PALADIN TAKES A “FALL”

ONE FALL, a powerful story about a man who is both blessed and cursed with an unusual power, will be released by Paladin in August, it was announced by company president Mark Urman.  Veteran New York-based indie producers Dean Silvers and Marlen Hecht, who number among their credits such films as “Flirting With Disaster,” “Spanking The Monkey,” “Committed,” “Wigstock,” and “Manny & Lo,” produced the film under their TeaTown Communication Group shingle.  Marcus Dean Fuller, who has a string of television and theater roles to his credit, plays the leading role, wrote the original screenplay, and makes his feature directorial debut with the project.
 
Set in the rustic Midwestern town of One Fall, the film tells the story of a man who miraculously survived a terrible fall from a spectacular 200 foot- high precipice that is the area’s major attraction. After recovering, he abruptly abandoned friends and family and disappeared without explanation.  The secret he couldn’t share with them was that, while recovering, he had suddenly developed the power to heal others. Tired of running away, he returns home after a long absence and decides to use his gift– but not altruistically. If people pay him, he will cure them.  Though he appears to be doing the right thing, he is doing it for for all the wrong reasons, and risks driving away anyone who ever loved or trusted him. As his moral crisis peaks, he must figure out why he survived his fall, and what he is really meant to do with his life.