The Fall (2006)

Adventure, Drama, Fantasy |.

The Fall is a adventure fantasy film directed and co-written by Tarsem Singh, starring Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, and Justine Waddell. It is based on the screenplay of the 1981 Bulgarian film Yo Ho Ho by Valeri Petrov. Its costume design is by Eiko Ishioka. The film was released to theaters in America and the UK in 2008 and earned $3.7 million worldwide.

In 1915 Los Angeles, stuntman Roy Walker (Lee Pace) is hospitalized, bedridden and possibly paralyzed after taking a jump in his first film. He meets Alexandria (Catinca Untaru), a young Romanian-born patient in the hospital who is recovering from a broken arm, and begins to tell her a story about her namesake, Alexander the Great. Alexandria is told she has to leave, but Roy promises to tell her an epic tale if she returns the next day.

The next morning, as Roy spins his tale of fantasy, Alexandria’s imagination brings his characters to life. Roy’s tale is about five heroes: a silent Indian warrior (Jeetu Verma), a muscular ex-slave named Otta Benga (Marcus Wesley), an Italian explosives expert called Luigi (Robin Smith), Charles Darwin (Leo Bill) with a pet monkey called Wallace, and a masked swashbuckling bandit. An evil ruler named Governor Odious (Daniel Caltagirone) has committed an offense against each of the five, who all seek revenge. The heroes are later joined by a sixth hero, a mystic.

Director: Tarsem Singh

Writers: Dan Gilroy (screenplay), Nico Soultanakis (screenplay), Tarsem Singh (screenplay), Valeri Petrov (1981 screenplay Yo Ho Ho)

Stars: Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell, Kim Uylenbroek, Leo Bill, Jeetu Verma, Marcus Wesley

Cast:

Catinca Untaru	…	Alexandria
Justine Waddell	…	Nurse Evelyn / Sister Evelyn
Lee Pace	…	Roy Walker / Masked 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 / Black 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 Johnstone	…	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
Stephen Hughes	…	Hospital Patient (uncredited)

Sources: imdb & wikipedia