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Nicolas Cage and John Travolta in Face/Off (1997)

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Face/Off

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    Pollux was entertaining the idea that perhaps the reason why Castor (who was really Archer) wasn't acting like himself was that the guards put him in the electric chair much like they attempt to do later in the movie, or maybe perhaps they gave him a lobotomy.



    The scenes involving a butterfly knife were removed from the British BBFC-18 DVD.



    Face/Off is a blockbuster science fiction action thriller from John Woo and the film stars John Travolta as a vengeful FBI agent whom goes undercover as his nemesis, a comatose sadistic terrorist (Nicola Cage) when he undergoes a face transplant, allowing him to assume his nemesis's identity and goes to the hi-tech prison where his nemesis's brother is imprisoned and to find out the location of a bomb that his nemesis hid somewhere in Los Angeles, before it detonates in 72 hours.

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  • How long is Face/Off?
    2 hours and 18 minutes
  • When was Face/Off released?
    June 27, 1997
  • What is the IMDb rating of Face/Off?
    7.3 out of 10
  • Who stars in Face/Off?
    John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, and Joan Allen
  • Who wrote Face/Off?
    Michael Colleary and Mike Werb
  • Who directed Face/Off?
    John Woo
  • Who was the composer for Face/Off?
    John Powell
  • Who was the producer of Face/Off?
    Barrie M. Osborne, David Permut, Terence Chang, and Christopher Godsick
  • Who was the executive producer of Face/Off?
    Michael Douglas, Jonathan D. Krane, and Steven Reuther
  • Who was the cinematographer for Face/Off?
    Oliver Wood
  • Who was the editor of Face/Off?
    Christian Wagner and Steven Kemper
  • Who are the characters in Face/Off?
    Sean Archer, Castor Troy, Pollux Troy, Sasha Hassler, Jamie Archer, Dietrich Hassler, Dr. Malcolm Walsh, Tito Biondi, Wanda, Burke Hicks, and others
  • What is the plot of Face/Off?
    To foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent assumes the identity of the criminal who murdered his son via facial transplant surgery, but the crook wakes up prematurely and vows revenge.
  • What was the budget for Face/Off?
    $80 million
  • How much did Face/Off earn at the worldwide box office?
    $246 million
  • How much did Face/Off earn at the US box office?
    $112 million
  • What is Face/Off rated?
    R
  • What genre is Face/Off?
    Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
  • How many awards has Face/Off won?
    11 awards
  • How many awards has Face/Off been nominated for?
    34 nominations

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