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{{quote|''"What if a man from the Upper Paleolithic survived until the present day?"
''[[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.
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The movie hit it big on BitTorrent sites in early November 2007. [http://torrentfreak.com/producer-thanks-pirates-for-stealing-his-film-071113/ The director squealed with glee.] This reaction was one of the earliest admissions by a film director or film producer that [[Digital Piracy Is Okay|"illegal" downloads can be good for getting the word out for a work.]]
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* [[Actually Not a Vampire]]: When John stopped aging, his tribe began to believe he was stealing their lifeforce, thus necessitating his need to move on every ten years to avoid arousing suspicion.
* [[The Ageless]]: John is not immune to illness, but since he survived so long and recovered from any injury (he
* [[Contemporary Caveman]]
* [[Conversed Trope]] - The backbone of the entire movie.
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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, It's That Guy!]] - Richard Riehle (Will Gruber) is one of the other villagers in [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|The Inner Light]], as well as Tom Smykowski in ''[[Office Space]]''.
** William Katt (Art) was [[The Greatest American Hero|Ralph Hinckley]].
** Ellen Crawford (Edith) was a nurse in ''[[ER]]'' called Lydia.
** Tony Todd (Dan) was Kurn, Worf's brother, in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', an adult Jake Sisko in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' and an alpha Hirogen in ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''.
*** It also doubles as an [[Actor Allusion]] when he says he'll go see some Trek to regain his sanity.
*** Not to mention it's a little strange/refreshing to see the [[Candyman]]/[[Final Destination|the Mortician]] engaging in an intellectual exploration. And being friendly.
** John Billingsley (Harry) is Dr. Phlox in ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''.
* [[I Have Many Names]] - John naturally varied his name throughout history. Still, it's always been something similar to John.
* [[Immortality Immorality]] - Point 2 is discussed much within the movie.
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[[Category:Films of the 2000s]]
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