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Falling Down
starring: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Tuesday Weld, Rachel Ticotin
directed by: Joel Schumacher

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790742786
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790742780
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 26, 1999
Running Time: 113 minutes
Sales Rank: 4053
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 26, 1993

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Michael douglas is a laid-off defense worker who goes on a violent rampage across los angeles with dogged cop robert duvall in pursuit. Special features: interactive menus scene access and theatrical trailer. Subtitles in english and french. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 12/11/2007 Starring: Michael Douglas Robert Duvall Run time: 113 minutes Rating: R Director: Joel Schumacher

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This film, about a downsized engineer (Michael Douglas) who goes ballistic, triggered a media avalanche of stories about middle-class white rage when it was released in 1993. In fact, it's nothing more than a manipulative, violent melodrama about one geek's meltdown. Douglas, complete with pocket protector, nerd glasses, crewcut, and short-sleeved white shirt, gets stuck in traffic one day near downtown L.A. and proceeds to just walk away from his car--and then lose it emotionally. Everyone he encounters rubs him the wrong way--and a fine lot of stereotypes they are, from threatening ghetto punks to rude convenience store owners to a creepy white supremacist--and he reacts violently in every case. As he walks across L.A. (now there's a concept), cutting a bloody swath, he's being tracked by a cop on the verge of retirement (Robert Duvall). He also spends time on the phone with his frightened ex-wife (Barbara Hershey). Though Douglas and Duvall give stellar performances, they can't disguise the fact that, as usual, this is another film from director Joel Schumacher that is about surface and sensation, rather than actual substance. --Marshall Fine

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- 3 stars out of 4
The Bottom Line:

Falling Down is an intelligent and often blackly comic drama with an impressive performance by Douglas in the lead; it's probably not as high-regarded today as it should be, and it's worth seeking out.

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- Time to stand up!
Great movie. Could have done without the love interest side of the story, but it's so good, it is still a solid 5 star movie. See it!!!

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- Revenge of the Nerd
In a brilliant parody of the anti-hero, Michael Douglas portrays the faceless, pseudo-white collar employee - William "Bill" Foster/D-Fens - who finally reaches his limit in he boiling summer heat of a gridlocked Los Angeles freeway.

With his adventures in revenge taking him the urban streets to suburbia, Douglas aptly juxtaposes the insanity of the soul and the bizarre fabric of society, no matter the setting. Robert Duvall perfectly plays Detective Martin Prendergast, who is ultimately on a collision course with trying to bring Foster's wave of terror to an end.

It is a solid punch into the midsection of the morals, racism and sickening traps in the human rat race. Foster cries out for many when he exclaims, "I'm the bad guy? How did that happen?"

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- Madness takes its toll - please have exact change
Everyday life can cause enough stress to break the average person. Overworked and underpaid, many people are ticking time bombs, waiting for the right reason to explode. Well, Bill Foster (Douglas) and his wife are having problems, he lost his job, he can't pay child support or see his daughter because his wife's restraining order, and it's just damn hot outside. While stuck in a traffic jam - and who doesn't get angry in traffic - Bill's air conditioner breaks down. Tick, tick, tick...

Bill decides the best way to deal with everything is to ditch his car and get a soda at a nearby convenience store. When a Korean store owner overcharges for the soda, Bill argues with him. Tick, tick...The store owner takes out a bat and threatens Bill. Tick. Bill wrestles the bat away (BOOM!), rearranges the store, and pays what he feels is a fair amount for the Coke. What ensues is a confrontation between ... Read More

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