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David Bowie ‘at the height of his beauty’ in ‘Man Who Fell to Earth’: co-star

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starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Naomi Harris, is based on the 1976 movie starring David Bowie and Candy Clark — which made a splash with its onscreen nudity and trippy take on a humanoid who arrives on Earth in a bid to save his planet from extinction.“It’s kind of about what’s happening today in its depiction of a planet that’s dying from a drought,” Clark, 74, told The Post about director Nicolas Roeg’s film, which was based on Walter Nevis’ 1963 sci-fi novel. “It’s definitely the highlight of my acting career.”“The Man Who Fell to Earth” began shooting in New Mexico in July 1975.

Clark was coming off her Oscar-nominated role (as Debbie Dunham) in “American Graffiti”; Bowie, 28, was an iconic rock star (“Space Oddity,” and Ziggy Stardust) and starring in his first big-screen role — a la Mick Jagger in the 1970 movie “Performance,” also directed by Roeg.Bowie played Thomas Newton, who lands on Earth with a plan to earn enough money with his brilliant patents to return to his planet and save his wife and children from certain death.

He encounters waitress Mary-Lou (Clark), who is unaware of his origins (he says he’s from England; Bowie uses his real British accent) or how he appears under his human exterior.

They fall in love before everything unravels over the ensuing decades (it’s complicated). Rip Torn, Buck Henry and Bernie Casey co-star.(Clark also plays Newton’s wife in the ethereal, silent scenes depicting his parched home planet.)“I was familiar with his music but hadn’t ever seen him in concert and I’m glad I never did because I would have been too awestruck during our scenes,” Clark said of Bowie.

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