L'Ascenseur 2 - Making Of (French)

A look behind the scenes of the thriller L'Ascenseur (aka Down, aka The Shaft).
Directed by Dick Maas
Starring Naomi Watts, James Marshall

When the express elevators in the Millennium Building, one of New York's most famous landmarks, start to malfunction and behave in erratic ways, elevator mechanic Mark Newman is sent out to find the cause of the problems. His investigation meets unexpected resistance and not everybody seems to be happy with his involvement. After a gruesome and deadly incident, in which a blind man falls into the shaft and a security guard is decapitated, the police start an investigation. They are however not very successful. Mark is determined to find the cause. He is joined by a female reporter, Jennifer, who is looking for a juicy story. Together they try to unravel the secrets behind the mysterious behaviour of the elevator that seems to have a life of it's own. When things get worse and death toll rises, The Government, fearing terrorists are involved, seal off the building. What at first looked like a routine job turns into a horrifying nightmare in which Mark has to face an enemy whose blood thirst is only met by it's unpredictability. An enemy that is determined to fight off any intruder looking for the dark secret that lurks inside the belly of the building. An enemy that has to be feared. An enemy that has to be taken .......DOWN.

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[Trademarc1977]

@HunterSThompsonFan Maas is certainly one of the best Dutch directors. Unfortunately, he's also one of the worst Dutch screenwriters with a juvenile sense of humor and a tendency to write characters that are shallow, moronic stereotypes. The result = a cheesy film that isn't scary, isn't funny, and simply doesn't appeal to large audience. It's a shame because Maas had a proper budget and well-known American actors to work with.

I watched Down just once, whereas I keep coming back to De Lift.

[HunterSThompsonFan]

it sucks that this film never got a fair shake seeing as how much work went into it. Unfortuantely, some dialogue refering to terrorism at the time that could easily have been trimmed worried the distributors and no one wanted to touch it. People find these kind of films silly and fail to see what makes fiction so fun. I'll tell you one thing this movie is right up MY alley!

[simivalley1908]

Not German, Dutch !!!

[Yvo25]

It's not German, it's Dutch. But is was also translated to German. Nice vid BTW parapromo!

[NEXPAR]

I saw this in english. It is a remake of a German movie called "The Lift".

[NoMoreLiesAboutMe]

Finaly i got to see some clips fro mthis movie its os cool my fav scene is the people falling under the floor of the elevator so cool

[282993]

thanks for the post.. lovely