What movie featured the infamous Lifecall commercial: "I've fallen and
I can't get up"?

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Request for Question Clarification by politicalguru-ga on 27 May 2003 07:33 PDT

Dear Jasoarmour, 

I found a film where the line is being used - but it does not feature
the commercial - is that enough as an answer? (hint: a very famous
film).

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Clarification of Question by jasoarmour-ga on 27 May 2003 09:25 PDT

I'm looking for the one that actually shows the commercial, with Mrs.
Fletcher laying on the floor.  I seem to remember the character
flipping channels, and then a shot of the television showing the
commercial.  Kind of like on Wayne's World where Rob Lowe was watching
the Chia Pet and The Clapper commercials.

I seem to remember this line being used in an Adam Sandler movie, but
I can't for the life of me remember which one.

Trivia: in the original commercial, the character who fell but
couldn't get up was named Mrs. Fletcher.

"An American Love Story", Vol. 2 has an episode entitled "I've fallen
and I can't get up":
http://maxi2.colorado.edu/htbin/wwform/www/?TEXT=R403224-408236-/www/documents/250/cat/wwi770.htm

"The Art of War" features the same line in it's dialogue:
http://www.campusnut.com/movie.cfm?article_id=837

Other interesting info from http://www.tvacres.com/catch_i.htm:
"... when Jay Leno, late night host of NBC's THE TONIGHT SHOW had a
motorcycle accident on 9/14/91, (compound fracture of the left leg) he
returned to the show three days later supported by a pair of crutches.
He got his biggest laugh by saying "I've fallen and I can't get up!" "

The soundtrack of the commercial can be found here: 
http://www.greenseekers.com/download/wavs/fallen.wav

I thought I saw this in Stay Tuned...but I could be wrong...

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0105466

Why did the woman become so much more popular that the "I'm
Having...Chest Pains!" guy?  And whatever became of this company
anyway?

I believe this was a commercial for a company called either "LifeLine"
or "QuickResponse."

It was one of those gadgets you wear around your neck in case of an
emergency.  You push the button and the company contacts the
police/EMT.

The line "I've fallen and I can't get up" is used in "Star Wars
Episode II." It is uttered by C-3P0.