UnCAGED: FACE/OFF (1997) – Presented on 35mm!
Runtime: 139 mins | Release Year: 1997 | Rating: R | Genre(s): Action, Crime, Science Fiction
Production Country: USA | Original Language: Latin
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.
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PRESENTED ON 35MM!
UnCAGED: Vol. 4 – Viewer’s Choice
Celebrate all that makes Nicolas Cage an incomparable entertainer with films chosen by you, the viewer, Wednesdays in April, only at the Revue Cinema!
For our epic fourth volume of the now beloved UnCAGED series, we turned the programming duties over to you, the devoted audience of Cage fanatics. We’ve heard your astute recommendations over the years and wanted to recognize your dedication in all ways Cage. We asked you to chime in on your picks for the “Manic Cage”, “Dramatic Cage”, “Encore Cage”, and “Wild Card Cage” categories. We then tabulated the results, secured the rights, acquired not one but two seriously rare 35mm prints, and voila! We present to you four Cage masterpieces without irony and with a respect for theatrical presentation. The winners are a true embarrassment of riches!
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WINNER OF MANIC CAGE!
Some films tell you exactly what the film is about in their title, and none more so, or more succinctly than John Woo’s FACE/OFF. We get not one, but three Cages in FACE/OFF—Cage as criminal genius Castor Troy; Cage as FBI agent Sean Archer, and Travolta, delivering an astute, mesmerizing Cage performance as Castor Troy trapped behind the visage of his arch-nemesis. It’s complicated, and we’re guessing you know the plot, so we’ll stop there.
FACE/OFF ushered in a wave of Kabuki Cage performances, and action-packed daring, yet the film also demonstrated his profound dramatic chops – Cage was relatively fresh off his Oscar win for LEAVING LAS VEGAS, and his performance as grieving father Sean Archer is as moving as his performance as Castor Troy is ribald. An action masterpiece in legendary director John Woo’s career, FACE/OFF is a big-screen must, and on 35mm, you get not one, but two chances—in the same evening—to take in the glory of the film’s bullet ballet and speed-boat chase sequence.
35mm Presentation courtesy of Paramount Pictures
Part of the Uncaged series!
Cast/Crew Info
Director: John Woo | Cast: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon