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Face/Off

Face/Off is a 1997 American science-fiction action thriller film directed by John Woo, from a screenplay by Mike Werb and Michael Colleary. It stars John Travolta as an FBI agent and Nicolas Cage as a terrorist who undergo an experimental surgery to swap their faces and identities. The film co-stars Joan Allen, Gina Gershon, and Alessandro Nivola in his…

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Box office
$246 million
Budget
$80 million
Cinematography
Oliver Wood
Country
United States
Directed by
John Woo
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures (U.S.) · Buena Vista International (International)[a]

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Plot

Cast

Production

Soundtrack

Home media

Reception

Potential sequel

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Face/Off

Nodes122
Edges121
Triples146
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016393
Components1

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Face/Off

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related to Soundtrack · 26
Face/Off → About, Alan Meyerson, AllMusic, And, But, Gavin, Greenaway, Hans, Hans Zimmer, He, He'd, Hollywood Records, I'd, I'll, John, John Powell, John Woo, July, Let John, Powell
related to Critical response · 21
Face/Off → All, Audiences, Cage, Chicago Sun-Times, CinemaScore, Critic Roger Ebert, Here, John Travolta, John Woo, Nicolas Cage, On Metacritic, Richard Corliss, Rolling Stone's Peter Travers, Rotten Tomatoes, The, This, Time, Travolta, Woo, Woo's
related to Writing and development · 21
Face/Off → American, Calling, Castor, Cohen, Colleary, Dragonheart, Gemini, Greek, Joel Silver, John Woo, Michael Colleary, Mike Werb, Paramount Pictures, Pollux, Rob Cohen, The, They, Warner Bros, Werb, White Heat
related to Home media · 13
Face/Off → Anniversary Collector's Edition DVD, Blu-ray, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, DVD, HD DVD, May, October, Paramount Home Entertainment, Region, September, The, United Kingdom, United States
related to Influence · 11
Face/Off → Academy Award, Best Picture, Chen, Chinese, Director Andrew Lau, Infernal Affairs, Lau, Lau's, Martin Scorsese, The, The Departed
related to Potential sequel · 10
Face/Off → Adam Wingard, By February, David Permut, In February, In September, Neal Moritz, Oren Uziel, Paramount Pictures, Simon Barrett, Wingard
related to Filming · 6
Face/Off → After, Los Angeles, San Pedro, The, With, Woo
Production company · 5
Face/Off → Douglas-Reuther Productions, Paramount Pictures, Permut Presentations, Permut Presentations WCG Productions Douglas-Reuther Productions Paramount Pictures, WCG Productions
Starring · 5
Face/Off → Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon, Joan Allen, John Travolta, Nicolas Cage
Produced by · 4
Face/Off → Barrie M. Osborne, Christopher Godsick, David Permut, Terence Chang

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Face/OffBox office$246 million1.00infobox
Face/OffBudget$80 million1.00infobox
Face/OffCinematographyOliver Wood1.00infobox
Face/OffCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Face/OffDirected byJohn Woo1.00infobox
Face/OffDistributed byParamount Pictures (U.S.)1.00infobox
Face/OffDistributed byBuena Vista International (International)[a]1.00infobox
Face/OffEdited byChristian Wagner1.00infobox
Face/OffEdited bySteven Kemper1.00infobox
Face/OffLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Face/OffMusic byJohn Powell1.00infobox
Face/OffProduced byTerence Chang1.00infobox
Face/OffProduced byChristopher Godsick1.00infobox
Face/OffProduced byBarrie M. Osborne1.00infobox
Face/OffProduced byDavid Permut1.00infobox
Face/OffProduction companyPermut Presentations WCG Productions Douglas-Reuther Productions Paramount Pictures1.00infobox
Face/OffProduction companyPermut Presentations1.00infobox
Face/OffProduction companyWCG Productions1.00infobox
Face/OffProduction companyDouglas-Reuther Productions1.00infobox
Face/OffProduction companyParamount Pictures1.00infobox
Face/OffRelease dateJune 27, 1997 (1997-06-27) (U.S.)1.00infobox
Face/OffRunning time139 minutes1.00infobox
Face/OffStarringJohn Travolta1.00infobox
Face/OffStarringNicolas Cage1.00infobox
Face/OffStarringJoan Allen1.00infobox
Face/OffStarringGina Gershon1.00infobox
Face/OffStarringAlessandro Nivola1.00infobox
Face/OffWritten byMike Werb1.00infobox
Face/OffWritten byMichael Colleary1.00infobox
Face/Offis a1997 American science-fiction action thriller film directed by John Woo0.90text

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