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When a Man Falls

Original title: When a Man Falls in the Forest
  • 20072007
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  • 1h 26m
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5.0/10
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Sharon Stone, Timothy Hutton, and Dylan Baker in When a Man Falls in the Forest (2007)
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The intertwining lives of three men reveal that each deal with his problems in different, self-destructive waysThe intertwining lives of three men reveal that each deal with his problems in different, self-destructive waysThe intertwining lives of three men reveal that each deal with his problems in different, self-destructive ways

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  • Director
    • Ryan Eslinger
  • Writer
    • Ryan Eslinger
  • Stars
    • Dylan Baker
    • Stacie Bono
    • Timothy Hutton
Top credits
  • Director
    • Ryan Eslinger
  • Writer
    • Ryan Eslinger
  • Stars
    • Dylan Baker
    • Stacie Bono
    • Timothy Hutton
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    • 21User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 5 nominations

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    Sharon Stone in When a Man Falls in the Forest (2007)
    Sharon Stone in When a Man Falls in the Forest (2007)
    Sharon Stone and Timothy Hutton in When a Man Falls in the Forest (2007)
    Sharon Stone in When a Man Falls in the Forest (2007)
    Sharon Stone in When a Man Falls in the Forest (2007)
    Sharon Stone in When a Man Falls in the Forest (2007)
    Sharon Stone in When a Man Falls in the Forest (2007)
    Sharon Stone in When a Man Falls in the Forest (2007)
    Sharon Stone in When a Man Falls in the Forest (2007)

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    Dylan Baker
    Dylan Baker
    • Billas Bill
    Stacie Bono
    Stacie Bono
    • Sadieas Sadie
    Timothy Hutton
    Timothy Hutton
    • Gary Fieldsas Gary Fields
    Sharon Stone
    Sharon Stone
    • Karen Fieldsas Karen Fields
    Pruitt Taylor Vince
    Pruitt Taylor Vince
    • Travisas Travis
    David Williams
    • Willas Will
    Nicholas Elia
    Nicholas Elia
    • Ericas Eric
    Melanie Yeats
    • Cathyas Cathy
    Peter Kawasaki
    • Business Man 1as Business Man 1
    Peter Jenkins
    • Bussines Man 2as Bussines Man 2
    John Prowse
    John Prowse
    • Business Man 3as Business Man 3
    David Allan Pearson
    David Allan Pearson
    • Co-Workeras Co-Worker
    Phillip Mitchell
    Phillip Mitchell
    • Mr. Curtisas Mr. Curtis
    Kendall Cross
    Kendall Cross
    • Triciaas Tricia…
    Remy Ponak
    • Child in the Supermarketas Child in the Supermarket
    Marko Holbein
    • Street Vendoras Street Vendor
    • (as Marko Hohlbein)
    David Pauls
    • Husbandas Husband
    Colin Chapin
    Colin Chapin
    • Pharmacy Employeeas Pharmacy Employee
    • Director
      • Ryan Eslinger
    • Writer
      • Ryan Eslinger
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    Storyline

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    The intertwining lives of three men reveal that each deal with his problems in different, self-destructive ways
    • guilt
    • car accident
    • fatal car accident
    • death in a car accident
    • nightmare
    • 83 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • Over the course of a lifetime, a person sleeps about twenty years. Six of those years are spent dreaming.
    • Genres
      • Drama
      • Thriller
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for some violent content
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    • Trivia
      When Gary (Timothy Hutton) is watching television, a narrator is giving information about some footage being shown. The date that the footage took place on is August 16, 1960. This is the same day Hutton was born.
    • Goofs
      In the supermarket scene, when Gary (Timothy Hutton) rides his shopping cart past Karen (Sharon Stone), the actor's microphone pack is visible clipped to his rear waistband.
    • Soundtracks
      Shangra-La
      Written by Billy Corgan

      Performed and Recorded by Billy Corgan

      Courtesy of Martha's Music, LLC

    User reviews21

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    Top review
    3/10
    Disintegration of lives loosely connected
    The original title of this bleak film - WHEN A MAN FALLS IN THE FOREST - was inexplicably shortened to the nebulous WHEN A MAN FALLS for the release of the DVD: had the original title been retained, the audience may have been given a clue as to the intended message of the story. This is the second film for 26-year old writer/director Ryan Eslinger and it does suggest that he wants to deal with some existential material, but he has a way to grow into how to make it happen.

    The lives of three men and a woman are interconnected in the all too common shallow 'relationships' that are a major problem in how our society is working. Bill (Dylan Baker) is a night janitor in a large company, a man who shuts out the boring world with his earphones connected to the great opera classics: he avoids people including those who saunter past him and those whose chaotic lives in the next door apartment distress him. Gary Fields (Timothy Hutton) is a down and out professional man who works in the building that Bill nocturnally keeps tidy, the two 'old high school acquaintances' meeting only because Gary has taken to sleeping in the office. Gary's wife Karen (Sharon Stone, without makeup and looking spent and used) has lost all feeling for living, detests Gary, and finds her only joy is in shoplifting. Gary has shut himself off from old friends for reasons that seem to be related to an accident that involved is best friend Travis (Pruitt Taylor Vince), a man at odds with his own environment. The only apparent connection here is that, once Gary discovers that Bill is a night janitor, Gary and Travis feel guilty that their response to Bill in high school had been one of cruel ridicule. Each of the four main characters wanders aimlessly through a world that has become strange and vindictive and it is only a bizarre incident that throws the quartet into some semblance of meaning. Each person has fallen, but since they are in the midst of a lonely 'forest', has anyone noticed or cared? This could be a study in personal tragedy were it done better, but despite the fine credentials of the actors, the script is so full of holes that character development suffers and what results is not unlike watching an injured bull struggling around a bullfight ring as the crowd attends to the matador et al. Sadly we just don't care about these damaged people, making connection with the film next to impossible. Maybe next film...Grady Harp
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    10
    • gradyharp
    • Feb 16, 2008

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    • Release date
      • March 6, 2009 (Mexico)
    • Countries of origin
      • Germany
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Desires of a Housewife
    • Filming locations
      • Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Rigel Entertainment
      • Proud Mary Entertainment
      • Insight Film Studios
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    • Budget
      • $2,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $120,847
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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