GSC 018: "Face/Off" by John Woo

In order to catch him, he must become him.

Nic Cage, John Travolta both great actors. Mix John Woo in the package and you get

Face/Off (1997) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119094/maindetails

  Sean Archer, a very tough, rugged FBI Agent. Who is still grieving for the dead son Michael. Archer believes that his son's killer is his sworn enemy, a very powerful criminal, Castor Troy. One day, Archer has finally cornered Castor, however, their fight has knocked out Troy cold. As Archer finally breathes easy over the capture of his enemy, he finds out that Troy has planted a bomb that will destroy the entire city of Los Angeles and all of its inhabitants. Unfortunately the only other person who knows its location is Castor's brother Pollux, and he refuses to talk. The solution, a special operation doctor that can cut off people's faces, and can place a person's face onto another person. Archer undergoes one of those surgeries to talk to Pollux. However, Castor Troy somehow regains consciousness and now wants revenge on Archer for taking his face. Not only is Troy ruining Archer's mission, but his personal life as well. Archer must stop Troy again. This time, it's personal.

Academy Awards, USA

1998• 

Nominated, Oscar

Mark P. Stoeckinger, Per Hallberg

Fun Facts:

-In The Rock, Nicolas Cage's character says he drives a beige Volvo. After escaping from the prison, Archer (Cage) steals a beige Volvo.

• Also, In Con Air, the 2nd of the "trilogy," Cameron Poe (Cage) drops the dead body of "Pinball" from the plane, and it falls onto a beige Volvo.

• When Troy is attacked by the guards at the prison, he dodges behind a box marked "Ingen". That's the company that cloned dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. "Ingen" also means "no one" in Danish, Norwegian and Swedish.

• According to producer Barrie M. Osborne, most of the challenging action scenes, including the fight on the deck of the boat and the airplane going down the runway, were originally planned as green screen shots. But they filmed them practically to support the "realism of story".

• The magnetic boots the prisoners wear in Erewhon prison are the same boots worn by the Goombahs in Super Mario Bros.

And for this one I actually chose two scenes, the "Over the rainbow" scene!

And the "Halleluiah" scene as a bonus! Enjoy!

Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDSJubIJL2U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_WPZWfp_iM&feature=related