just pitching this for a science fiction novel. {{spoiler|The group slowly learns to trust him, then all suspension of disbelief is shattered when John drops the J-Bomb. But by the end, the movie goes out of its way to confirm John's story.}}
* [[Unwanted False Faith]]
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