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The Fall (2008)

R01/03/2008Adventure, Fantasy, Drama1h 59m
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A little blessing in disguise.

Overview

In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Lee Pace

    Roy Walker / Black Bandit

  2. Cast 1

    Catinca Untaru

    Alexandria

  3. Cast 1

    Jeetu Verma

    Indian / Orange Picker

  4. Cast 1

    Marcus Wesley

    Otta Benga / Ice Delivery Man

  5. Cast 1

    Leo Bill

    Charles Darwin / Orderly

  6. Cast 1

    Julian Bleach

    Mystic / Orange Picker

  7. Cast 1

    Justine Waddell

    Nurse Evelyn / Sister Evelyn

  8. Cast 1

    Kim Uylenbroek

    Doctor / Alexander The Great

  9. Cast 1

    Aiden Lithgow

    Alexander's Messenger

This is quite an enjoyable depiction of some multi-lingual Arabian Nights-style scenarios as we find "Roy" (Lee Pace) in an hospital in 1920s Los Angeles. He had previously been a movie stuntman but an accident has robbed him of the use of his legs and so with medical science being somewhat limited, he is pretty much bedridden. Also in the hospital is the young "Alexandria" (Catinca Untaru) who is recovering from breaking her arm and in need of some cheering up. With a vivid and varied imagination, he begins to regale his new friend with fantastic tales of bandits and slaves all trying to defe...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$30,000,000.00

Revenue $3,749,727.00

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