The Earthling
Directed by	Peter Collinson
Produced by	Samuel Z. Arkoff Elliot Schick John Strong
Written by	Lanny Cotler
Starring	William Holden Rick Schroder
Music by	Bruce Smeaton
Cinematography	Donald McAlpine
Editing by	Nicholas Beauman
Distributed by	Filmways Pictures (USA)
Release date(s)	July 24, 1980
Running time	97 min.
Country	USA Australia
Language	English
IMDb profile

The Earthling is a movie drama starring William Holden and Rick Schroder. It was filmed in 1979 in Australia, and released there in 1980. Peter Collinson directed this film and died of cancer shortly after its release. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 390 × 598 pixelsFull resolution‎ (492 × 755 pixels, file size: 67 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Movie poster for The Earthling This image is of a poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher or the... Peter Collinson can refer to the following people: Peter Collinson FRS, scientist and friend of Benjamin Franklin. ... Samuel Zachary Arkoff (June 12, 1918–September 16, 2001) was an American producer of B-movies. ... William Holden (April 17, 1918 – ca. ... Richard Rick Schroder, (born, April 13, 1970, in Staten Island, New York, USA) is an American actor who began his career as a child actor (then credited as Ricky Schroder). ... Bruce Smeaton is a composer, well known for a variety of Australian movie film scores. ... Donald McAlpine is an Australian cinematographer. ... The Filmways Globe logo, used from 1961 to 1978. ... is the 205th day of the year (206th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... For other uses, see Drama (disambiguation). ... William Holden (April 17, 1918 – ca. ... Richard Rick Schroder, (born, April 13, 1970, in Staten Island, New York, USA) is an American actor who began his career as a child actor (then credited as Ricky Schroder). ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Peter Collinson (April 1, 1936 – December 16, 1980) was a British film director probably best known for directing the 1969 cult movie The Italian Job. ...

This was one of William Holden's last films. He plays Patrick Foley, a jaded disillusioned loner who is dying of cancer and decides to return to the outback where he was born. Along the way he meets Shawn (Schroder), a somewhat spoiled kid, after Shawn's parents are unexpectedly killed in a vehicle accident while in the wilderness. He and the boy dislike each other at first but then begin to bond as Holden teaches him the skills of survival. William Holden (April 17, 1918 – ca. ... Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these to spread, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion, or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis (where cancer cells are transported through the bloodstream or lymphatic system). ... For other uses, see Outback (disambiguation). ...

The film seemed to inspire greatly mixed reviews, with some critics reviling it, while others praised it. It played to little notice in theatres in the US, later becoming something of a staple on HBO and other cable-movie channels in the early 1980's. For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ...

External links

• The Earthling at the Internet Movie Database
• The Earthling at the National Film and Sound Archive

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