While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary inv... Read allWhile on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders.While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 9 nominations
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaApart from a couple of second unit shots of Washington DC and one scene shot in a park, all filming took place on sound stages in Montreal, Canada, with extensive blue screen techniques used to create the "world" around each set where required.
- GoofsIt is very difficult, perhaps impossible, to knock out an M1A2 Abrams tank with an RPG-7 from the front as in the film. The front armor of an Abrams is extremely thick and lined with several materials to prevent such a penetration.
Although RPGs have been known to damage Abrams tanks, these are impacts on weak points of the tank, and would not have caused the tank to explode as the film depicts.
A more suitable weapon for engaging a tank would have been an FGM-148 Javelin, an anti-tank weapon which the terrorists do possess but instead use to shoot down helicopters.
- Quotes
President Sawyer: Martin, as the President of the United States, this comes with the full weight, power and authority of my office. Fuck you.
- ConnectionsEdited from Vực Thẳm (1989)
- SoundtracksSpanish Flea
Written by Julius Wechter and Cissy Wechter
Performed by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Courtesy of Almo Properties, LLC
Featured review
a convoluted mess that's joyless and flat out dumb
White House Down offers very little that's new or interesting. It's a convoluted mess that's caught in no man's land. It takes itself far too seriously yet offers ridiculous action (ridiculous as in dumb, not as in wild or fun) and even more ridiculous characters. It wants to be taken seriously but functions in bizarre surroundings with a foolish plot. A calamity of underdeveloped ideas, half the film is flat out brain damaged and the other half is pure schlock. Do yourself a favor and avoid this dumb and actually boring farce.
This movie simply can't stand on its own as a film. Does often joyless, dark and dumb appeal to even the popcorn crowds? The rest of us want way more in our summer movies.
This movie simply can't stand on its own as a film. Does often joyless, dark and dumb appeal to even the popcorn crowds? The rest of us want way more in our summer movies.
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- Also known as
- La caída de la Casa Blanca
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Box office
- Budget
- $150,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $73,103,784
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $24,852,258
- Jun 30, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $205,366,737
- Runtime2 hours 11 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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