Falling Down
An ordinary man reaches his breaking point and starts lashing out against the various flaws he sees in society.
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Released
- 1993
- Country
- France, United States
Details
Release year: 1993
Storyline
An ordinary man reaches his breaking point and starts lashing out against the various flaws he sees in society.
Top credits
Michael Douglas — D-Fens
Robert Duvall — Prendergast
Barbara Hershey — Beth
Rachel Ticotin — Sandra
Did you know
• Michael Douglas considers this his favorite performance of all the movies he has been in.
• At the time of its release, Michael Douglas's father Kirk considered this to be his son's best performance.
• During the Whammy Burger scene, Deedee Pfeiffer as Sheila had a hard time staying in character after Bill Foster pulls out a firearm, as his lines afterward kept making her giggle and laugh. If one looks closely at her face as she's handing Rick the burger before the camera pans to Bill talking to the scared customers, you can see that she's smiling.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $40,903,593
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $8,724,452 (1993-02-28)