Face/Off
Paese d'origine: USA
Location del set: Los Angeles, California, USA San Pedro, California, USA Victorville, Mojave Desert, California, USA
Versioni alternative: - 7 seconds in which a butterfly knife is shown have been cut out of the UK version. - In the Malaysian version all scenes that have reference to sexual topics are removed, e.g. Castor Troy touching the young choir singer´s behind in the beginning - The German Video-Trailer shows a scene not included in the released versions. It shows another FBI-Agent shot-gunned during the shoot-out in Dietrich's Loft.
Genere: Action Drama Thriller
Lingue: English
Plot: Sean Archer (Travolta) has been chasing Castor Troy (Cage) to avenge his son's death by the hands of the psychotic terrorist for six years. Now that he killed Castor, Sean must find a biological bomb by assuming the identity of Castor Troy by taking his face and being brought in prison. But Troy, who awakes from his coma, takes Archer's face in order to take revenge on him. Now, Troy turns Archer's life upside down by assuming his identity. Will Archer break free from his prison and get his face back, or will Troy have the last laugh ? John Travolta plays Sean Archer, a government agent whose son was killed in a terrorist act by Castor Troy, who is played by Nicholas Cage. Sean takes on the face of Sean Archer in a plot to bring down a terrorist group. However, Castor, who was believed dead but merely in a coma, wakes up and does the same. Soon, they are pitted against one another. FBI Special Agent Sean Archer (Travolta) tries to find a biological weapon placed in Los Angeles by a sadistic terrorist-for-hire and criminal mastermind named Castor Troy (Cage). Archer has hunted Troy for the last 8 years, and is consumed by revenge because Troy is responsible for the death of Archer's son. To do this, Archer must "borrow" Troy's face using a surgical procedure to go undercover as Troy, but things go wrong when Troy assumes the identity of Archer. Travolta plays an undercover agent who takes the physical appearance of an assumed dead terrorist (Cage). The terrorist was only in a coma, and he takes the form of Travolta.
Colonna sonora: - "The Hallelujah Chorus - Since By Man Came Death" From 'The Messiah' By G.F. Handel Performed by Baroque Orchestra & Chorus Courtesy of Telarc International Corporation - "Ach, Ich Fühl's" From 'Die Zaubeflöte' By W.A. Mozart Performed by Hungarian Festival Chorus and Failoni Orchestra, Budapest Elizabeth Norberg-Schiltz, soloist Courtesy of Naxos of America By arrangement with Source/Q - "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (Part I)" Written and Performed by James Brown Courtesy of Polydor Records By arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Licensing - "Prelude in D-Flat, Op. 28, No. 15 ('Raindrop')" By F. Chopin Performed by Irina Zaritzkaya Courtesy of Naxos of America By arrangement with Source/Q - "Christiansands" By Adrian Thaws, Douglas L. Davis & Richard M. Walters Performed by Tricky Courtesy of Island Records Limited By arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Licensing Contains sample of "La Di Da Di" By Douglas L. Davis & Richard M. Walters Performed by Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew Courtesy of Danya Records Ltd. - "Over The Rainbow" By 'Harold Arlen' (qv) & 'E.Y. Harburg' (qv) Performed by Olivia Newton-John Courtesy of MCA Records By arrangement with Universal Music Special Markets Courtesy of Olivia Newton-John - "Don't Lose Your Head" By Andrew Farriss & Michael Hutchence Performed by INXS Courtesy of Mercury Records Limited By arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Licensing - "Miserere" By G. Allegri Performed by Choir of Westminster Abbey under the direction of Simon Preston Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft mbH, Hamburg By arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Licensing - "Stella By Starlight" By 'Ned Washington' (qv) & Victor Young - Soundtrack album available on Hollywood Records
Visti censura internazionale: Spain:18 Singapore:PG Sweden:15 Australia:MA Switzerland:16 Austria:16 Italy:VM14 New Zealand:R18 Finland:K-16 Portugal:M/16 Norway:18 Netherlands:16 Belgium:KNT USA:R Iceland:16 Chile:14 Germany:16 UK:18
Date di uscita internazionali:
| Argentina:4 September 1997 |
| Australia:28 August 1997 |
| Belgium:27 August 1997 |
| Brazil:1 August 1997 |
| Canada:27 June 1997 |
| Chile:11 September 1997 |
| Czech Republic:4 September 1997 |
| Denmark:29 August 1997 |
| Estonia:3 October 1997 |
| Finland:3 October 1997 |
| France:10 September 1997 |
| Germany:25 September 1997 |
| Greece:17 October 1997 |
| Hong Kong:14 August 1997 |
| Hungary:9 October 1997 |
| Iceland:29 August 1997 |
| Israel:18 September 1997 |
| Italy:10 October 1997 |
| Japan:28 February 1998 |
| Kuwait:24 November 1997 |
| Mexico:12 September 1997 |
| Netherlands:14 August 1997 |
| New Zealand:14 August 1997 |
| Norway:28 November 1997 |
| Poland:24 October 1997 |
| Portugal:10 October 1997 |
| Russia:24 October 1997 |
| Singapore:23 August 1997 |
| Slovenia:23 October 1997 |
| South Korea:9 August 1997 |
| Spain:24 September 1997 |
| Sweden:8 October 1997 |
| Thailand:26 September 1997 |
| UK:7 November 1997 |
| USA:27 June 1997 |
| France:7 September 1997 | (Deauville Film Festival) |
| Switzerland:26 September 1997 | (German speaking region) |
| Sweden:10 September 1997 | (premiere) (Fantastisk Film Festival Lund) |
| MET:3960 m |
| OFM:35 mm |
| PFM:35 mm |
| RAT:2.35 : 1 |
| PCS:Panavision | (anamorphic) |
| MET:3803 m | (Sweden) |
| Dolby Digital |
| DTS |
| Australia:139 |
| Hong Kong:140 |
| New Zealand:137 |
| Norway:140 |
| Sweden:139 |
| USA:138 |
Cast & Credits
distribuzione cinematografica nazionale:
paramount pictures
buena vista pictures
lusomundo
buena vista international
produzione cinematografica: douglas/reuther productions wcg entertainment productions paramount pictures
produttore cinematografico: chang terence reuther steven osborne barrie m. douglas michael levine jeff (ii) godsick christopher krane jonathan d. permut david
regista: woo john
attore: travolta john cage nicolas allen joan nivola alessandro gershon gina swain dominique cassavetes nick presnell harve feore colm lynch john carroll pounder cch wisdom robert cho margaret denton jamie (i) ross matt (i) bauer christopher jeffrey myles mccurley david jane thomas flanagan tommy (i) smith dana (i) windsor romy hipp paul (i) baltz kirk sinclair lauren reed ben (i) boyle lisa hoffman linda masterson danny rocha father michael paul megan werb mike reynolds tom (iii) hytner steve thomas carmen (i) bloom john i. scott walter (i) leslie brooke brainard cam warshofsky david neidlinger john compton norm shawzin gregg einstein clifford kyris marco fridley tom wallace andrew rodriguez jacinto daniel chic walsh laurence zajonc robert 'bobby z' rosales jr. thomas
direttore della fotografia: wood oliver
scenografia: spisak neil
montaggio: kemper steven wagner christian (i)
compositori: chopin frédéric greenaway gavin händel georg friedrich mozart wolfgang amadeus powell john (i)
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: colleary michael werb mike
costumi: mirojnick ellen
effetti speciali ottici: video image animal logic
troupe varia: del boccio frank zimmer hans purwin alan d. zajonc robert 'bobby z' newton-john olivia harris barbara (ii) lambdin brandon kerum tony napolitano leo j. looy neil fleming cliff fornof j.w. 'corkey' harry lee mcintire patrick raymond dwight barber william d. fox ian jensen peter c. urbanczyk joseph d. allison ryeland balton lori a. bilog michael bock michele brazas tony capo gary cassel matthew (ii) corey jennifer garrett scott c. grigsby matthew k. guiley derek hannum julie hardman cate holder grady meyer parker morey rob pastuhov phil pearson tim l. polley janice preston bronwyn raspa michael roberts lori m. roccuzzo michael roussel bruno salzer chanel sander rick sharman robert skalka aaron sugura ted t. travers michael t. vaughan stephen (i)
produzione cinematografica: douglas/reuther productions wcg entertainment productions paramount pictures
produttore cinematografico: chang terence reuther steven osborne barrie m. douglas michael levine jeff (ii) godsick christopher krane jonathan d. permut david
regista: woo john
attore: travolta john cage nicolas allen joan nivola alessandro gershon gina swain dominique cassavetes nick presnell harve feore colm lynch john carroll pounder cch wisdom robert cho margaret denton jamie (i) ross matt (i) bauer christopher jeffrey myles mccurley david jane thomas flanagan tommy (i) smith dana (i) windsor romy hipp paul (i) baltz kirk sinclair lauren reed ben (i) boyle lisa hoffman linda masterson danny rocha father michael paul megan werb mike reynolds tom (iii) hytner steve thomas carmen (i) bloom john i. scott walter (i) leslie brooke brainard cam warshofsky david neidlinger john compton norm shawzin gregg einstein clifford kyris marco fridley tom wallace andrew rodriguez jacinto daniel chic walsh laurence zajonc robert 'bobby z' rosales jr. thomas
direttore della fotografia: wood oliver
scenografia: spisak neil
montaggio: kemper steven wagner christian (i)
compositori: chopin frédéric greenaway gavin händel georg friedrich mozart wolfgang amadeus powell john (i)
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: colleary michael werb mike
costumi: mirojnick ellen
effetti speciali ottici: video image animal logic
troupe varia: del boccio frank zimmer hans purwin alan d. zajonc robert 'bobby z' newton-john olivia harris barbara (ii) lambdin brandon kerum tony napolitano leo j. looy neil fleming cliff fornof j.w. 'corkey' harry lee mcintire patrick raymond dwight barber william d. fox ian jensen peter c. urbanczyk joseph d. allison ryeland balton lori a. bilog michael bock michele brazas tony capo gary cassel matthew (ii) corey jennifer garrett scott c. grigsby matthew k. guiley derek hannum julie hardman cate holder grady meyer parker morey rob pastuhov phil pearson tim l. polley janice preston bronwyn raspa michael roberts lori m. roccuzzo michael roussel bruno salzer chanel sander rick sharman robert skalka aaron sugura ted t. travers michael t. vaughan stephen (i)
