The Fall (2006)

Director:

Tarsem Singh

Writers (WGA):

Dan Gilroy (screenplay) and
Nico Soultanakis (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

30 May 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

Tagline:

A Little Blessing In Disguise.

Plot:

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 fantastical 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.

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Governor | 1920s | Indian | Quest

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Catinca Untaru	...	Alexandria
Justine Waddell	...	Nurse Evelyn / Sister Evelyn
Lee Pace	...	Roy Walker / Blue Bandit
Kim Uylenbroek	...	Doctor / Alexander the Great
Aiden Lithgow	...	Alexander's Messenger
Sean Gilder	...	Walt Purdy
Ronald France	...	Otto
Andrew Roussouw	...	Mr. Sabatini
Michael Huff	...	Dr. Whitaker
Grant Swanby	...	Father Augustine
Emil Hostina	...	Alexandria's Father / Bandit
Robin Smith	...	Luigi / One Legged Actor
Jeetu Verma	...	Indian / Orange Picker
Leo Bill	...	Darwin / Orderly
Marcus Wesley	...	Otta Benga / Ice Delivery Man
Ayesha Verman	...	Indian's Bride
Julian Bleach	...	Mystic / Orange Picker
Ketut Rina	...	Chief Mystic
Camilla Waldman	...	Crying Woman
Elvira Deatcu	...	Alexandria's Mother
Emma Johnson	...	Alexandria's Sister
Daniel Caltagirone	...	Sinclair / Governor Odious
Nico Soultanakis	...	Horace
Jon Kamen	...	Morty
Karen Haacke	...	Alice
Emma Maria Landberg	...	Flicker Film Woman
Miguel Hernández	...	Cowboy 1
Oscar Moreno	...	Cowboy 2
David Parra	...	Cowboy 3
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stephen Hughes	...	Hospital Patient (uncredited)

Directed by
Tarsem Singh		(as Tarsem)

Writing credits (WGA)
Dan Gilroy		(screenplay) and
Nico Soultanakis		(screenplay) &
Tarsem Singh		(screenplay) (as Tarsem)
Valeri Petrov		(1981 screenplay Yo Ho Ho) (as Valery Petrov)

Produced by
Roberto Bakker	....	line producer
Lionel Kopp	....	co-producer
Ray Leakey	....	associate producer
Laurette Marais	....	line producer
Ajit Singh	....	executive producer
Tarsem Singh	....	producer (as Tarsem)
Nico Soultanakis	....	co-producer
Tommy Turtle	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Krishna Levy

Cinematography by
Colin Watkinson

Film Editing by
Robert Duffy

Casting by
Daniel Hubbard
Christa Shamberger

Production Design by
Ged Clarke

Set Decoration by
Riccardo Pugliese
Cynthia Sleiter

Costume Design by
Eiko Ishioka

Makeup Department
Kevin Epstein	....	hair stylist
Kerry September	....	key make up artist (bali crew )
Leon von Solms	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Asen Kanchev	....	music production manager
Lionel Kopp	....	post-production supervisor
Ray Leakey	....	production manager
Tina Oswald	....	production manager: South Africa
Angela Phillips	....	production manager: Namibia

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Annelize Bosch	....	second assistant director
Lee Grumett	....	second assistant director: Jodhpur, India
Josh Robertson	....	first assistant director
Hayley Ross	....	third assistant director
Sameer Sadhwani	....	second assistant director
Sebastian Sanchez	....	second unit director: Argentina
Kapil Sharma	....	second assistant director: India

Art Department
Michael Ahifarnger	....	set designer stand-by: South Africa
Emanuel-Shamba Champion	....	swing gang: South Africa
Graeme Cowie	....	storyboard artist: South Africa
Sachin Dadrkar	....	artist: India
Storm Dyssel	....	stand-by props: South Africa (as Storm Dyssell)
Josh Fifarek	....	set designer
Gigi George	....	prop assistant: weapons, India
Brian Glaser	....	draughts person: South Africa
Lisa Hart	....	art director: South Africa
Hasnen	....	prop master: India
George Malabo	....	swing gang lead: South Africa (as George Malobo)
Nico Mead	....	buyer
Dilip More	....	assistant construction: India (as Dilip Moore)
Tracy Moseley	....	props buyer: South Africa (as Tracy Dee Mosley)
Jerry Nyonga	....	swing gang: South Africa
Joao Ikotela Olito	....	swing gang: South Africa
Riccardo Pugliese	....	set decorator: South Africa
Letizia Santucci	....	assistant set decorator
Sonal Sawant	....	art director: India
Cornelia Swanepoei	....	art department runner: South Africa
Lily Turner	....	lead person: South Africa
Martin Van Geems	....	prop master: South Africa
Sitla Prasad Varma	....	construction manager: India (as Sitla Verma)
Lucy Woods	....	art department assistant: South Africa
Kyle Young	....	art department store person: South Africa

Sound Department
Philippe Amouroux	....	foley recordist
Jeremy Balko	....	adr mixer
Antoine Baudouin	....	dialogue adr assistant
Nicolas Becker	....	foley artist
Nicolas Becker	....	sound effects recordist
Nicolas Bourgeois	....	assistant sound editor
Katia Boutin	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Vladislav Boyadjiev	....	ProTools operator
Steve Browell	....	assistant adr editor
Paul Conway	....	supervising adr editor
Nicolas Dambroise	....	dialogue editor
Vincent Guillon	....	sound editor
Gérard Hardy	....	sound editor
Dean Humphreys	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alexis Jung	....	assistant sound effects recordist
Mark Lafbery	....	adr mixer
Bridget O'Driscoll	....	dialogue editor
Mike Westgate	....	production sound mixer: Fiji

Special Effects by
Adam Howarth	....	special effects supervisor
Christoph Lauenstein	....	animation sequence (as Christoph Launstein)
Wolfgang Lauenstein	....	animation sequence
Sarah Stanbridge	....	weapons technician
Anton Voster	....	special effects coordinator
Robert Trenton	....	special effects crew (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Cyrille Bonjean	....	digital compositor
Emmanuelle Carlier	....	visual effects coordinator
Alain Carsoux	....	visual effects supervisor
Nicolas Daniel	....	HD coordinator: DUBOI
Thierry Delobel	....	visual effects coordinator
Corentin De Saedeleer	....	digital compositor
Séverine De Wever	....	visual effects coordinator
François Dupuy	....	digital intermediate technical director
Xavier Fourmond	....	digital compositor
Jerome Fournier	....	senior matte painter
Rip Hampton O'Neil	....	technical director: Duboicolor
Adam Howarth	....	model unit supervisor
Arcier Hugo	....	digital artist
Abdel Ali Kassou	....	I/O manager
Abdel Ali Kassou	....	imaging manager
Nicolas Kermel	....	digital artist
Emmanuel Le Courbe	....	digital compositor
Didier le Fouest	....	digital colorist
Christophe Legendre	....	color grader
Guillaume Le Gouez	....	digital compositor
Cecile Peltier	....	digital compositor
Benoit Philippon	....	visual effects
Joel Pinto	....	digital compositor
Aurore Rousset	....	animator
Rossi Sébastien	....	visual effects
Christian Tomikowski	....	digital compositor
Georges Tornero	....	digital compositor
Daniel Trujillo	....	digital compositor
Edouard Valton	....	visual effects producer
Grant White	....	digital effects artist
Guillaume Carniato	....	compositor: opening titles, Duboi (uncredited)

Stunts
Dermot Brogan	....	stunt performer
Kerry Gregg	....	stunt coordinator: South Africa
Francois Grobbelaar	....	stunt performer
Francois Grobbelaar	....	stunt rigger
Adam Horton	....	stunt performer
Adam Horton	....	stunt rigger
Gian Palermo	....	stunt coordinator: South Africa
John Smith	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Kasam Abbas	....	spark: India
Nitin Bankar	....	spark: India (as Nitin)
Hernán Bouza	....	director of photography: second unit
Justin Brokensha	....	focus puller: camera A, South Africa
Rakesh Choudhary	....	spark: India (as Ramesh Chaudhary)
Simon Christidis	....	underwater cinematographer: India
Himmat Deol	....	grip: India
Richie Donnelly	....	focus puller (as Richard Donnelly)
Andrew Elliott	....	camera operator: South Africa
Ian Elvidge	....	grip assistant: South Africa
Ganesh	....	spark: India
Shaheen Isaacs	....	loader: camera A, South Africa
Keith Johnston	....	key grip: South Africa
Dayanrd Kamble	....	spark: India
Fazal Khan	....	grip
Fazal Khan	....	grip: India
Raja Khan	....	spark/truck driver: India
Ram Kishore	....	spark: India
Stephen Knipe	....	best boy grip: South Africa
Nand Kumar	....	spark: India
Mallick	....	grip: India
Jason Marais	....	spark: South Africa
Stefano Marino	....	gaffer: Italy
Michael McDermott	....	gaffer: India
Bhola Nath	....	spark: India
Ninad Nayampali	....	grip: India (as Ninad Nayam)
Danny Pisto	....	generator operator: South Africa
Gary Pocock	....	key grip
Danny Preston	....	loader: India
Basu Rai	....	spark: India
Raja	....	lighting operator: India
Don Reid	....	gaffer: South Africa
Tell Reid	....	spark: South Africa
Marco Rinaldi	....	video tape operator
Keith Saayman	....	remote camera technician
Sanjay Sami	....	key grip: India
Rajiv Sharma	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera, India
Mark Silk	....	camera operator: "b" camera, India
Pandu Swami Amrut	....	operator: fluid head, India
Michael Watts	....	best boy lighting: South Africa

Casting Department
Dinesh Anchan	....	casting assistant
Abigail Barbier	....	adr voice casting
Uma Da Cunha	....	casting associate
Louis Elman	....	adr voice casting
Kelly Valentine Hendry	....	casting associate
Andreea Tanasescu	....	casting: Romania

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Faldela Abrahams	....	seamstress: South Africa (as Faghma Abrahams)
David Bethell	....	costume props maker
Clinton Booyse	....	wardrobe supervisor: South Africa
Simon Brindle	....	costume props supervisor
Aparna Chaturvedi	....	costume assistant: India
Rebecca Duncan	....	key costume supervisor: India
Zakir Hussain	....	dressman: India
Carol Isaacs	....	wardrobe stand-by: South Africa
Nicky Jones	....	costume props
Nicky Jones	....	costumes
Jane Law	....	costumes: Justine Waddell and Daniel Caltagirone
Neil McMillan	....	wardrobe assistant: South Africa
Riyaz Ali Merchant	....	dresser: India (as Riyazal R. Merchant)
Mark Miller	....	costume props assistant
Urmilla Lal Motwani	....	assistant costume supervisor: India
Conor O'Sullivan	....	costume sculptor
Ravi Pawar	....	dressman: India (as Ravi S. Pawar)
Josephine Pegram	....	seamstress: South Africa (as Joyce Pegram)
Nicola Rapley	....	assistant costume designer (as Nicky Rapley)
Ashley Rebello	....	costume supervisor: India
Sanaullah Shaik	....	tailor/dressman: India
Maritha Visagie	....	wardrobe assistant: South Africa (as Marieta Visage)

Editorial Department
Aurélie Bensoussan	....	assistant editor
Jimmy Christophe	....	color timer
Thibaut Damade	....	assistant editor
Catherine Le Mignant-Labye	....	sub editor
Julien Perrin	....	assistant editor
Mark Wright	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Carleen Anderson	....	soloist musician: voices
Jean-Paul Batailley	....	soloist musician: percussion
Jean-Philippe Batailley	....	soloist musician: percussion
The Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra	....	orchestra: Sofia
Catherine Cantin	....	soloist musician: bass flute
Edouard Dubois	....	music consultant
Raoul Duflot-Vérez	....	soloist musician: piano (as Raoul Duflot)
Gisèle Gérard-Tolini	....	conductor: Paris
Joël Grare	....	soloist musician: percussion
Christophe Guiot	....	soloist musician: violin
Alessandro Hicks	....	soloist musician: voices
Marie Kobayashi	....	soloist musician: mezzo-soprano
Elise Léonard	....	soloist musician: organ
Didier Lizé	....	music recording engineer
Sébastien Llado	....	musician
Frédéric Mellardi	....	soloist musician: trumpet
Deyan Pavlov	....	conductor: Sofia (as Deian Pavlov)
Adrien Perruchon	....	soloist musician: percussion
Thierry Robin	....	musician (as Thierry 'Titi' Robin)
Jacky Tricoire	....	soloist musician: guitar

Transportation Department
Michael Adonis	....	driver: wardrobe, South Africa
Riana Alfreds	....	driver: Eiko Ishioka, South Africa
Malcolm Daitz	....	driver: international cast pool, South Africa
Toara Douda	....	driver: camera truck, South Africa (as Toure Daouda)
Sallie Greef	....	driver: make-up, South Africa (as Salie Greef)
Douglas Warren Mugo	....	driver: props, South Africa
Brendan O'Sullivan	....	driver: SA cast pool, South Africa
Francois Sorreda	....	driver: Lee Pace, South Africa (as Francoise Sorreda)
Florian Stiege	....	transport coordinator: South Africa
Richard Tshimbanga	....	driver: set dressing, South Africa

Other crew
Faldela Abrahams	....	accounts assistant: South Africa
Shadley Abrahams	....	medic: South Africa
Pratik Bagchi	....	production: India
Louise Banerjei	....	production coordinator: India (as Louise Banerjee)
Jarrett Barr	....	production coordinator: South Africa
Bobby Bassett	....	stand-in: South Africa
Suzanne Bassett	....	stand-in: South Africa
Mike Begg	....	location manager: South Africa
Paresh Behera	....	second assistant accountant
Debasish Bose	....	production coordinator: India
Morag Cameron	....	script supervisor: South Africa
Harsh Chauhan	....	production: India
Viz Connell	....	child-minder: South Africa
Prasanna R. Coondapur	....	production accounting manager
Christopher Coote	....	production assistant
Raman Dave	....	production coordinator: India
Gauri Desai	....	production coordinator: India
David Dewhurst	....	production assistant: South Africa
Tom Fair	....	assistant production coordinator
Tom Fair	....	production runner
Luke Farrenicothen	....	set production assistant: South Africa
David Fincher	....	presenter
Lyle Fredericks	....	production trainee: South Africa
Naguib Fredericks	....	production assistant: South Africa
Ambika Ganapaty	....	production assistant: Jaipur, India
Andrew Hare	....	unit assistant: namibia
Dane Ingle	....	production coordinator: South Africa
Wahiba Jacobs	....	receptionist: South Africa
Ksipra Jain	....	production assistant: India (as Kshpira Jain)
Spike Jonze	....	presenter
Nisha Kanabar	....	equipment coordinator: India
Ashish Kumar	....	production assistant: Jaipur, India
Phumza Mfuyana	....	office assistant: South Africa
Giuseppe Nardi	....	location manager
Eddy Pearce	....	location scout
Stephanie Pierre	....	personal assistant: Tarsem
Aman Ramrakha	....	production: India
Donovan Roberts-Baxter	....	production secretary: South Africa
Hayley Ross	....	set production assistant: South Africa
Alida Rubens	....	accountant
Daityari Sa	....	chief production accountant
Sameer Sadhwani	....	production: India (as Sameer Sadwani)
Andrew Shand	....	extras coordinator: South Africa
Bhawani Singh Rathore	....	location manager: India
Nico Soultanakis	....	documentarist
Kaio Tang	....	personal assistant: Tarsem (UK )
Cynthia Tiso	....	office assistant: South Africa
Matteo Vallecoccia	....	production assistant: Italy
Adriaan van Zyl	....	accommodation coordinator: South Africa
Shane Virgin	....	location coordinator: South Africa
Poonam Wahi	....	assistant: Aruna Har Prasad, India
Jean-Marie Webb	....	assistant accountant: South Africa (as Jeanne-Marie Webb)
Deirdre Williams	....	production coordinator: South Africa (as Deidre Williams)
Lee Woodbourne	....	assistant: Tarsem, South Africa
Anri Wyma	....	trainee script supervisor: South Africa

Production Companies

• Googly Films
• Absolute Entertainment (II)
• Deep Films
• Kas Movie Maker
• M.I.A. Features
• Radical Media
• Tree Top Films Inc.

Distributors

• Roadside Attractions (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Capelight Pictures (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Momentum Pictures (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• Movie-Eye Entertainment (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Imagem Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Ledafilms (2008) (Mexico) (TV)
• Paradise Group (2008) (Russia) (all media)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2008) (Finland) (all media)

Special Effects

• Duboi
• Duboicolor
• Duran Duboi

Other Companies

• 60 Commercial Street Studios  vendor: South Africa
• Action Features & Extras  vendor: South Africa
• Action Medics  construction medics: South Africa
• Action Medics  vendor: South Africa
• Activest Thirty Eight  vendor: South Africa
• African Access Rental  vendor: South Africa
• Afrox  vendor: South Africa
• Anagal Solutions  vendor: South Africa
• Anchoromm Rental CC  vendor: South Africa
• Avis Rent-a-Car  vendor: South Africa (as Avis Rent A Car)
• Bristol Antiques  vendor: South Africa
• Bromley Fish & Pet Centers  vendor: South Africa
• C&C Carpet Distributors  vendor: South Africa
• CFX Productions  vendor: South Africa
• CGM Insurance Brokers  vendor: South Africa
• Cellular Dynamics  vendor: South Africa
• Champ & Chalets  vendor: South Africa
• Citrusdal Caravan  vendor: South Africa
• Cutting Edge  negative cutting
• Duran Duboi  digital intermediate
• Duvet & Pillow Factory Shop  vendor: South Africa
• EM Shelving & Racking  vendor: South Africa
• Eastern General Trading  vendor: South Africa
• Elemental Effects  vendor: South Africa (as Elements Effects CC)
• Elephant Leasure Resorts  vendor: South Africa
• Eltron  vendor: South Africa
• Filmit Networks  vendor: South Africa
• Flite Case Productions  vendor: South Africa
• Force Services  vendor: South Africa
• Gaffer Electrical Services  vendor: South Africa
• Genesis Films  vendor: South Africa
• Guild Painters & Decorators  vendor: South Africa
• Ikhaya House of Costumes  vendor: South Africa
• Imperial Truck Hire  vendor: South Africa
• Kempston Truck Hire  vendor: South Africa
• Kempton Caravans  vendor: South Africa
• Liquid Studio  vendor: South Africa
• MXFX Equipment Rentals  vendor: South Africa
• Medical Rental Services CC  vendor: South Africa
• Minolta  vendor: South Africa
• Monster FX  vendor: South Africa
• Moonyeenn Lee Associates  vendor: South Africa
• Motion Entertainment Products  vendor: South Africa
• Movie Motion  vendor: South Africa
• Nice Equipment Co.  vendor: South Africa
• One8Six  vendor: South Africa
• Paramount Travel  vendor: South Africa
• Pioneer Freight  vendor: South Africa
• ProGrip  vendor: South Africa
• Props to the Stars CC  vendor: South Africa
• Provincial Government of West Cape  vendor: South Africa
• Remote Camera Systems  remote camera systems
• Remote Camera Systems  vendor: South Africa
• SIF309 Film & Music Productions  film score recording
• Studio Guillaume Tell  music mixing
• Supreme Blinds  vendor: South Africa
• Tent Logistics  vendor: South Africa
• The Refinery  vendor: South Africa
• Turbolite  vendor: South Africa
• Valkenberg Hospital  thanks to: South Africa (as Valkenberg Hospital S. Africa)
• Video Lab  vendor: South Africa
• Yacht Transport  vendor: South Africa

MPAA:

Rated R for some violent images.

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

India | UK | USA

Language:

English | Romanian

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | USA:R | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario/Saskatchewan) | Canada:G (Quebec) | UK:15 (cut) | Finland:K-13 | South Korea:12 | Germany:12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Agra Fort, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Company:

Googly Films

Trivia:

The magic word "Googly" that Alexandria repeats in the movie is also the name of the production company.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Though the hospital scenes take place in Los Angeles, they actually shot in South Africa, which drives on the left side of the road. All the cars in the shots on location at the hospital have steering wheels on the right side of the car, revealing that they are not actually in LA.

Quotes:

Roy Walker: It was the natural order of things... all things must die.

Movie Connections:

References Baraka (1992)

Soundtrack:

Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, II. Allegretto

Amazing in its independence and purity.

It had seven days of delay - being promised to be released on December 27th, it got in theaters only by January 3rd. It wasn't that much of a delay, but it bothered. Anyway, I have just seen it and boy was I amazed. Imagine "300"'s picture having one of the deepest plots that have ever been made and having the independence that even the most indiest indie film would have times ten. Imagine the stories that you made up and lived in under the blanket of your bed at night when your parents were asleep. Imagine that you still have an imagination of a child and an experience of a grown-up who had been struck by the truth that usually breaks people's dreams and illusions. This is "The Fall". Honestly, I have never seen anything like this before. Being all obsessed with movies and watching every single one that seems interesting, I have never ever seen such power and independence in a film. Independent films usually have their common indie feel - a crooky picture that shows protest to all the camera glamour that most of Hollywood films have, lack of dialogues filled with deep thoughtful pauses and this pretentiousness that screams "this is a masterpiece protest to Hollywood!". Hell no - "The Fall" has nothing of that at all. Having a breathtakingly gorgeous picture, it has smart dialogues and striking truth that is being told by a broken man to a little dreamful girl. This is not a protest - this is just a story one man named Tarsem had courage to tell. I may call it a genius piece of cinematography, a masterpiece and something like that, but loud words like these doesn't fit this experience that you will have to encounter by yourself. Believe me, you won't find the right words to describe the feel that you will have after watching this one.