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Face/Off

Year:
Duration:
138 min
Genres:
Action | Crime | Sci-Fi | Thriller
IMDB rate:
7.3
Director:
John Woo
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 11 wins & 21 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1997-06-27
Filming Locations: Pacific Electric Building, Los Angeles, California, USA
Earnings
Budget: $80,000,000
Opening Weekend: $23,387,530 (USA) (29 June 1997)
Gross: $112,225,777 (USA) (2 November 1997)
Cast
Actor
Character
Tommy Flanagan
Tommy Flanagan
Face/Off
John Travolta
Sean Archer
Nicolas Cage
Castor Troy
Joan Allen
Dr. Eve Archer
Alessandro Nivola
Pollux Troy
Gina Gershon
Sasha Hassler
Dominique Swain
Jamie Archer
Nick Cassavetes
Dietrich Hassler
Harve Presnell
Victor Lazarro
Colm Feore
Dr. Malcolm Walsh
John Carroll Lynch
Prison Guard Walton
CCH Pounder
Hollis Miller
Robert Wisdom
Tito Biondi
Margaret Cho
Wanda
James Denton
Buzz (as Jamie Denton)
Matt Ross
Loomis
Chris Bauer
Dubov
Myles Jeffrey
Michael Archer
David McCurley
Adam Hassler
Thomas Jane
Burke Hicks
Dana Smith
Lars
Romy Windsor
Kimberly (as Romy Walthall)
Paul Hipp
Fitch
Kirk Baltz
Aldo
Lauren Sinclair
Agent Winters
Ben Reed
Pilot
Lisa Boyle
Cindee
Linda Hoffman
Livia
Danny Masterson
Karl
Michael Rocha
Priest (as Father Michael Rocha)
Megan Paul
Hospital Girl
Mike Werb
Hospital Dad
Tom Reynolds
L.A.P.D. Cop
Steve Hytner
Interrogating Agent
Carmen Thomas
Reporter Valerie
John Bloom
Prison Medical Technician
Walter Scott
Port Police Commander
Brooke Leslie
E.R. Nurse
Cam Brainard
Dispatcher
David Warshofsky
Bomb Leader
John Neidlinger
Bomb Technician
Norm Compton
Cigarette Guard
Gregg Shawzin
Lock Down Guard
Clifford Einstein
Restorative Surgeon
Marco Kyris
Recreation Guard
Tom Fridley
Prison Guard
Andrew Wallace
Altar Boy
Jacinto Rodriguez
Prisoner
Chic Daniel
F.B.I. Squad Leader
Laurence Walsh
Walsh Clinical Nurse
Tony Boldi
Jim Elsworth (uncredited)
Jason Thomas Campbell
SWAT Officer (uncredited)
Tory Christopher
SWAT Officer (uncredited)
John Leonhardt
Prisoner (uncredited)
Isaac Mayanja
Man in Kitchen Fight (uncredited)
William Morts
Dietrich's Man / Man Who Holds Adam (uncredited)
Thomas Rosales Jr.
Prisoner (uncredited)
Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc
Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Del Zamora
Janitor (uncredited)
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Trivia
The magnetic boots the prisoners wear in Erewhon prison are the same boots worn by the Goombahs in 1993.
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John Woo:  [reflection]  Castor Troy reflected in Dr Walsh's glasses.
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When Troy is attacked by the guards at the prison, he dodges behind a box marked "Ingen". That's the company that cloned dinosaurs in Jurassic Park (1993). "Ingen" also means "no one" in Danish, Norwegian and Swedish.
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Goofs
On the runway, when Castor arrives in his car, he is wearing three gold rings - one on his right hand (ring finger) and two on his left (pinky and middle finger.) In the plane, a clear shot of one of his hands shows that he is wearing a ring on his pinky only. Whichever hand this is, right or left, it is inconsistent with the previous scene.
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When Castor Troy (C. Troy) and Sean Archer (S. Archer) are having their faces switched in the laboratory, the monitor for Castor Troy shows his name as "T. Castor". When in fact it would read either "Troy. Castor" or "Troy. C". Hospitals/ Institutions always record patient details as: Surname. First Name / Initial.
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Just before Dubov gets shot by Walton, we see Burke Hicks running up to Walton to try to stop him. A few minutes later when Dubov falls down and Walton tries to shoot Castor, Burke Hicks runs up to Walton again.
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Quotes
Castor Troy: If you dress like Halloween, ghouls will try to get in your pants.
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Dietrich: God damn. My place is getting FUCKED up.
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Sean Archer: I want to take his face... off. Eyes, nose, skin, teeth. It's coming off.
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Faq
Q
Did Sasha know in the end that Archer and Castor had switched identities?
A
It's hard to say however it's apparent that she realized that something wasn't right. It was definitely strange that the man who looked like Sean Archer was pointing a gun at his own wife and the man who looked like Castor Troy was pointing a gun at his two bodyguards. Even if she did figure it out she obviously chose to side with Archer. Even though she hated Archer for threatening to take her son away for refusing to give up information about Castor she hated Castor even more for walking out on her and for the evil person he had become. Furthermore she knew that the man who looked like Archer had murdered her brother and the man who looked like Castor had opened up to her and showed genuine concern for her son, probably the only person in her life who had ever done so.
Q
What are the differences between the BBFC-18 DVD and the uncut version?
A
The scenes involving a butterfly knife were removed from the British BBFC-18 DVD. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.
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