Mask

Year:

1985

Duration:

120 min | USA:127 min (director's cut)

Genres:

Biography | Drama

IMDB rate:

7.2

Director:

Peter Bogdanovich

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1985-03-22

Filming Locations: William Howard Taft Charter High School, Woodland Hills, California, USA

Earnings

Gross: $42,400,000 (USA) Rentals $20,478,600 (USA)

Cast

Actor

Character

Estelle Getty

Stan Ross

Cher

Florence 'Rusty' Dennis

Sam Elliott

Gar

Eric Stoltz

Roy L.'Rocky' Dennis

Richard Dysart

Abe

Laura Dern

Diana Adams

Micole Mercurio

Babe

Harry Carey Jr.

Red

Dennis Burkley

Dozer

Lawrence Monoson

Ben

Ben Piazza

Mr. Simms

L. Craig King

Eric

Alexandra Powers

Lisa

Kelly Jo Minter

Lorrie (as Kelly Minter)

Joe Unger

1st Boyfriend

Todd Allen

Canuck

Howard Hirdler

Stickman

Jeannie Dimter Barton

Jr. High Secretary

Steve James

Hospital Intern

Cathy Arden

Hospital Doctor

Andrew Robinson

Doctor Vinton

Ivan J. Rado

Dr. Rudinsky

Anna Hamilton Phelan

Puppy Lady

Wayne Grace

Drug Dealer

Nick Cassavetes

T.J.

Les Dudek

Bone

Rebecca Wood

Angel (as Rebecca Sharkey)

Paige Matthews

Stickman's Girl

Patricia Pelham

Canuck's Girl

Gale Ricketts

Sunshine's Girl

Scott Willardsen

Jr. High Student

Marsha Warfield

Homeroom Teacher

Allison Roth

Nancy Lawrence

David Scott Milton

History Teacher

Creed Bratton

Carnival Ticket Taker

Charles Taylor

2nd Boyfriend

Rummel Mor

Track Runner

Barry Tubb

Dewey

Norman Kaplan

Himself

Marilyn Hamilton

Mr. Kaplan's Aide

Anna Thea Bogdanovich

Woman Counselor (as Anna Thea)

Louis Waldon

Camp Cook

Toni Sawyer

Mrs. Adams

Lou Felder

Mr. Adams

Christopher Rydell

Senior High Student

Beth McKinley

Senior High Student

Jill Whitlow

Anne Marie

Eddie Paul

Biker

Michael Adams

Biker (as Mike Adams)

Jeff Jensen

Biker

Jack Wright

Biker

Dorothy Hack

Jo-El Sonnier

Sunshine

Robert 'Duckie' Carpenter

Blind Boy (uncredited)

Djuna Hobbs

Camp Counselor (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Eric Stoltz spent so much time under heavy makeup that when he arrived for the post production party he had to present I.D. to security to prove that he was Eric Stoltz. Also, when he got there he had to introduce himself to some of the cast and crew because many of them didn't know what he really looked like.

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According to Peter Bogdanovich, on Sunday, 14 March 2004, in a talk at the Cleveland Public Library (Ohio), he has secured the rights for the Bruce Springsteen songs and the print will be re-released with the music chosen the first time around. There was a possible snag when the studio told Bogdanovich that the negative of the film had been lost - they only had positive prints - but the negative hadn't really been lost - Bogdanovich had removed it from the studio some years prior. This has been released on DVD as the Director's Cut version.

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Kevin Costner was considered for the role of Rocky Dennis.

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Goofs

When Cher opens her beer can in the camping scene near the beginning of the movie, the can has a stay tab. These were not used on cans until the 80s. Cans prior to then used pull tabs.

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When Laura Dern is leaving the camp (right before her parents arrive) you can clearly hear one of the children that she hugs refer to her as Laura instead of Diana, her character name.

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In reality, Rocky's body was donated to the University of California, he was not buried in a cemetery as being shown at the end of the movie.

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Quotes

Gar: What? Ah shit!

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Eric: That wasn't bad, Dennis. How about you tutor me?

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Rusty Dennis: [her final line, after finding that Rocky has passed away in his sleep] ... Now you can go anywhere you want, baby.

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Faq

Q

What are the differences between the Theatrical Version and the Director's Cut?

A

The directors cut was released in 2004. Apart from a live performance of the song "Little Egypt" by Cher, it also contains the funeral of Red, a friend of the family. So this raises the question, whether the director's cut is worth it or not, if there's nothing more than those scenes. The answer: it definitely is, although one could go without those additional scenes. The main reason that speaks for it is another one. In 1985 Bogdanovich decided to take songs by Bruce Springsteen. On the one hand because he thought they captured the zeitgeist of this period really well; and on the other hand because the real Rocky was a big fan of Springsteen. But due to an argument between Universal Pictures and Springsteen's Label, Columbia Records, the songs were removed from the movie and replaced by songs of Bob Seger. Springsteen himself took a stand for reinserting the songs into the director's cut. So now you can hear "Badlands", "Thunder Road", "Promised Land" and "Born in the USA" by the Boss. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.

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