Back in the 70s, people thought David Bowie had come from another planet. So it was an inspired move for Don't Look Now director Nicolas Roeg to cast the singer as an alien in his ambitious adaptation of Walter Tevis's sci-fi novel. But what's particularly pleasing, given the normally abysmal acting skills of musicians, is just how brilliant his performance turned out to be. Critics may mock the movies he's done since, though even they couldn't deny it was Bowie who was the vital component in this 1976 cult favourite.


From his ethereal pallor and androgynous physique to his shock of bright red hair and considered delivery, Bowie is Thomas Jerome Newton made flesh - the ageless humanoid on a mission to get water for his dying planet.