The Fall (2006)


The Fall
Release Date09 September 2006
US Box Office$2,000,000
TaglineA Little Blessing In Disguise.
GenreAdventure, Drama, Fantasy
CountryIndia
UK
USA
Filming LocationsAgra Fort, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
LanguageEnglish, Romanian
Sound MixDTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
ColorBlack and White, Color
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassPeriod Film
MoodMindbenders
ThemesSuicide, Fantasy Life, Unlikely Friendships, Trapped or Confined
TonesLyrical, Atmospheric, Sweeping, Dreamlike, Stylized
TagsBedridden, Companion, Fantasy, Hospital, Paraplegic, Story

The Fall is a 2006 film directed 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. The film earned over $3 million worldwide. The film was released to theaters in 2008. It should not be confused with another 2008 release of the same title, a legal drama by John Krueger.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Catinca Untaru
Alexandria

Sister Evelyn, Nurse Evelyn

Roy Walker, Blue Bandit

Kim Uylenbroek
Doctor, Alexander the Great

Aiden Lithgow
Alexander's Messenger

Walt Purdy

Ronald France
Otto

Andrew Roussouw
Mr. Sabatini

Michael Huff
Dr. Whitaker

Grant Swanby
Father Augustine

Emil Hostina
Bandit, Alexandria's Father

Robin Smith
One Legged Actor, Luigi

Jeetu Verma
Orange Picker, Indian

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

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

Director

Writer

Nico Soultanakis

Valeri Petrov

Producer

Roberto Bakker
line producer

Lionel Kopp
co-producer

Ray Leakey
associate producer

Laurette Marais
line producer

Ajit Singh
executive producer

producer

Nico Soultanakis
co-producer

Tommy Turtle
executive producer

Original Music

Krishna Levy
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Cinematographer

Colin Watkinson
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Editor

Robert Duffy
-

Casting Director

Daniel Hubbard
-

Christa Schamberger
-

Production Designer

Ged Clarke
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Set Decorator

Riccardo Pugliese
-

Cynthia Sleiter
-

Costume Designer

Eiko Ishioka
-

Makeup Department

Kevin Epstein
hair stylist

Kerry September
key make up artist

Leon Von Solms
makeup designer

Production Manager

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

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

Nico Mead
buyer

Dilip More
assistant construction: India

Tracy Moseley
props buyer: South Africa

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

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
sound effects recordist, foley artist

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

Adam Howarth
special effects supervisor

Christoph Lauenstein
animation sequence

Wolfgang Lauenstein
animation sequence

Anton Voster
special effects coordinator

Robert Trenton
special effects crew

Visual Effects

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
imaging manager, I/O 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

Stunts

Dermot Brogan
stunt performer

Kerry Gregg
stunt coordinator: South Africa

Francois Grobbelaar
stunt rigger, stunt performer

Adam Horton
stunt performer, stunt rigger

Gian Palermo
stunt coordinator: South Africa

John Smith
stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department

Kasam Abbas
spark: India

Nitin Bankar
spark: India

Hernán Bouza
director of photography: second unit

Justin Brokensha
focus puller: camera A, South Africa

Rakesh Choudhary
spark: India

Simon Christidis
underwater cinematographer: India

Himmat Deol
grip: India

Richie Donnelly
focus puller

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, 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

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

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

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, costumes

Neil McMillan
wardrobe assistant: South Africa

Riyaz Ali Merchant
dresser: India

Mark Miller
costume props assistant

Urmilla Lal Motwani
assistant costume supervisor: India

Conor O'Sullivan
costume sculptor

Ravi Pawar
dressman: India

Josephine Pegram
seamstress: South Africa

Nicola Rapley
assistant costume designer

Ashley Rebello
costume supervisor: India

Sanaullah Shaik
tailor/dressman: India

Maritha Visagie
wardrobe assistant: South Africa

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

Edouard Dubois
music consultant

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

Sallie Greef
driver: make-up, South Africa

Douglas Warren Mugo
driver: props, South Africa

Brendan O'Sullivan
driver: SA cast pool, South Africa

Francois Sorreda
driver: Lee Pace, South Africa

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

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
production runner, assistant production coordinator

Luke Farrenicothen
set production assistant: South Africa

presenter

Lyle Fredericks
production trainee: South Africa

Naguib Fredericks
production assistant: South Africa

Ambika Ganapaty
production assistant: Jaipur, India

Dane Ingle
production coordinator: South Africa

Wahiba Jacobs
receptionist: South Africa

Ksipra Jain
production assistant: India

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

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

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

Deirdre Williams
production coordinator: South Africa

Lee Woodbourne
assistant: Tarsem, South Africa

Anri Wyma
trainee script supervisor: South Africa

Production Company

Absolute Entertainment (II)
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Deep Films
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Googly Films
-

Kas Movie Maker
-

M.I.A. Features
-

Radical Media
-

Tree Top Films Inc.
-

Distributor

Capelight Pictures

Imagem Filmes

Momentum Pictures

Movie-Eye Entertainment Inc.

Paradise Group

Paradiso Entertainment

Paradiso Home Entertainment
,

Roadside Attractions

Scanbox Entertainment

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Special Effects

Duboi
-

Duboicolor
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Duran Duboi
-

Miscellaneous

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

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

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, vendor: South Africa

SIF309 Film & Music Productions
film score recording

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

Video Lab
vendor: South Africa

Yacht Transport
vendor: South Africa






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