[Spiwak]

The Man Who Fell to Earth is about an alien from a planet whose inhabitants are close to extinction. He comes to Earth, specifically America in the movie at least, essentially to make a lot of money and return home to save his people, by founding a technological company patenting all his advanced alien technology. But the earthly pleasures (pun) he finds while building a capitalist empire start to affect him, all while his people are slowly dying...