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Downtime

  • 19971997
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
4.5/10
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Downtime (1997)
RomanceThriller
Former police psychologist Rob helps to save young Chrissy when she is about to commit suicide by jumping of 21st-story balcony with her 4-year-old son Jake. When he persuades her to go on a... Read allFormer police psychologist Rob helps to save young Chrissy when she is about to commit suicide by jumping of 21st-story balcony with her 4-year-old son Jake. When he persuades her to go on a date, they are trapped with Jake and old Pat in an elevator because a drunken gang crashe... Read allFormer police psychologist Rob helps to save young Chrissy when she is about to commit suicide by jumping of 21st-story balcony with her 4-year-old son Jake. When he persuades her to go on a date, they are trapped with Jake and old Pat in an elevator because a drunken gang crashed into the elevator's engine room.
IMDb RATING
4.5/10
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  • Director
    • Bharat Nalluri
  • Writer
    • Caspar Berry
  • Stars
    • Paul McGann
    • Susan Lynch
    • Tom Georgeson
  • Director
    • Bharat Nalluri
  • Writer
    • Caspar Berry
  • Stars
    • Paul McGann
    • Susan Lynch
    • Tom Georgeson
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    • 13User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Paul McGann
    Paul McGann
    • Rob
    Susan Lynch
    Susan Lynch
    • Chrissy
    Tom Georgeson
    • Jimmy
    David Roper
    • Mike
    Denise Bryson
    • Jan
    Adam Johnston
    • Jake
    David Horsefield
    • Kevin
    Stephen Graham
    Stephen Graham
    • Jacko
    Birdy Sweeney
    • Pat
    Paul Johnson
    • Marcus
    Neil Armstrong
    • Jones
    Hywel Berry
    Hywel Berry
    • Paul
    David Case
    • Sam
    Craig Conway
    Craig Conway
    • Hammy
    Daniel Lake
    • Johnny
    Daniel J. Lake
    • Jonny
    Paul Martin
    • Paul
    Phil Martin
    • Bobby
    • Director
      • Bharat Nalluri
    • Writer
      • Caspar Berry
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    • Trivia
      The film was set in a tower block in Newcastle upon Tyne and was scheduled to be filmed there but a finance deal and full assistance caused the unit to move filming to Liverpool.

    User reviews13

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    This film stinks - but who is to blame?
    This movie fascinated me for reasons other reviewers have mentioned. How on earth was such a camel created? DownTime was funded independently and mainly by (UK TV's) Channel 4 who are developing a fine tradition in backing wonderful films. Ken Loach meets Towering Inferno? Well you may not agree with Ken Loach's politics (I do) but he has a coherent world view. "Social comment"? What social comment? Poor caretakers are to blame? Just to locate a movie in a working class area of NEWCASTLE (not Liverpool!) means nothing. In such settings, unless writers suggest hope or an alternative then inferred conclusions are likely to be reactionary: the poor are to blame for their own misery, working-class youth are demons who must be crushed (as Jack Straw agrees). The suggestion that Susan can do well for herself by dating middle-class Rob is repulsive. I personally thought Susan Lynch acted better than Paul McGann - but who cares? I thought McCann stunk. OK he got dealt a bad hand: the script is so poor. However, I do not put this down to his character being a "ditz" - so what! This is when ACTING is called for. The weird thing is that the script occasionally suggests that the writer might have come into contact with humans. That's what is so perplexing about this film: the occasional suggestion that something better could have been created. I can only explain this movie as a cowardly retreat in face of criticism from the philistine right-wing on what films are funded. Happy to discuss ...
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    • stevesw9
    • Jan 10, 2001

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    • Release date
      • February 13, 1998 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • France
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Падение
    • Filming locations
      • St George's Height's, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK(doubled for Newcastle upon Tyne)
    • Production companies
      • Arts Council of England
      • Channel Four Films
      • IMA Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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