Fall

"Fear reaches new heights."

2022 1h 47m EN

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★7.1TMDB · 4,920

Thriller

Synopsis

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For best friends Becky and Hunter, life is all about conquering fears and pushing limits. But after they climb 2,000 feet to the top of a remote, abandoned radio tower, they find themselves stranded with no way down. Now Becky and Hunter's expert climbing skills will be put to the ultimate test as they desperately fight to survive the elements, a lack of supplies, and vertigo-inducing heights.

“Fear reaches new heights.”

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Cast

Grace Caroline Currey
Becky Connor
Virginia Gardner
Shiloh Hunter
Mason Gooding
Dan Connor
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
James Conner
Jasper Cole
Steve
Darrell Dennis
Randy
Bamm Ericsen
Police Officer
Julia Pace Mitchell
Diner Server

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Scott Mann
Writers: Scott Mann, Jonathan Frank
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America, United Kingdom

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.8× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, United Kingdom.

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5 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Fall Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Scott Mann, shot by MacGregor. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Tim Despic. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Robert Hall shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Scott Mann directs. MacGregor behind the camera. Tim Despic scores. Robert Hall cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America, United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 5.8× over at the box office.
3Released 4 years ago.
4International production across 2 countries: United States of America, United Kingdom.
5Part of the "Fall Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Scott Mann, shot by MacGregor. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Tim Despic. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Robert Hall shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Grace Caroline Currey and Virginia Gardner and Mason Gooding carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Fear reaches new heights.".
11IMDB entry: tt15325794 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 16 themes, including "stranded", "struggle for survival", "desert", "tower".
13Released under 22 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: MacGregor
Original score: Tim Despic
Editing: Robert Hall
Production design: Scott Daniel
Costume design: Lisa Catalina
Makeup / hair: Brittany White
VFX supervisor: Matt Gardocki
Sound: David Barber
Stunt coordinator: Ingrid Kleinig
Runtime: 107 min · 1h 47m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $3,000,000
Box office: $17,363,261
Return: 579% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Fall (2022)

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Fall Collection

A series of British-American survival thriller films.

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ObjectivityGate2022-09-01
★ 7/10
Even if the story was kind of lackluster, the film itself was incredible. If you consider the tower as a kind of true main character of the movie. On first watching this I can instantly imagine the blustering cacophony of outrage about climbing technique from viewers. From the first, the film is rather jarring but honest about its juvenile depiction of "climbing". At the start I had to decide NOT to care about how realistic it was because it would be wrong to reduce a film abductio absurdum because it is a story after all. A creation. It isn't being judged on its ability to remind one of real life so much as to forget it. I do this 'forgetting' voluntarily and I seem to enjoy films more. I felt my body constricting away slightly and getting anxious during the gravity yawning scenes, 2000ft above the ground! The characters were reckless enough to believe they would die at almost any time. It was unrelenting in the tension. Even if the writing is kind of silly at times, there are elements in a film, perhaps shown through other mediums besides the writing itself that can raise the score of the film quite a bit. Consider the cinematography. The deft and skilled work at showing the tension existing in every moment by rattling bolts in close up with uncanny metallic sounds protesting the extra weight. The drone shots that highlight the mind bending fear of such a radical location. Honestly! It seemed like such a labor of love of the filmmakers. They immediately saw how much could be done with the location. The story felt like a vehicle for the film which was this awesome gigantic testament to the fear of heights. The movie poster sold this one for me because I was thinking, well, even if it isn't that good, the idea itself is good enough to be fascinating. Consider the main character of the movie: the tower itself. It said nothing the entire time, but it was the star of every scene. Such as it was, the story was like kind of this extra fluff that you had to deal with, but what a cool film. There was an amazing number of times I was 'triggered' by how silly and unrealistic the climbing aspects were, and how insanely reckless it became. However, I don't believe that anyone thinks this a film to be studying climbing from. It isn't even showing climbing's artistic nature which is the film's biggest pitfall. I loved how the arc centered around conquering your fears through this metaphorical path of climbing and I'm sure a lot of climbers embraced that, and were reminded of it, but it was a crime to leave out why the characters are pursuing this passion.
The Movie Mob2022-09-02
★ 7/10
Fall is 47 Meters Down but with heights instead of depths - 47 Meters Up. Fall keeps your stomach in your throat with its dizzying heights and anxiety-inducing peril. The movie’s plot is extremely thin, but that’s what you would expect from a film with this premise. Grace Curry and Virginia Gardner’s despair seemed authentic through their convincing performances. Panic and distress filled every shot as the camera soaked in the unbelievable heights and endless landscapes. Scott Mann once again directs an emotional suspense-laden film that feels incredibly similar to 47 Meters Down, even borrowing an identical plot twist. Fall stretched on a little longer than needed, but I appreciated the staggering suspense and character development that elevated a meager concept to vertigo-inducing heights.
MovieGuys2022-09-04
★ 7/10
Fall is a sweaty palms, nerve racking ride, that plays, with gleeful sadism, on one the most basic and widespread, of human fears. An Acrophobic's worst nightmare, Fall takes a very basic premise and uses it to good effect, building a primal, instinctively terrifying, anxiety soaked action flick, of quite literally, dizzying heights. This is, somewhat antithetically, both an easy and hard watch rolled into one. I frequently found myself holding my breath, tensing, jumping and having to take breaks to get over my own sense of fear, at what I was witnessing. I was heavily invested in the main characters, wanting to see them safely escape their horrible predicament, in spite of their reckless decision to climb an obviously rusted, dilapidated tower. In short, great edge of your seat stuff. Just goes to show how much can be achieved with a modest budget and a lot of inspiration.