 The film was selected to compete and be screened as part of The  Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Regional Student Film  Competition on 17 November 1973 in New York City. Martin Brests  film, Hotdogs for Gauguin, starring Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman  was also screened. And the Walls Came Tumbling Down was also  selected for the 33rd Annual Student Film Festival at New York  University, School of the Arts, Institute of Film and Television,  for screening on October 27, 1973. Other notable films in the  festival included Amy Heckerlings High Finance. The festival was  produced by Joel Silver. Other students in the same class included  Leonard Maltin and Susan Seidelman.