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DVD : Falling DownIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Tuesday Weld, Rachel Ticotin directed by: Joel Schumacher  List Price: $12.98 Amazon.com's Price: $9.99 You Save: $2.99 (23%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience 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 Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: February 26, 1993 Sales Rank: 4074 MPN: WARD12648D Related Items: Editorial Review: Product Description: 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 Amazon.com: 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 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - 3 stars out of 4The 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. Rating:  - 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!!! Rating: - Revenge of the NerdIn 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 ... Read More Rating: - Madness takes its toll - please have exact changeEveryday 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... Read More Rating: - A "must have" for any movie collectorTake the hottest day of the year, a traffic gridlock, cracked pavements, dirty streets, unwarranted hostility and a general feeling of being short changed. Then add the frustrations of having an estranged wife and child, an extremely jaded and unbalanced mindset, and the frustration of being obsolete with no marketable skills. Set them against the decadent back drop of modern day LA where if you are 'Not economically viable,' you are of no use, and the result is Falling Down. The tag line ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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