Falling Down

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Falling Down
Falling Down
Directed by	Joel Schumacher
Produced by	Timothy Harris Arnold Kopelson Herschel Weingrod
Written by	Ebbe Roe Smith
Starring	Michael Douglas Robert Duvall Barbara Hershey Rachel Ticotin Frederic Forrest Tuesday Weld
Music by	James Newton Howard
Cinematography	Andrzej Bartkowiak
Editing by	Paul Hirsch
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	February 26, 1993 (USA)
Running time	113 min.
Language	English
Budget	$25 million
IMDb profile

Falling Down is a 1993 film directed by Joel Schumacher about the character William "Bill" Foster (played by Michael Douglas) also known as "D-Fens" (named for his license plate) attempting to "go home" for his daughter's birthday after abandoning his car in traffic on the hottest day of the year. As he passes through the city of Los Angeles, California on foot, he finds himself alienated, disgusted and angered by what he experiences as he is accosted, overcharged and rejected. He becomes a vigilante as he gradually begins to accumulate weaponry and starts to force people out of his way.

The title of the film, referring to Foster's mental collapse, is taken from the title of the nursery rhyme London Bridge is Falling Down: Detective Martin Prendergast's wife's insists throughout the movie that she and her husband retire to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where the old London Bridge was moved; a snowglobe purchased by Foster as a gift for his daughter also plays the tune of the song.

As the movie was being filmed, the massive 1992 Los Angeles riots (also known as the Rodney King riots) broke out, bringing to light many of the issues of racial, social and economic tensions portrayed in the film.