Falling Down economically viable

[AylaStar81]

He is the 99%.

[dieselboy87]

people comparing this scene to what is happening now are dumbasses. one of the reasons why the world is in such a mess at the moment is because banks were handing out loans to TOO MANY people, even people who really were not economically viable.

[Noobkilla99786]

Why does the cop car stop in front of the guy? lol

[dieselboy87]

@Noobkilla99786 traffic? ....

[TheSmaych]

"don't forget me"

He nods slightly. Just great.

[therealsagefrancis]

It sure was nice of the cops to crack the back window so he could deliver that last line.

[LilTom895]

@therealsagefrancis it was hot outside

[TheDrunkenAtheist]

Don't forget me!

[Wierdperson31]

Now I haven't cared enough to actually look into what the "99%" are REALLY protesting. I only have what I hear around me. But the man in this scene was angry over how he worked at the bank for seven years, and they didn't approve his loan over some bullshit piece of economyspeak. I doubt that's what the "99%" are angry over.

[OpenEye73]

I notice many comments here regarding the Occupy movement. Notice in this clip the black man says he's exercising his rights. Yet he's arrested.

[1stGuard]

@controversyking With all due respect, but doesn't the Tea Party movement have more of these 'obnoxious assholes' than the Occupy Wall Street movement? I wouldn't go as far as to say these protestors are assholes(obnoxious maybe cuz of disturbance of the peace), but at least they're speaking out against something that should've been addressed long ago with how our authorities nationwide should be put on check. Give this movement some more time to see how 'assholish' they can get.

[MrLimborace]

@1stGuard Ocupy asswioes are just a bunch of overindulged children with about as much political accumen as a hampster. You kids are indoctrinated, trained little chimps and slaves to the socialist agenda.

[1stGuard]

@controversyking You're right that these protests in our reality are violent & not this character of the movie, but I was referring to what that peaceful protestor is going through in the movie, his feeling and message, it is very similar to such protests like the Occupy Wall Street movement. Not the physical expressions of what either does. Just that in our time and reality, its kind of scary to see how far these things can go. Anything like this, it all starts with either a group or 1 person.

[danraj27]

Funny clip :))

[OgreMECH]

Don't worry. In 2008 bank won't care if you're economically viable. And it will work out AWESOMELY!

[JonesArmandoHoward]

Its kind of like the book of Job, but with a lot more contemporary and distant from reality...

[47ronin82]

Here"s the Real Outcome of Today's OBAMA Admin. Home Owners(LMFAO)Modification Process! I speak from experience. Don't Tread ON ME! Molon Abbe!

[CorporateGrind]

@47ronin82 Go away, dumb teabagger.

[unit731gamer]

I am not economically viable...& I'm proud of it :)

[jamschnitter]

the song the music box/snow globe plays is London Bridges (falling down falling down..)

[MMoruzov]

Hmmm...Familiar to these days, huh?

[Clickclackclyde]

AMEN to this

[PrimeTimeJokesta]

Very underrated film. One of the best scenes in it.

[DarthDrizzt]

i understand some people love to lump blame on obama for a lot of things, but where is the blame for CONGRESS , and the Supreme Court ...they make and defend all the policies that have plummeted our nation into economic and social downfall in the last 30 years.... with exception the Clinton years. The new 2010 congress are the ABSOLUTE Worst in history.

[piscian18]

If you think you're not economically Viable trust me "America" has you beat

[PersianPaladin]

Powerful.

[cr4yv3n]

Police picking on the protesters on behalf of banks.

This movie kinda foreshadows today's USA, doesn't it ? :)

[1stGuard]

@cr4yv3n This scene itself kind of embodies what's going on now with these worldwide protests and unrest, especially the momentum the Wall Street protests are gaining here in the USA. The 99% are not economically viable and are speaking out and getting arrested for it(even teargassed), just like this man in this scene.

[steeltownbrown52]

@leshager2009 Vondie Curtis-Hall is the actor's name.

[A86]

10% or more (the official unemployment rate estimates are always low-balled by the government to as to understate the problem) of Americans were told they were "not economically viable".

Hopefully one day they and their employed (for now) brothers and sisters who are still debt slaves will wake from their slumber and apathy.

[loyaldude7]

remember this comment 

[CarlChub]

@KyleGibbons91 And a real big thank you to Obama.

[btho5531]

The most brillant scene of the movie. A sad but true indictment of society. Makes you wish we woke up 20 years ago.

[zolleen]

@KyleGibbons91 dude thanks for reminding me of this movie :D

[LottsaLasagna]

Too bad people never caught on the system was a failure 18 years ago when this film was made.

[rettek808]

whats the point that the black guy was trying to get across?

[MDKrinkels]

"we're not too different, you and I"

we're so united in our anger. Shame we can't make it work FOR us.

[MeesterWolf99]

Note: no "price adjustments" at this store...

[amodelchucrut]

74 people will remember him. Thumbs up if you will too

[AudioInklined]

@amodelchucrut that's why I'm here.

[Jnkdog]

This is today.

[artoprecords]

Beautiful scene, emotional & great actors...

[zolleen]

Dont forget me.

[tybash]

don't forget him

[mitrooper]

Love the this scene, look at the bank guy's tie and shirt...

Listen to the great music 1:29...Good scene.

[JonErich]

The really sad thing is Micheal Douglas's character didn't intend to go on a rampage. All he was trying to do was "go home" to see his daughter for her birthday. Traffic wouldn't move and one thing led to another and next thing you know, he's lashing out on everything that disgusts him. Also, notice that most confrontations he ends up in is a result of somebody starting something with him. Imagine how much differently his day would have turned out had the traffic been moving at the beginning.

[ptoner87]

@JonErich Truth, man.

[JosephCollins]

@JonErich

That's an interesting thought. If things hadn't just gone from bad to worse for the poor man, things might have turned out considerably different. Or WOULD they have? Inspiration, yes. Hero, perhaps. But he still had serious mental problems he simply could not overcome... Heh.

[Helicon7007]

I think many people feel like they're not economically viable these days.

[Benjifritz93]

Where did the right for freedom of speech go?

[warmonster86]

@Benjifritz93 no where...but disturbance of peace is against the law

[oAzREZNoR]

@warmonster86 where do you draw the line, though?

WBC gets away with this noise all the time.

[Ragitsu]

@warmonster86

"Disturbing the peace" is a bullshit, catch-all excuse for damn near any arrest.

[OgreMECH]

Don't worry. In the future, we'll let the not economically viable get loans. And it will work out AWESOMELY!

[AyeOkNowFuckOff]

From my view here in Ireland....................... it seems to me that as a child you can be president but if not, you can not be economically viable......

thats a contradiction to me.

[alphavictor22]

The symbolism here is very direct and very intentional. Anyone else happen to notice that they're wearing the exact same clothes? Neither are economically viable, and both are victims of the same establishment.

Each has a different way of lashing out against the injustice. The peaceful protester is punished by incarceration and the vigilante is rewarded with a snow globe.

They are the same character from different perspectives. 

[zebidee44]

@alphavictor22 Very well said, I didn't understand this scene when I first saw it, but watching it again and reading your comment opened my eyes.

[NSDAPAO]

i won't forget him

[harrysagma]

i first saw that film in greece in 1993,and always found it epic and heroic.

[harrysagma]

i first saw that film in greece in 1993,and always found it epic and heroic.

[ClarenceBoddicker87]

Does anybody know where that great scene was filmed? Is that bank real & is it still an economically viable bank? Note they send 2 cop cars & 3 or 4 cops to "take down the perp." that's pig speak for arrest. That's one of the messages I get from the movie. Cops don't do much about gangs & violent "street" crimes, but come running to protect a bank's image or the rich in their private golf courses. It's called "selective enforcement". The cops get to decide which crimes they want to stop.

[pitster110]

46 people are economically viable

[dekal1]

" Ok here they come". So sad.

[screwaccounts]

that nod is a bond, an understanding

[oAzREZNoR]

@screwaccounts

and he kept his promise, too

[screwaccounts]

@oAzREZNoR /me nods

[screwaccounts]

fucking police state

[oAzREZNoR]

just got this movie a couple days ago.

I knew when I saw this scene, this was the heaviest part of the whole movie.

[joconc]

Says it all!

[IBBangin82]

2:02

[IBBangin82]

2:04 don't forget him!

[Childrenofthecornsno]

This scene is so sad, it leaves a lasting impression...

[Starstreak817]

Damn feel just like this guy and MD's character in this film and I am sure a lot of others do to in these times. The times are only going to get worse too.

[royalplaylist102]

These words are stocked in my head: economically viable. We exported our jobs , destroyed our political system , scraped our environment all that because it was: ECONOMICALLY VIABLE.

[lexamax]

And the best irony is, that the musical ball played the tune of "London bridge is falling down"

[lexamax]

Isn't the black guy Dr. Dennis Hancock from Chicago Hope -TV series?

[steeltownbrown52]

@lexamax Yes, Vondie Curtis-Hall.

[glennandrew]

Thank you for uploading this. This is my favorite scene from the movie. Chokes me up every time I see it.

[LMGunslinger]

With one hand they promis to give and with the other they take; I think this scene has 2 major meanings, How some people fall on such hard times that they become undesired by some (the bank, the people walking by, and the police) MD sees his own situation in this man as how his wife rejected him and in his eyes for his failures. 2ndly How the government simply sweeps him away, out of the eye of the public; like how he was fired from his work and his wife filed a restraining order.

[amtraklover]

hey anybody here the line where right before he gets arrested, he says he's just excercising his first amendment rights?

[gardenofskeetn]

@amtraklover holy shit! it's barely there but now that you mention it, i can hear it. good call!

[gettinmonee]

dont forget Me

[endofthelinejoel]

@gettinmonee

*nods*

[kyler187]

Oh what the heck. Bank loans for everyone. Regardless if they are economically viable or not. Its not like it will place the country into a recession or anything like that. Oh wait a minute......

[manco82]

@kyler187 Bullshit. Banks are supposed to hand out loans to anyone who shows up?

[kyler187]

@manco82 Clearly you can't read sarcasim very well.

[DanLetts97]

@manco82 I think this scene speaks about the gap between the rich and "not so rich" in America. It's one of the biggest gaps in the world really. There is a lot of frustration expressed in this movie... try not to take it literally, it's art.

[minimalniemand]

@manco82 well, thats basically what they did, hence the crash 2008

[pure2warrior]

Joe Stack, with sorrow I know your pain. Tax is extorted theft, a demonic debt slave control mechanism. Money counterfieted digitized circulated as a debt at usury used as justification to enslave humanity as debt slaves. We are human and we can life a free quality live off the slave grid, fear not for the only thing you have to fear is fear itself. Reject theft as imoral.

[biped19]

RIP Joe stack ( If it was not an inside job).

[finefilth]

@biped19

agreeed!

[TheMiguelGrande]

Joe Stack was not economically viable. RIP

[gingermax]

Don't forget him!!

[BossHossGT500]

The funny part is, in the window behind D-Fens, it says "GOING OUT OF BUSINESS"

[dissent323]

great movie!

[angelinaramon]

I love this scene. I was going through the same problems at that time so it really hit home with me.

[DancingSpiderman]

@angelinaramon I see what you mean...yep, I'm also not "economically viable" at this point in time... haha

that line "don't forget me"... wow, that's a poignant scene

[TooCoolForYourMom]

Definitely my favorite scene in the movie as well. The rest of Falling Down was great, but the "don't forget me" just...blew me away. Everything seemed to come together at that point, moreso than the ending.

[Zeeboe]

I loved the nod Foster gave him after that line. *chills*

[april151955]

Its time the "man" becomes not economically viable

[cheezcola]

I have no idea what is this movie. Someone reply to me please

[ScottfromTexas]

the movie is "Falling Down"

[cantgetrite23]

Falling Down

[Travisbickle75]

Yeah that's maybe the best scene in the movie. Just great.

[tebutsko]

Brilliant! The same shirt and tie. "Dont' forget me".

[6ft2220beast]

the greatest scene of this movie, so true in today's economy....

[DethPenguin]

1:19

Free Speech?

[dburt0021]

"London Bridge is Falling Down, Falling Down, Falling Down..."

[themole1983]

I didn't think much of this scene when I was younger, but now it's one of my favorite scenes from Falling Down. Micheal Douglas is pretty much looking in a mirror when he see's this guy who's had enough just like him. He even has the same office shirt and tie.

[ScottfromTexas]

Same here.

[TCFan25]

@themole1983 Actually I was opposite when I was younger, I felt quite sad about it...and even more so when I got older now.

[SouthPhillyHooligan]

@TCFan25 Me too. I saw this not long after it came out, when I was maybe 16-- it always impressed me as being the most emotionally powerful part of the film, and still does.

[aliensliveinme]

@themole1983 I never noticed the shirt and tie before, good eyes :)