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New survival thriller Fall \u2013 which arrives in UK cinemas this weekend \u2013 will be just about the worst nightmare for anyone with even the slightest fear of heights.<\/p>\n
The film follows best friends Becky and Hunter, who find themselves stranded after scaling a 2,000 ft abandoned radio tower, with no way of getting themselves down and very little chance of attracting the attention of any passersby.<\/p>\n
The film is directed by Scott Mann, who had the idea for the movie \u2013 which was initially intended to be a short \u2013 while working on his previous film Final Score.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe inception of the height idea came about when we were shooting Final Score at a stadium in the UK,\u201d he explains during an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com<\/a>. \u201cWe were filming at height, and off camera we got into this interesting conversation about height and the fear of falling and how that\u2019s inside of all of us, really, and how that can be a great device for a movie.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the key to it was finding these actual towers that exist in America, that exist in the desert there, it was just like that is the perfect location, the perfect kind of character to be at the centre of this nutty thing.\u201d<\/p>\n The first port of call for the team was choosing a specific location to be the centerpiece of the film, and after much consideration, they eventually opted for the abandoned B67 TV tower in Arizona \u2013 the fourth-highest structure in the US.<\/p>\n \u201cWe looked at buildings, we looked at different things, and mountains and whatnot, and ultimately we came across the tower,\u201d Mann explains. \u201cAnd we just realised there was so many of them out there \u2013 and the height of these things, they\u2019re all 2,000 ft and above. And it got us excited, it genuinely did.\u201d<\/p>\n