Falling Down is a 1993 crime-drama film directed by Joel Schumacher. The film stars Michael Douglas in the lead role of William Foster , a divorcee and unemployed former defense engineer. The film centers on Foster as he goes on a violent rampage across the city of Los Angeles, trying to reach the house of his estranged ex-wife in time for his daughter's birthday party. Along the way, a series of encounters, both trivial and provocative, cause him to react with violence and make sardonic observations on life, poverty, the economy, and commercialism. Robert Duvall co-stars as Martin... Prendergast, an aging LAPD Sergeant on the day of his retirement, who faces his own frustrations with socially-accepted spinelessness, even as he tracks down Foster. The title of the film, referring to Foster's mental collapse, is taken from the nursery rhyme "London Bridge is Falling Down", which is a recurring motif throughout the film. William Foster is recently divorced, and his ex-wife Beth has a restraining order to keep Foster away from her and their child, Adele.
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| Release date: | February 26, 1993 |
| Directed by: | Joel Schumacher |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 113 Minutes |
| Producer: | Arnold Kopelson, Herschel Weingrod, Timothy Harris |
| Editor: | Paul Hirsch |
| Music by: | James Newton Howard |
| Cinematography: | Andrzej Bartkowiak |
| Screenplay by: | Ebbe Roe Smith |
| Estimated budget: | $18,101,440 |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action, Comedy |