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Mask is a 1985 American biographical drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich. The movie stars Cher, Eric Stoltz, Sam Elliott, and Laura Dern. It focuses on the life of Roy L. Dennis, a sixteen-year-old boy with a facial deformity. The narrative is set in California and explores themes of single motherhood and falling in love. The film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, with additional distribution by Netflix via video on demand.
The production had a budget of $7,500,000 and generated revenue of $48,230,162. It runs for 120 minutes and was released in the United States on March 8, 1985, with a later date of October 31, 1985. The film received an Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling and was nominated for the same honor. It holds a PG-13 rating and has been described with the tagline about Rocky Dennis being determined to be better.
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7.3A significantly deformed but highly intelligent teenage boy and his biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.
Cast
- Cher as Rusty Dennis
- Sam Elliott as Gar
- Eric Stoltz as Rocky Dennis
- Estelle Getty as Evelyn
- Richard Dysart as Abe
- Laura Dern as Diana
Themes
- deformation
- rocker
- falling in love
- single mother
- disabled
- body image
- bikers
- inner beauty
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
34,446 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
93%
Metacritic
73/100
- Year
- 1985
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 7 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Roy L. Dennis
- Director
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Cast member
- Marsha Warfield
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- László Kovács
- Narrative location
- California
- Duration
- 115
- FilmAffinity ID
- 922414
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Mask.png
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- publication date
- 1985-10-31
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- distributed by
- Netflix
- title
- Mask
- review score
- 93%
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