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{{Short description|Survival thriller film by Scott Mann}}
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| image = Fall (2022 film).jpg
| image = Fall (2022 film).jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Scott Mann (director)|Scott Mann]]
| director = [[Scott Mann (filmmaker)|Scott Mann]]
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* Scott Mann
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* [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] (United States)
* [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] (United States)
* [[Signature Entertainment]] (United Kingdom)
* [[Signature Entertainment]] (United Kingdom)
* [[Roadshow Films]] (Australia)
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| released = {{Film date|2022|8|12|United States}}
| released = {{Film date|2022|8|12|United States}}
| runtime = 107 minutes
| runtime = 107 minutes
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* United States<ref>{{cite web |url=https://letterboxd.com/film/fall-2022/details/ |title=Fall (2022) |website=letterboxd.com |access-date=September 6, 2022 |archive-date=September 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908044331/https://letterboxd.com/film/fall-2022/details/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* United States
* United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web |url=https://letterboxd.com/film/fall-2022/details/ |title=Fall (2022) |website=letterboxd.com |access-date=September 6, 2022}}</ref>
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'''''Fall''''' is a 2022 [[Survival film|survival]] [[Thriller film|thriller]] film directed and co-written by [[Scott Mann (director)|Scott Mann]] and Jonathan Frank. Starring [[Grace Caroline Currey]], [[Virginia Gardner]], [[Mason Gooding]] and [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]], the film follows two women who climb [[KXTV/KOVR tower|a {{convert|2000|ft|m|-tall|adj=mid}} television broadcasting tower]], before becoming stranded at the top.
'''''Fall''''' is a 2022 American [[Survival film|survival]] [[thriller film]] directed and co-written by [[Scott Mann (filmmaker)|Scott Mann]] and Jonathan Frank. Starring [[Grace Caroline Currey]], [[Virginia Gardner]], [[Mason Gooding]] and [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]], the film follows two women who climb [[KXTV/KOVR tower|a {{convert|2000|ft|m|-tall|adj=mid}} television broadcasting tower]], before becoming stranded at the top.


It was theatrically released in the United States on August 12, 2022 by [[Lionsgate Films]]. It was a box office success, grossing $21 million worldwide against a $3 million budget,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lawson |first=Richard |date=August 10, 2022 |title=Fall Is a Dizzying, Thrilling Late-Summer Success |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/fall-is-a-dizzying-thrilling-late-summer-success |access-date=September 27, 2023 |website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]}}</ref> and received generally positive reviews, with critics praising Mann's direction, the atmosphere, cinematography, suspense, and Currey's and Gardner's performances, but criticizing its screenplay, special effects and pacing.
It was theatrically released in the United States on August 12, 2022 by [[Lionsgate Films]]. It was a box office success, grossing $21 million worldwide against a $3 million budget.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lawson |first=Richard |date=August 10, 2022 |title=Fall Is a Dizzying, Thrilling Late-Summer Success |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/fall-is-a-dizzying-thrilling-late-summer-success |access-date=September 27, 2023 |website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |archive-date=September 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930225225/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/fall-is-a-dizzying-thrilling-late-summer-success |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
Best friends Becky and Hunter are climbing a mountain with Becky's husband Dan, who loses his footing and falls to his death. A year later, Becky has given up climbing and become an alcoholic shut-in and contemplates suicide. She has estranged herself from her father, James, because he disapproved of her relationship with Dan. Just before the anniversary of Dan's death, Hunter invites Becky to climb the decommissioned {{convert|2000|ft|adj=on}} B-67 TV Tower in the desert before it is demolished the following winter. Hunter tells Becky that she can scatter Dan's ashes from the top as a form of healing. A fearful Becky initially refuses before accepting, hoping to finally move on from Dan's death.
Best friends Becky and Hunter are climbing a mountain with Becky's husband Dan, who loses his footing and falls to his death. A year later, Becky has given up climbing and becomes an alcoholic recluse and contemplates suicide. She has estranged herself from her father, James, because he disapproved of her relationship with Dan. Just before the anniversary of Dan's death, Hunter invites Becky to climb the decommissioned {{convert|2000|ft|adj=on}} B-67 TV Tower in the desert before it is demolished the following winter. Hunter tells Becky that she can scatter Dan's ashes from the top as a form of healing. A fearful Becky initially refuses before accepting, hoping to finally move on from Dan's death.


The next day, Hunter and Becky arrive and successfully climb a severely corroded ladder to a tiny platform at the top of the tower, where Becky scatters Dan's ashes. As the two begin their descent, however, the ladder breaks, stranding them several hundred feet above the next intact section and almost two thousand feet above the ground. Moreover, the backpack with their water and a small [[Quadcopter drone]] have fallen onto a [[satellite dish|communications dish]], just beyond the reach of their rope.
The next day, Hunter and Becky arrive and successfully climb a severely corroded ladder to a tiny platform at the top of the tower, where Becky scatters Dan's ashes. As the two begin their descent, however, the ladder breaks, stranding them several hundred feet above the next intact section and almost two thousand feet above the ground. Moreover, the backpack with their water and a small [[Quadcopter|quadcopter drone]] have fallen onto a [[satellite dish|communications dish]], just beyond the reach of their rope.


Despite the remote location, Hunter is initially confident that emergency services will notice the crash of the ladder, but help never arrives. They try to use their cellphones, but find that [[radio interference]] from the communications dish is blocking the signal. Hunter tries sending a message for help by packing her phone in one of her shoes and dropping it out of range of the interference, but the phone is destroyed upon impact with the ground before the message can be transmitted.
Despite the remote location, Hunter is initially confident that emergency services will notice the crash of the ladder, but help never arrives. They try to use their cellphones, but find that [[Electromagnetic interference|radio interference]] from the communications dish is blocking the signal. Hunter tries sending a message for help by packing her phone in one of her shoes and dropping it out of range of the interference, but the phone is destroyed upon impact with the ground before the message can be transmitted.


The pair later notice two men camping in an RV nearby and get their attention with a [[flare gun]] found in an emergency box on the platform. The men see it, but instead of helping them, they steal Hunter's car and drive off.
The pair later notice two men camping in an RV nearby and get their attention with a [[flare gun]] found in an emergency box on the platform. The men see it, but instead of helping them, they steal Hunter's car and drive off.


As the night falls, Becky notices a tattoo on Hunter's ankle: "1-4-3", a numeric code Dan used to tell Becky that he loved her. Hunter tearfully admits to a four-month affair that ended shortly before Becky and Dan's wedding, but Becky is unmoved by her apologies. The next day, in penance, Hunter climbs to retrieve the backpack but nearly falls to her death. She injures her hands in the process, but successfully ties the rope to the bag, and Becky uses all of her remaining strength to pull both Hunter and the backpack up. Becky uses the tower's [[aviation obstruction lighting]] warning light to charge the drone and sends it to a nearby motel a few miles away with a written message for help, but it is struck by a truck and destroyed while flying over a road.
As the night falls, Becky notices a tattoo on Hunter's ankle: "1-4-3", a numeric code Dan used to tell Becky that he loved her. Hunter tearfully admits to a four-month sexual affair that ended shortly before Becky and Dan's wedding, but Becky is unmoved by her apologies. The next day, in penance, Hunter climbs to retrieve the backpack but nearly falls to her death. She injures her hands in the process, but successfully ties the rope to the bag, and Becky uses all of her remaining strength to pull both Hunter and the backpack up. Becky uses the tower's [[aviation obstruction lighting]] warning light to charge the drone and sends it to a nearby motel a few miles away with a written message for help, but it is struck by a truck and destroyed while flying over a road.


At night, Becky is [[Delirium|delirious]] from the lack of food and water, but in a brief lucid moment, when she asks Hunter for her other shoe to pad it with her phone inside, Becky realizes Hunter had actually fallen onto one of the communication dishes when retrieving the backpack and was killed; Becky has been hallucinating her presence since then. The next day, Becky is awakened by a vulture gnawing at her wounded leg, and kills and eats it. Her strength partially restored, Becky climbs down to the dish where Hunter's body lies and types a text message to her father. She then puts the phone into Hunter's shoe for protection, shoves it into a hole in the corpse's abdomen, and pushes it off the tower. Hunter's body cushions the impact and the message transmits. Becky's father alerts emergency services, who then rush to the tower. She is rescued and reunited with her father.
At night, Becky is [[Delirium|delirious]] from the lack of food and water, but in a brief lucid moment, when she asks Hunter for her other shoe to pad it with her phone inside, Becky realizes Hunter had actually fallen onto one of the communication dishes when retrieving the backpack and was killed; Becky has been hallucinating her presence since then. The next day, Becky is awakened by a vulture gnawing at her wounded leg, and kills and eats it. Her strength partially restored, Becky climbs down to the dish where Hunter's body lies and types a text message to her father. She then puts the phone into Hunter's shoe for protection, shoves it into a hole that vultures had eaten in the corpse's abdomen, and pushes it off the tower. Hunter's body cushions the impact and the message transmits. Becky's father alerts emergency services, who then rush to the tower. She is rescued and reunited with her father.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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===Filming===
===Filming===
[[File:CA KXTV KOVR Tower USA.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[KXTV/KOVR tower]] in California inspired the look of the radio tower in the film.]]
[[File:CA KXTV KOVR Tower USA.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[KXTV/KOVR tower]] in California inspired the look of the radio tower in the film.]]
Originally the film was intended as a short. According to director Scott Mann, the idea came to him while he was shooting ''[[Final Score (2018 film)|Final Score]]'' at a stadium in the UK: "We were filming at height, and off camera we got into this interesting conversation about height and the fear of falling and how that's inside of all of us, really, and how that can be a great device for a movie." ''Fall'' was filmed in [[IMAX]] format in the [[Shadow Mountains]] in California's [[Mojave Desert]]. The look of the fictitious B67 tower in the film was inspired by the real [[KXTV/KOVR tower]], a radio tower in [[Walnut Grove, California]], which is {{convert|2049|ft}} high and one of the [[List of tallest structures|tallest structures in the world]]. According to director Scott Mann, the filmmakers considered green screen or digital sets, but ultimately opted for the real thing. They decided to build the upper portion of the tower on top of a mountain so that the actors would appear to be thousands of feet in the air, even though in real life they were never more than a hundred feet off the ground.<ref name=":0">{{Cite AV media |title=FALL: The Making Of |type=Blu-ray |year=2022}}</ref> Currey and Gardner were offered stunt doubles, but they opted to perform their own stunts.<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{Cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYF75a672vQ |title=Fall (2022 Movie) – Official Clip “Stunts” - Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner |date=September 27, 2022 |publisher=Lionsgate Movies |access-date=April 8, 2023}}</ref> Filming was difficult, because often weather such as lightning and strong winds posed a challenge.<ref>{{cite news |title=How they filmed Fall: 'The fear of heights and falling is in us all' |first=Patrick |last=Cremona |date=2022-09-02 |work=[[Radio Times]] |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/how-they-filmed-fall-exclusive/ |access-date=2023-01-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |format=video |people=[[Scott Mann (director)|Scott Mann]] |url=https://www.insideedition.com/media/videos/director-of-new-fall-movie-says-actors-were-never-more-than-100-feet-high-76375 |title=Director of New ''Fall'' Movie Says Actors Were Never More Than 100 Feet High |date=August 12, 2022 |website=[[Inside Edition]] |access-date=August 16, 2022}}</ref> The film cost $3 million to produce.<ref name="Spangler"/>
Originally the film was intended as a short. According to director Scott Mann, the idea came to him while he was shooting ''[[Final Score (2018 film)|Final Score]]'' at a stadium in the UK: "We were filming at height, and off camera we got into this interesting conversation about height and the fear of falling and how that's inside of all of us, really, and how that can be a great device for a movie." ''Fall'' was filmed in [[IMAX]] format in the [[Shadow Mountains]] in California's [[Mojave Desert]]. The look of the fictitious B67 tower in the film was inspired by the real [[KXTV/KOVR tower]], a radio tower in [[Walnut Grove, California]], which is {{convert|2049|ft}} high and one of the [[List of tallest structures|tallest structures in the world]].
According to director Scott Mann, the filmmakers considered green screen or digital sets, but ultimately opted for the real thing. They decided to build the upper portion of the tower on top of a mountain so that the actors would appear to be thousands of feet in the air, even though in real life they were never more than a hundred feet off the ground.<ref name=":0">{{Cite AV media |title=FALL: The Making Of |type=Blu-ray |year=2022}}</ref> Currey and Gardner were offered stunt doubles, but they opted to perform their own stunts.<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{Cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYF75a672vQ |title=Fall (2022 Movie) – Official Clip "Stunts" - Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner |date=September 27, 2022 |publisher=Lionsgate Movies |access-date=April 8, 2023 |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408182257/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYF75a672vQ&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> Filming was difficult, because often weather such as lightning and strong winds posed a challenge.<ref>{{cite news |title=How they filmed Fall: 'The fear of heights and falling is in us all' |first=Patrick |last=Cremona |date=2022-09-02 |work=[[Radio Times]] |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/how-they-filmed-fall-exclusive/ |access-date=2023-01-16 |archive-date=March 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329234255/https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/how-they-filmed-fall-exclusive/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |format=video |people=[[Scott Mann (director)|Scott Mann]] |url=https://www.insideedition.com/media/videos/director-of-new-fall-movie-says-actors-were-never-more-than-100-feet-high-76375 |title=Director of New ''Fall'' Movie Says Actors Were Never More Than 100 Feet High |date=August 12, 2022 |website=[[Inside Edition]] |access-date=August 16, 2022 |archive-date=August 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816091536/https://www.insideedition.com/media/videos/director-of-new-fall-movie-says-actors-were-never-more-than-100-feet-high-76375 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film cost $3 million to produce.<ref name="Spangler"/>


===Post-production===
===Post-production===
Although the film was produced by Tea Shop Productions and Capstone Pictures, once production finished, [[Lionsgate Films]] acquired the film's distribution rights without a minimum guarantee for the producers. After it did well in test screenings, Lionsgate decided to release it in theaters.<ref name="BOFirstDay">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/box-office-bullet-train-bodies-bodies-bodies-pete-davidson-1235091498/|title=''Bullet Train'' Heading For $12M+ Second Weekend During Sluggish Summer Frame – Friday PM Update|date=August 12, 2022|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=August 13, 2022}}</ref> They ordered the crew to change or remove over 30 uses of the word "[[fuck]]" from the film so it could earn a [[PG-13 rating]] from the [[Motion Picture Association]] instead of a likely [[R rating (Motion Picture Association of America)|R rating]], to increase profitability. As reshooting the scenes would have been time-consuming and expensive, they turned to Flawless, a company established in 2021 by Nick Lynes and ''Fall'' director [[Scott Mann (director)|Scott Mann]], to [[deepfake]] the actor's faces and [[Audio deepfake|artificially redub]] the "fucks" they said to PG-13-acceptable epithets like "freaking." The first project to use Flawless's services, ''Fall'' did earn a PG-13 rating. According to Mann, "neural reshoots" were completed within two weeks during the final stages of post-production.<ref name="Spangler">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/lionsgate-fall-deepfake-f-bombs-rating-1235337017/ |title=Lionsgate's ''Fall'' Used Deepfake-Style Tech to Change 30-Plus F-Bombs, Bringing Movie From R to PG-13 Rating |date=August 9, 2022|first=Todd |last=Spangler|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |quote=had a production budget of about $3 million |access-date=August 10, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/director-scott-manns-ai-startup-helps-fall-nab-pg-13-rating-2-5m-open-specialty-box-office-1235091858/|title=Director Scott Mann's AI Startup Helps ''Fall'' Nab PG-13 Rating, $2.5M Open – Specialty Box Office|date=August 14, 2022|first=Jill|last=Goldsmith|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=August 14, 2022}}</ref>
Although the film was produced by Tea Shop Productions and Capstone Pictures, once production finished, [[Lionsgate Films]] acquired the film's distribution rights without a minimum guarantee for the producers. After it did well in test screenings, Lionsgate decided to release it in theaters.<ref name="BOFirstDay">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/box-office-bullet-train-bodies-bodies-bodies-pete-davidson-1235091498/|title=''Bullet Train'' Heading For $12M+ Second Weekend During Sluggish Summer Frame – Friday PM Update|date=August 12, 2022|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=August 13, 2022|archive-date=August 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813190142/https://deadline.com/2022/08/box-office-bullet-train-bodies-bodies-bodies-pete-davidson-1235091498/|url-status=live}}</ref> They ordered the crew to change or remove over 30 uses of the word "[[fuck]]" from the film so it could earn a [[PG-13 rating]] from the [[Motion Picture Association]] instead of a likely [[R rating (Motion Picture Association of America)|R rating]], to increase profitability.
As reshooting the scenes would have been time-consuming and expensive, they turned to Flawless, a company established in 2021 by Nick Lynes and ''Fall'' director [[Scott Mann (filmmaker)|Scott Mann]], to [[deepfake]] the actor's faces and [[Audio deepfake|artificially redub]] the "fucks" they said to PG-13-acceptable epithets like "freaking." The first project to use Flawless's services, ''Fall'' did earn a PG-13 rating. According to Mann, "neural reshoots" were completed within two weeks during the final stages of post-production.<ref name="Spangler">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/lionsgate-fall-deepfake-f-bombs-rating-1235337017/ |title=Lionsgate's ''Fall'' Used Deepfake-Style Tech to Change 30-Plus F-Bombs, Bringing Movie From R to PG-13 Rating |date=August 9, 2022 |first=Todd |last=Spangler |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |quote=had a production budget of about $3 million |access-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809181006/https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/lionsgate-fall-deepfake-f-bombs-rating-1235337017/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/director-scott-manns-ai-startup-helps-fall-nab-pg-13-rating-2-5m-open-specialty-box-office-1235091858/|title=Director Scott Mann's AI Startup Helps ''Fall'' Nab PG-13 Rating, $2.5M Open – Specialty Box Office|date=August 14, 2022|first=Jill|last=Goldsmith|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=August 14, 2022|archive-date=August 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827081516/https://deadline.com/2022/08/director-scott-manns-ai-startup-helps-fall-nab-pg-13-rating-2-5m-open-specialty-box-office-1235091858/|url-status=live}}</ref> This method was also applied to foreign language dubbing for overseas distribution including Spanish and Japanese.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gizmodo.com/apple-vision-pro-sales-slump-robot-weapons-tiktok-ban-1851438704/slides/10 |title=Using AI for Visual Dubbing Part 1 - AI Unlocked |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= April 27, 2024|website= [[Gizmodo]] |publisher= |access-date= 8 May 2024 |quote= |language= }}</ref>


==Release==
==Release==
The film was released in theaters in the United States on August 12, 2022 by Lionsgate,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/fall-movie-trailer-poster-lionsgate|title=Fall: Exclusive Trailer and Movie Poster Reveal|date=June 8, 2022|first=David|last=Griffin|website=[[IGN]]|access-date=June 9, 2022}}</ref> who spent $4 million releasing and promoting the film.<ref name="BOFirstDay"/>
The film was released in theaters in the United States on August 12, 2022 by Lionsgate,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/fall-movie-trailer-poster-lionsgate|title=Fall: Exclusive Trailer and Movie Poster Reveal|date=June 8, 2022|first=David|last=Griffin|website=[[IGN]]|access-date=June 9, 2022|archive-date=August 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812202355/https://www.ign.com/articles/fall-movie-trailer-poster-lionsgate|url-status=live}}</ref> who spent $4 million releasing and promoting the film.<ref name="BOFirstDay"/>


It was released digitally on September 27, 2022, followed by [[Blu-ray]] and [[DVD-Video|DVD]] releases on October 18, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/10918/fall|title=Fall DVD Release Date|website=dvdsreleasedates.com|access-date=October 27, 2022}}</ref>
It was released digitally on September 27, 2022, followed by [[Blu-ray]] and [[DVD-Video|DVD]] releases on October 18, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/10918/fall|title=Fall DVD Release Date|website=dvdsreleasedates.com|access-date=October 27, 2022|archive-date=August 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830174637/https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/10918/fall|url-status=live}}</ref>


== Reception ==
== Reception ==
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''Fall'' grossed $7.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $14.6 million in other territories, for worldwide total of $21.8 million,<ref name="NUM">{{Cite The Numbers |id=Fall-(2022) |access-date=2023-01-16}}</ref><!--- note that BOM stopped counting box office before the film was released in the $3.9 million, as of 15 January 2023, China market ---> against its $3 million budget.<ref name="Spangler"/>
''Fall'' grossed $7.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $14.6 million in other territories, for worldwide total of $21.8 million,<ref name="NUM">{{Cite The Numbers |id=Fall-(2022) |access-date=2023-01-16}}</ref><!--- note that BOM stopped counting box office before the film was released in the $3.9 million, as of 15 January 2023, China market ---> against its $3 million budget.<ref name="Spangler"/>


In the United States and Canada, ''Fall'' was released alongside ''[[Mack & Rita]]'' and the wide expansion of ''[[Bodies Bodies Bodies]]'', and projected to gross $1–2 million from 1,548 theaters on its opening weekend.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/box-office-fall-bodies-bodies-bodies-1235338276/amp/ |title=Box Office: Lionsgate's Action-Thriller ''Fall'' and A24's ''Bodies Bodies Bodies'' Hope to Benefit From Utter Lack of New Blockbusters |first=Rebecca|last=Rubin|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 10, 2022|access-date=August 10, 2022}}</ref> It made $923,000 on its first day,<ref name=VarietyOpen>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/box-office/bodies-bodies-bodies-expansion-bullet-train-second-weekend-1235339309/ |title=''Bullet Train'' Repeating on Top as August Box Office Slows Down |first=J. Kim |last=Murphy |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 13, 2022|access-date=August 13, 2022}}</ref> and went on to debut to $2.5 million. While finishing 10th at the box office, it was the highest-earning new release for the week.<ref name="opening"/>
In the United States and Canada, ''Fall'' was released alongside ''[[Mack & Rita]]'' and the wide expansion of ''[[Bodies Bodies Bodies]]'', and projected to gross $1–2 million from 1,548 theaters on its opening weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/box-office-fall-bodies-bodies-bodies-1235338276/amp/|title=Box Office: Lionsgate's Action-Thriller ''Fall'' and A24's ''Bodies Bodies Bodies'' Hope to Benefit From Utter Lack of New Blockbusters|first=Rebecca|last=Rubin|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 10, 2022|access-date=August 10, 2022|archive-date=August 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820144245/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/box-office-fall-bodies-bodies-bodies-1235338276/amp/|url-status=live}}</ref> It made $923,000 on its first day,<ref name=VarietyOpen>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/box-office/bodies-bodies-bodies-expansion-bullet-train-second-weekend-1235339309/ |title=''Bullet Train'' Repeating on Top as August Box Office Slows Down |first=J. Kim |last=Murphy |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=August 13, 2022 |access-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-date=August 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826115548/https://variety.com/2022/film/box-office/bodies-bodies-bodies-expansion-bullet-train-second-weekend-1235339309/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and went on to debut to $2.5 million. While finishing 10th at the box office, it was the highest-earning new release for the week.<ref name="opening"/>


=== Critical response ===
=== Critical response ===
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== Future ==
== Future ==
Following the popularity of the film's Netflix release, a sequel was announced to be in development in March 2023.<ref name="Future_Deadline">{{Cite web |last=Kanter |first=Jake |date=2023-03-17 |title='Fall' Sequel In The Works After Vertigo-Inducing Thriller Becomes Surprise Netflix Hit |url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/fall-netflix-how-made-sequel-coming-1235302823/ |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Future_CB.com">{{Cite web |title=Horror Film Fall Getting Sequel Following Streaming Popularity |url=https://comicbook.com/horror/amp/news/fall-movie-sequel-streaming-scott-mann-virginia-gardner-grace-caroline-currey/ |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=comicbook.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Villei |first=Matt |date=2023-03-17 |title='Fall' Sequel in the Works After Surprise Success in 2022 |url=https://collider.com/fall-movie-sequel-in-development/ |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref> In October 2023, it was revealed that two sequels were concurrently in development, while the associated studios viewed ''Fall'' as a franchise. Scott Mann will serve as producer on both movies, while also serving as co-writer and director of the third movie. The two sequels will feature returning characters from the first installment and a new supporting cast as well. Mark Lane, James Harris, Christian Mercuri, and David Haring will serve as additional producers. The projects will be joint-venture productions between [[Lionsgate Films]], Tea Shop Productions, Flawless Productions Inc., and Capstone Pictures. Principal photography is scheduled to commence on the second movie, in June 2024.<ref name="Sequels_THR">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/fall-survival-thriller-sequels-franchise-1235632538/|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title=AFM: Survival Thriller Hit ‘Fall’ Becomes Franchise as Capstone Greenlights Two Sequels (Exclusive)|author=Ritman, Alex|date=October 31, 2023|accessdate=November 1, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Sequels_BD">{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3786541/fall-2-and-fall-3-lionsgates-fear-of-heights-thriller-getting-two-sequels/|work=Bloody Disgusting|title=‘Fall 2’ and ‘Fall 3’Lionsgate’s Fear-of-Heights Thriller Getting TWO Sequels|author=Squires, John|date=October 31, 2023|accessdate=November 1, 2023}}</ref>
Following the popularity of the film's Netflix release, a sequel was announced to be in development in March 2023.<ref name="Future_Deadline">{{Cite web |last=Kanter |first=Jake |date=2023-03-17 |title='Fall' Sequel In The Works After Vertigo-Inducing Thriller Becomes Surprise Netflix Hit |url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/fall-netflix-how-made-sequel-coming-1235302823/ |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=March 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317173237/https://deadline.com/2023/03/fall-netflix-how-made-sequel-coming-1235302823/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Future_CB.com">{{Cite web |title=Horror Film Fall Getting Sequel Following Streaming Popularity |url=https://comicbook.com/horror/amp/news/fall-movie-sequel-streaming-scott-mann-virginia-gardner-grace-caroline-currey/ |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=comicbook.com |date=March 17, 2023 |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318125120/https://comicbook.com/horror/amp/news/fall-movie-sequel-streaming-scott-mann-virginia-gardner-grace-caroline-currey/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Villei |first=Matt |date=2023-03-17 |title='Fall' Sequel in the Works After Surprise Success in 2022 |url=https://collider.com/fall-movie-sequel-in-development/ |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Collider |language=en |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318002112/https://collider.com/fall-movie-sequel-in-development/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2023, it was revealed that two sequels were concurrently in development, while the associated studios viewed ''Fall'' as a franchise. Scott Mann will serve as producer on both movies, while also serving as co-writer and director of the third movie. The two sequels will feature returning characters from the first installment and a new supporting cast as well. Mark Lane, James Harris, Christian Mercuri, and David Haring will serve as additional producers. The projects will be joint-venture productions between Tea Shop Productions, Flawless Productions Inc., and Capstone Pictures. Principal photography is scheduled to commence on the second movie in June 2024.<ref name="Sequels_THR">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/fall-survival-thriller-sequels-franchise-1235632538/|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title=AFM: Survival Thriller Hit 'Fall' Becomes Franchise as Capstone Greenlights Two Sequels (Exclusive)|author=Ritman, Alex|date=October 31, 2023|accessdate=November 1, 2023|archive-date=November 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101002108/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/fall-survival-thriller-sequels-franchise-1235632538/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Sequels_BD">{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3786541/fall-2-and-fall-3-lionsgates-fear-of-heights-thriller-getting-two-sequels/|work=Bloody Disgusting|title='Fall 2' and 'Fall 3'Lionsgate's Fear-of-Heights Thriller Getting TWO Sequels|author=Squires, John|date=October 31, 2023|accessdate=November 1, 2023|archive-date=October 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031161517/https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3786541/fall-2-and-fall-3-lionsgates-fear-of-heights-thriller-getting-two-sequels/|url-status=live}}</ref>

By May 2024, [[The Spierig Brothers|Peter and Michael Spierig]] were announced as the co-directors for the sequel, from a script co-authored by Scott Mann and Jonathan Frank; while Mark Lane, James Harris, Christian Mercuri, David Haring, and Scott Mann will serve as producers. The third installment will be written/directed by Mann thereafter.<ref name="Future_Variety">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/fall-2-director-spierig-brothers-capstone-1236004259/|work=Variety|title='Fall' Sequel to Be Directed by 'Jigsaw' Helmers the Spierig Brothers for Capstone|author=Ritman, Alex|date=May 15, 2024|access-date=May 16, 2024}}</ref>


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Fall
Theatrical release poster
Directed byScott Mann
Written by
  • Scott Mann
  • Jonathan Frank
Produced by
  • Christian Mercuri
  • James Harris
  • Mark Lane
  • Scott Mann
  • David Haring
Starring
CinematographyMiguel "MacGregor" Olaso
Edited byRob Hall
Music byTim Despic
Production
companies
  • Tea Shop Productions
  • BuzzFeed Studios
  • Capstone Pictures
  • Flawless Productions Inc.
Distributed by
Release date
  • August 12, 2022 (2022-08-12) (United States)
Running time
107 minutes
Country
  • United States[1]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3 million
Box office$21.8 million

Fall is a 2022 American survival thriller film directed and co-written by Scott Mann and Jonathan Frank. Starring Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner, Mason Gooding and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, the film follows two women who climb a 2,000-foot-tall (610 m) television broadcasting tower, before becoming stranded at the top.

It was theatrically released in the United States on August 12, 2022 by Lionsgate Films. It was a box office success, grossing $21 million worldwide against a $3 million budget.[2]

Plot

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Best friends Becky and Hunter are climbing a mountain with Becky's husband Dan, who loses his footing and falls to his death. A year later, Becky has given up climbing and becomes an alcoholic recluse and contemplates suicide. She has estranged herself from her father, James, because he disapproved of her relationship with Dan. Just before the anniversary of Dan's death, Hunter invites Becky to climb the decommissioned 2,000-foot (610 m) B-67 TV Tower in the desert before it is demolished the following winter. Hunter tells Becky that she can scatter Dan's ashes from the top as a form of healing. A fearful Becky initially refuses before accepting, hoping to finally move on from Dan's death.

The next day, Hunter and Becky arrive and successfully climb a severely corroded ladder to a tiny platform at the top of the tower, where Becky scatters Dan's ashes. As the two begin their descent, however, the ladder breaks, stranding them several hundred feet above the next intact section and almost two thousand feet above the ground. Moreover, the backpack with their water and a small quadcopter drone have fallen onto a communications dish, just beyond the reach of their rope.

Despite the remote location, Hunter is initially confident that emergency services will notice the crash of the ladder, but help never arrives. They try to use their cellphones, but find that radio interference from the communications dish is blocking the signal. Hunter tries sending a message for help by packing her phone in one of her shoes and dropping it out of range of the interference, but the phone is destroyed upon impact with the ground before the message can be transmitted.

The pair later notice two men camping in an RV nearby and get their attention with a flare gun found in an emergency box on the platform. The men see it, but instead of helping them, they steal Hunter's car and drive off.

As the night falls, Becky notices a tattoo on Hunter's ankle: "1-4-3", a numeric code Dan used to tell Becky that he loved her. Hunter tearfully admits to a four-month sexual affair that ended shortly before Becky and Dan's wedding, but Becky is unmoved by her apologies. The next day, in penance, Hunter climbs to retrieve the backpack but nearly falls to her death. She injures her hands in the process, but successfully ties the rope to the bag, and Becky uses all of her remaining strength to pull both Hunter and the backpack up. Becky uses the tower's aviation obstruction lighting warning light to charge the drone and sends it to a nearby motel a few miles away with a written message for help, but it is struck by a truck and destroyed while flying over a road.

At night, Becky is delirious from the lack of food and water, but in a brief lucid moment, when she asks Hunter for her other shoe to pad it with her phone inside, Becky realizes Hunter had actually fallen onto one of the communication dishes when retrieving the backpack and was killed; Becky has been hallucinating her presence since then. The next day, Becky is awakened by a vulture gnawing at her wounded leg, and kills and eats it. Her strength partially restored, Becky climbs down to the dish where Hunter's body lies and types a text message to her father. She then puts the phone into Hunter's shoe for protection, shoves it into a hole that vultures had eaten in the corpse's abdomen, and pushes it off the tower. Hunter's body cushions the impact and the message transmits. Becky's father alerts emergency services, who then rush to the tower. She is rescued and reunited with her father.

Cast

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Production

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Filming

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The KXTV/KOVR tower in California inspired the look of the radio tower in the film.

Originally the film was intended as a short. According to director Scott Mann, the idea came to him while he was shooting Final Score at a stadium in the UK: "We were filming at height, and off camera we got into this interesting conversation about height and the fear of falling and how that's inside of all of us, really, and how that can be a great device for a movie." Fall was filmed in IMAX format in the Shadow Mountains in California's Mojave Desert. The look of the fictitious B67 tower in the film was inspired by the real KXTV/KOVR tower, a radio tower in Walnut Grove, California, which is 2,049 feet (625 m) high and one of the tallest structures in the world.

According to director Scott Mann, the filmmakers considered green screen or digital sets, but ultimately opted for the real thing. They decided to build the upper portion of the tower on top of a mountain so that the actors would appear to be thousands of feet in the air, even though in real life they were never more than a hundred feet off the ground.[3] Currey and Gardner were offered stunt doubles, but they opted to perform their own stunts.[3][4] Filming was difficult, because often weather such as lightning and strong winds posed a challenge.[5][6] The film cost $3 million to produce.[7]

Post-production

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Although the film was produced by Tea Shop Productions and Capstone Pictures, once production finished, Lionsgate Films acquired the film's distribution rights without a minimum guarantee for the producers. After it did well in test screenings, Lionsgate decided to release it in theaters.[8] They ordered the crew to change or remove over 30 uses of the word "fuck" from the film so it could earn a PG-13 rating from the Motion Picture Association instead of a likely R rating, to increase profitability.

As reshooting the scenes would have been time-consuming and expensive, they turned to Flawless, a company established in 2021 by Nick Lynes and Fall director Scott Mann, to deepfake the actor's faces and artificially redub the "fucks" they said to PG-13-acceptable epithets like "freaking." The first project to use Flawless's services, Fall did earn a PG-13 rating. According to Mann, "neural reshoots" were completed within two weeks during the final stages of post-production.[7][9] This method was also applied to foreign language dubbing for overseas distribution including Spanish and Japanese.[10]

Release

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The film was released in theaters in the United States on August 12, 2022 by Lionsgate,[11] who spent $4 million releasing and promoting the film.[8]

It was released digitally on September 27, 2022, followed by Blu-ray and DVD releases on October 18, 2022.[12]

Reception

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Box office

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Fall grossed $7.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $14.6 million in other territories, for worldwide total of $21.8 million,[13] against its $3 million budget.[7]

In the United States and Canada, Fall was released alongside Mack & Rita and the wide expansion of Bodies Bodies Bodies, and projected to gross $1–2 million from 1,548 theaters on its opening weekend.[14] It made $923,000 on its first day,[15] and went on to debut to $2.5 million. While finishing 10th at the box office, it was the highest-earning new release for the week.[16]

Critical response

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 79% of 149 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.4/10. The website's consensus reads: "Fundamentally absurd yet as evocatively minimalist as its title, Fall is a sustained adrenaline rush for viewers willing to suspend disbelief."[17] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 62 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[18] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale, while those at PostTrak gave it an overall 69% positive score, with 44% saying they would definitely recommend it.[16]

Future

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Following the popularity of the film's Netflix release, a sequel was announced to be in development in March 2023.[19][20][21] In October 2023, it was revealed that two sequels were concurrently in development, while the associated studios viewed Fall as a franchise. Scott Mann will serve as producer on both movies, while also serving as co-writer and director of the third movie. The two sequels will feature returning characters from the first installment and a new supporting cast as well. Mark Lane, James Harris, Christian Mercuri, and David Haring will serve as additional producers. The projects will be joint-venture productions between Tea Shop Productions, Flawless Productions Inc., and Capstone Pictures. Principal photography is scheduled to commence on the second movie in June 2024.[22][23]

By May 2024, Peter and Michael Spierig were announced as the co-directors for the sequel, from a script co-authored by Scott Mann and Jonathan Frank; while Mark Lane, James Harris, Christian Mercuri, David Haring, and Scott Mann will serve as producers. The third installment will be written/directed by Mann thereafter.[24]

References

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  1. ^ "Fall (2022)". letterboxd.com. Archived from the original on September 8, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  2. ^ Lawson, Richard (August 10, 2022). "Fall Is a Dizzying, Thrilling Late-Summer Success". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on September 30, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  3. ^ a b FALL: The Making Of (Blu-ray). 2022.
  4. ^ Fall (2022 Movie) – Official Clip "Stunts" - Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner. Lionsgate Movies. September 27, 2022. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  5. ^ Cremona, Patrick (September 2, 2022). "How they filmed Fall: 'The fear of heights and falling is in us all'". Radio Times. Archived from the original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  6. ^ Scott Mann (August 12, 2022). Director of New Fall Movie Says Actors Were Never More Than 100 Feet High (video). Inside Edition. Archived from the original on August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c Spangler, Todd (August 9, 2022). "Lionsgate's Fall Used Deepfake-Style Tech to Change 30-Plus F-Bombs, Bringing Movie From R to PG-13 Rating". Variety. Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022. had a production budget of about $3 million
  8. ^ a b D'Alessandro, Anthony (August 12, 2022). "Bullet Train Heading For $12M+ Second Weekend During Sluggish Summer Frame – Friday PM Update". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 13, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  9. ^ Goldsmith, Jill (August 14, 2022). "Director Scott Mann's AI Startup Helps Fall Nab PG-13 Rating, $2.5M Open – Specialty Box Office". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 27, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  10. ^ "Using AI for Visual Dubbing Part 1 - AI Unlocked". Gizmodo. April 27, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  11. ^ Griffin, David (June 8, 2022). "Fall: Exclusive Trailer and Movie Poster Reveal". IGN. Archived from the original on August 12, 2022. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  12. ^ "Fall DVD Release Date". dvdsreleasedates.com. Archived from the original on August 30, 2022. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  13. ^ "Fall". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  14. ^ Rubin, Rebecca (August 10, 2022). "Box Office: Lionsgate's Action-Thriller Fall and A24's Bodies Bodies Bodies Hope to Benefit From Utter Lack of New Blockbusters". Variety. Archived from the original on August 20, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  15. ^ Murphy, J. Kim (August 13, 2022). "Bullet Train Repeating on Top as August Box Office Slows Down". Variety. Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  16. ^ a b D'Alessandro, Anthony (August 13, 2022). "'Bullet Train' Second Go-Round Now At $13.3M As Summer 2022 Clocks Lowest Weekend To Date With $64M – Saturday PM Box Office Update". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 13, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
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  18. ^ "Fall". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  19. ^ Kanter, Jake (March 17, 2023). "'Fall' Sequel In The Works After Vertigo-Inducing Thriller Becomes Surprise Netflix Hit". Deadline. Archived from the original on March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  20. ^ "Horror Film Fall Getting Sequel Following Streaming Popularity". comicbook.com. March 17, 2023. Archived from the original on March 18, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  21. ^ Villei, Matt (March 17, 2023). "'Fall' Sequel in the Works After Surprise Success in 2022". Collider. Archived from the original on March 18, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  22. ^ Ritman, Alex (October 31, 2023). "AFM: Survival Thriller Hit 'Fall' Becomes Franchise as Capstone Greenlights Two Sequels (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November 1, 2023. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
  23. ^ Squires, John (October 31, 2023). "'Fall 2' and 'Fall 3' – Lionsgate's Fear-of-Heights Thriller Getting TWO Sequels". Bloody Disgusting. Archived from the original on October 31, 2023. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
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