Please know, I understand the importance that P2P played in promoting the film (jut google the name of the movie and you will see) and I also understand that some people are just going to see the film (and in some cases, it’s the only way thay can see it by way of P2P. I was just saying that if theat’s the way you are going to watch “Man From Earth” by way of bit torrent sites, it wouldn’t hurt to make some sort of donation.

I’m so glad you liked the movie. I just finished another one called “iMurders”, which we are shopping around now. It’s much more of a “popcorn” movie, but fun, none the less.

Thanks again.

Eric

Everybody, go to http://www.manfromearth.com instead.

… or instead of “bit torrenting” the film you could watch it at Amazon (www.amazon.com/The-Man-From-Earth/dp/B001D0BI5W/ref=pd_ts_atv_4?ie=UTF8&s=digital-video)

… or, the best value would be is to BUY the DVD from Amazon (www.amazon.com/Jerome-Bixbys-Earth-David-Smith/dp/B000UYX4Q8/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1222524318&sr=8-1) as they have the best price ($7.49) as I think you would agree with me that given all of the information that the main character John Oldman throws at you, it definitely warrants repeat viewings.

If none of those options work and you positively, absolutely must go to P2P sites to “see” the film, please understand that we are just some independent filmmakers who put everything we had into our little movie, and you really hurt us directly when you downloaded the movie illegally.

Judging from the postings at IMDB.com and wonderful comments such as yours, the vast majority of you quite like the film; many of you even love the film and have watched it repeatedly.

We made this movie with a great deal of love, sacrifice and effort on a low budget. But as low as the budget was, it was still a LOT of money to us, as well as to the people who trusted us with their investment to go ahead and make such an unusual, even controversial film.

So we are making an unusual request… asking you to return the love, if you will:

If you are goint to watch our film by way of bit torrent or P2P sites, please visit http://www.manfromearth.com, and make some sort of donation in exchange for the enjoyment our movie brought you. It could be fifty cents, it could be fifty dollars. Perhaps you feel the average weekly video store rental is a fair amount. Whatever it is, it might be small to you, but if every single person who downloaded the movie — heck, if only the people who LIKED the movie — donated a few dollars, would certainly help get us to breakeven. Just go to http://www.manfromearth.com and click on “donate” (you don’t even need to have an account). The address to use is ewilkinson100@comcast.net.

The money you donate will go DIRECTLY towards everone who worked on and invested in our dream. And who knows… if we ever do break even on “Jerome Bixby’s The Man From Earth”, maybe we can go make another intelligent, thought-provoking film.

Again, thanks for your kind words. I’m really glad that you liked the movie. I would love it if you could go to IMDb.com and post your comments (and you could promote your blog) for others to see. That certainly helps our ranking.

Sincerely,

Eric D. Wilkinson
Producer
Jerome Bixby’s The Man From Earth