[1] The film stars Jack Creley as Everett Julian, a lawyer who is actually the latest incarnation of an 8,000-year-old entity; as his current body is in decline, however, he must find a new host to take over his mind and memories before his body dies, and selects David Payne (Jay Reynolds), a young artist.
[2] The cast also includes Trudy Young, Hugh Webster, Gene Tyburn, Rex Hagon, Colin Fox, Terry Tweed, Patrick Boxill, Alan Clowes, Gerald Crack, Marcia Diamond, Stuart Gillard, Ron Hartmann, Linda Houston, John Kerr, Anthony Kramreither and Gail Malenfant in supporting roles.
[5] Daniel Stoffman of the Toronto Star reviewed the film negatively, writing that "one reason the movie doesn't work is that the 8,000-year-old man shows no sign of possessing the wisdom of his years.
"[2] Gordon Stoneham of the Ottawa Citizen offered a similar assessment, writing that "technically the picture isn't too bad (although some of the cutting is sloppy) and the musical score has an appropriate touch of the mysterious to it.
"[6] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "Creley's pursuit of Reynolds is so obsessive it elicits the feeling that the film is not really about what it says it's about and is actually the fantasy of a dying, lonely homosexual in the grip of a last grand passion.