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In 1978 Azusa, California, Rocky Dennis, a teenage boy with the extremely rare genetic disorder known as craniodiaphyseal dysplasia, is accepted without question by his freewheeling biker mother's boyfriend Gar, who is a father figure to him, his "extended motorcycle family," and his maternal grandparents who share his passion of baseball card collecting; but is treated with fear, pity ...
Christiane (Édith Scob) fails to make a phone call to Jacques Vernon. Scob's face is hidden behind a face-like mask for most of the film. After her father leaves with promises to restore her face, Christiane, wearing a mask to cover her disfigurement, calls her fiancé Jacques Vernon, Dr. Génessier's assistant, but hangs up without saying a word.
The movie is based loosely on Dennis' life, with most of the scenes and dialogue altered for dramatic purposes. [ 5 ] [ 7 ] Rusty told a Chicago Tribune reporter that the film was mostly accurate but with two major departures from reality — the events occurred over a period of 10–12 years, rather than one year as depicted in the film; and ...
Tullis was paid $15,000 for the film rights to her story, which became the film, Mask. [4] [9] Tullis described the film as a "fairy tale." [8] [9] In an interview with the Chicago Tribune, Tullis said, "I thought Mask was going to be a movie about Rocky. I always thought showing Rocky's courage would help a lot of disabled kids and the parents ...
The Mask (re-released as Eyes of Hell and The Spooky Movie Show) is a 1961 Canadian surrealist horror film produced in 3-D by Warner Bros. It was directed by Julian Roffman and stars Paul Stevens , Claudette Nevins , and Bill Walker.
A Different Man is a 2024 American psychological dark comedy film [5] written and directed by Aaron Schimberg, starring Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, and Adam Pearson.The film follows Edward, an actor with neurofibromatosis who undergoes an experimental procedure to change his face, only for his new life to make past insecurities and new issues apparent.
A Woman's Face is a 1941 American drama film noir directed by George Cukor and starring Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas and Conrad Veidt. It tells the story of Anna Holm, a facially disfigured blackmailer , who, because of her appearance, despises everyone she encounters.
The Face Behind the Mask is a 1941 American Film Noir directed by Robert Florey and starring Peter Lorre, Evelyn Keyes and Don Beddoe. The screenplay was adapted by Paul Jarrico , Arthur Levinson, and Allen Vincent from the play Interim , written by Thomas Edward O'Connell (1915–1961).