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Title: Falling Down (1993)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Michael Douglas | ... | D-Fens | |
| Robert Duvall | ... | Prendergast | |
| Barbara Hershey | ... | Beth | |
| Rachel Ticotin | ... | Sandra | |
| Tuesday Weld | ... | Mrs. Prendergast | |
| Frederic Forrest | ... | Surplus Store Owner | |
| Lois Smith | ... | D-Fens' Mother | |
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Joey Singer | ... | Adele (Beth's Child) (as Joey Hope Singer) |
| Ebbe Roe Smith | ... | Guy on Freeway | |
| Michael Paul Chan | ... | Mr. Lee | |
| Raymond J. Barry | ... | Captain Yardley | |
| D.W. Moffett | ... | Detective Lydecker | |
| Steve Park | ... | Detective Brian | |
| Kimberly Scott | ... | Detective Jones | |
| James Keane | ... | Detective Keene | |
On the day of his daughter's (Joey Singer) birthday, William "D-Fens" Foster (Michael Douglas) is trying to get to his estranged ex-wife's (Barbara Hershey) house to see his daughter. He has a breakdown and leaves his car in a traffic jam in Los Angeles and decides to walk. Along the way he stops at a convenience store and tries to get some change for a phone call but the owner, Mister Lee (Michael Paul Chan), does not give him change. This destabilizes William who then breaks apart the shop with a baseball bat and goes to an isolated place to drink a coke. Two gangsters (Agustin Rodriguez & Eddie Frias) threaten him and he reacts by hitting them with the bat. D-FENS continues walking and stops at a phone booth. The gangsters hunt him down with their gang and shoot at him but crash their car. William goes nuts and takes their gym bag with weapons proceeding in his journey of rage against injustice. Meanwhile Sergeant Martin Prendergast (Robert Duvall), who is working on his last day ... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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First saw this in the mid 90s on a vhs. Revisited it recently on a blurry. I thoroughly enjoyed viewing this again after so many years. This movie is still relevant today no matter which country u belong to. Michael Douglas' hypnotic performance is the highlight of this film. Everything about him, from his half sleeve plain white shirt, to his briefcase, his lunch, his specs and his torn shoes all screamed average middle class. The best line of the film is when Douglas asks Duvall, I am the bad guy? I don't know but I was laughing my guts out while viewing this film. The guy who played the neo Nazi was creepy n hilarious. The cosmetic surgeon's house scene, the golf ground scene, the burger scene n the store scene, I found all these scenes darkly comical. Douglas' middle class person act was mind blowing. He potrayed the character who has to go thru everyday nuances very well. Working hard still ain't able to purchase a house, non payment of rent, road n traffic issues, employment issues, etc. The effect of consumerism has on each of us is dealt with properly in this film. The funny part is that the rich doesn't care about inflation or monetary probs, the poor gets government n ngo's aid while the middle class is stuck between em like a sandwich. The government doesn't care about him, they care about vote banks and that lies within the poor community.