To Be John Woo (2002)

You ever wonder what it would be like to be someone else? Well for film geeks like Tyler Deacons, this is an everyday pondering. He has always craved adventures like those had by Hong Kong action heroes. Now with a twist of fate, he's getting his chance to live out his fantasies. One day, while working another humdrum shift at a video store, Tyler attempts to steal Woo's 1997 film, Face/Off. Unfortunately for him, the manager's son Greg just happens to see his actions. Greg tells Tyler that his only option if he wants to save his job is to go see the video store owner, Mr. Sezwick. He tells Tyler he has an assignment for him to carry out, and if he refuses he'll lose his video store job and more. This secret mission leads Tyler to discover adventure, danger, and what it's like To Be John Woo.

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'John Woo' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Woo, John Filmography

• Play in Full Screen Caliber

  2014, role: director
• Play in Full Screen The Crossing

  2014, role: director
• Play in Full Screen Day of the Beast

  2014, role: director
• Play in Full Screen Day of the Beast

  2014, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen Jian dang wei ye

  2011, role: actor , character name: Lin Sen
• Play in Full Screen Sàidékè balái

  2011, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen Kurosawa, la voie

  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Second Sight

  2011, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen King's Ransom

  2011, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen 7 Brothers

  2011, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen The Divide

  2010, role: director
• Play in Full Screen Moo-jeok-ja

  2010, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen Rainbow Six

  2010, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen The Sicilian Clan

  2010, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen Jianyu

  2010, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen The Divide

  2010, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen Moo-jeok-ja

  2010, role: writer
• Play in Full Screen Legend of the Magic Bell

  2010, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen Max

  2010, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen Chi bi Part II: Jue zhan tian xia

  2009, role: director
• Play in Full Screen Chi bi Part II: Jue zhan tian xia

  2009, role: writer
• Play in Full Screen Chi bi Part II: Jue zhan tian xia

  2009, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen Jian guo da ye

  2009, role: actor , character name: Liu Wenhui
• Play in Full Screen Yao tiao shen shi

  2009, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen Le choc

  2009, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen How Bruce Lee Changed the World

  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Christmas Cargo

  2009, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen Chi bi

  2008, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen Chi bi

  2008, role: writer
• Play in Full Screen Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki

  2008, role: actor
• Play in Full Screen Chi bi

  2008, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen Chi bi

  2008, role: director
• Play in Full Screen Tian tang kou

  2007, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen Bloody Numbers

  2007, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'

  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Ekusu makina

  2007, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen The Red Circle

  2006, role: director
• Play in Full Screen The Red Circle

  2006, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen Untitled John Woo Project

  2006, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen Metroid

  2006, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen Untitled John Woo Project

  2006, role: director
• Play in Full Screen All the Invisible Children

  2005, role: director
• Play in Full Screen Chang Cheh & le sabreur manchot

  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen The Glass Beads

  2005, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen From Hong Kong to Hollywood: The Making of John Woo

  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen The Robinsons: Lost in Space

  2004, role: director
• Play in Full Screen L'art de la guerre

  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen Remembering the Future: Paycheck & the Worlds of Philip K. Dick

  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Play in Full Screen The Robinsons: Lost in Space

  2004, role: producer
• Play in Full Screen Paycheck

  2003, role: director

Woo, John Filmography

• Play in Full Screen In Retrospect

  2011, role: composer
• Play in Full Screen Call of Duty: Find Makarov

  2011, role: miscellaneous crew
• Play in Full Screen Communication Complex Simplex

  2010, role: producer

Woo, John Filmography

• Play in Full Screen Boneshaker

  2013, role: editor
• Play in Full Screen Surfing 28 States: India

  2012, role: editor

Famous quotes by John Woo:

"My films are always concerned with family, friendship, honor, and patriotism."

"They think it's cleaner (and) OK because (it) comes from the doctor or it's prescribed, but it's abused."

"I usually put the actors and the stuntmen in a real explosion, in real gunfire. They run scared, really scared,"

"He will be spending the holidays with the troops."

"All the Invisible Children."

"It would be a joke to film it like some sort of kung fu epic,"

"The movies I like to make are very rich and full of passion. Some people see me as an action director, but action is not the only thing in my movies. I always like to show human nature - something deep inside the heart."

"When I was in high school, I dreamed of being a film-maker, but my family was so poor that they couldn't afford for me to go to college."

"When I was 11, even though we were poor, my mother was a fan of movies from the west. She used to bring me to the theatre. At that time, a parent could bring a child to the theatre for free. I was fascinated by the musicals, I think they influenced me the most. Also a lot of Fred Astaire... I loved movies and I wanted to be a filmmaker some day."

John Woo