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'''''Falling Down''''' is a 1993 American [[psychological thriller film]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/most-underrated-psychological-thrillers-90s-ranked/#39-falling-down-39-1993|title=10 Most Underrated Psychological Thrillers of the '90s, Ranked|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |
'''''Falling Down''''' is a 1993 American [[psychological thriller film]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/most-underrated-psychological-thrillers-90s-ranked/#39-falling-down-39-1993|title=10 Most Underrated Psychological Thrillers of the '90s, Ranked|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|access-date=13 July 2023|quote=Few actors dominated the thriller genre in the '90s more than Oscar-winning icon Michael Douglas. The acclaimed performer stars in Joel Schumacher's 1993 psychological thriller ''Falling Down'', about a frustrated and angry man who experiences a violent and chaotic day as he crosses Los Angeles to get to his daughter's birthday party.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jun-24-la-et-screening-room-20100624-story.html|title=Screening Room: Joel Schumacher fest at the Egyptian; the Getty's 'Ornament and Enchantress' series|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=24 June 2010|quote=On Friday evening, Schumacher will introduce his 1993 psychological thriller, ''Falling Down'', starring Michael Douglas as man who goes on a killing spree after he loses his job.}}</ref> directed by [[Joel Schumacher]], written by [[Ebbe Roe Smith]] and released by [[Warner Bros.]] in the United States on February 26, 1993.<ref name=NYT/> |
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The film stars [[Michael Douglas]] as William Foster, a divorced and unemployed former [[defense industry|defense]] engineer. It centers on Foster's trek across the city of [[Los Angeles]] as he attempts to reach the house of his estranged ex-wife in time for his daughter's birthday. Along the way, a series of encounters, both trivial and provocative, cause him to react with increasing violence and to make sardonic observations on life, poverty, the economy, and commercialism. |
The film stars [[Michael Douglas]] as William Foster, a divorced and unemployed former [[defense industry|defense]] engineer. It centers on Foster's trek across the city of [[Los Angeles]] as he attempts to reach the house of his estranged ex-wife in time for his daughter's birthday. Along the way, a series of encounters, both trivial and provocative, cause him to react with increasing violence and to make sardonic observations on life, poverty, the economy, and commercialism. |