Falling Down

Falling Down1993

Stars: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rating: R
Runtime: 113 minutes

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 on… more »



Bill Foster:
I've passed the point of no return. Do you know what that is, Beth? That's the point in a journey where it's more difficult to go back to the beginning. It's like when those astronauts got in trouble. I don't know, somebody messed up, and they had to get them back to Earth. But they had passed the point of no return. They were on the other side of the moon and were out of contact for like hours. Everybody waited to see if a bunch of dead guys in a can would pop out the other side. Well, that's me. I'm on the other side of the moon now and everybody is going to have to wait until I pop out.

Beth:
The police are here.

Bill Foster:
Did you know, Beth, that in some South American countries it's still legal to kill your wife if she insults you?

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