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Mask is a 1985 American drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Cher, Sam Elliott, and Eric Stoltz. Dennis Burkley and Laura Dern are featured in supporting roles. Cher received the 1985 Cannes Film Festival award for Best Actress. The film is based on the life and early death of Roy L. "Rocky" Dennis, a boy who suffered from craniodiaphyseal dysplasia, an extremely rare disorder known commonly as lionitis due to the disfiguring cranial enlargements that it causes. Mask won the Academy Award for Best Makeup while Cher and Stoltz received Golden Globe nominations for their performances.
In 1978 Azusa, California, Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz), who suffers from a skull deformity, is accepted without question by his freewheeling biker mother's boyfriends, his "extended motorcycle family," and his maternal grandparents, who share his love of baseball card collecting; but is treated with fear, pity, awkwardness, and teasing by those unaware of his humanity, humor, and intelligence. Rocky's mother, Florence "Rusty" Dennis (Cher), is determined to give Rocky as normal a life as possible, in spite of her own wild ways as a member of the Turks biker gang, as well as her strained relationship with her parents. She fights for Rocky's inclusion in a mainstream junior high school, and confronts a principal who would rather classify Rocky as mentally retarded and relegate him to a special education school, despite the fact that his condition hasn't affected his intelligence.
Mask movie clips: http://j.mp/1L5p8gc BUY THE MOVIE: http://amzn.to/rLE9EU Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: When Mr. Simms (Ben Piazza) tries to prevent Rocky (Eric Stoltz) from registering at his school, Rusty (Cher) plays hardball. FILM DESCRIPTION: This is the true story of Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz), a personable young man suffering from "lionitis," a fatal disease which causes hideous facial disfigurement. The son of freewheeling biker Rusty Dennis (Cher), Rocky is accepted without question by his mom's boyfriends and cycle buddies, but treated with pity, condescension, and disgust by much of the outside world. The local high school principal tries to get Rocky classified as brain-damaged so he won't have to enroll the boy in his school, b...
Rocky Dennis is treated with pity, condescension, and disgust by much of the outside world because of a massive facial skull deformity. And the movie follows his attempts to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.
Mask movie clips: http://j.mp/1L5p8gc BUY THE MOVIE: http://amzn.to/rLE9EU Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: Rocky (Eric Stoltz) arrives for his first day of school and is met with uncomfortable stares and a few mean jokes. FILM DESCRIPTION: This is the true story of Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz), a personable young man suffering from "lionitis," a fatal disease which causes hideous facial disfigurement. The son of freewheeling biker Rusty Dennis (Cher), Rocky is accepted without question by his mom's boyfriends and cycle buddies, but treated with pity, condescension, and disgust by much of the outside world. The local high school principal tries to get Rocky classified as brain-damaged so he won't have to enroll the boy in his school, but Rusty fi...
http://facebook.com/cherdeutschland Peter Bogdanovich Cher 1985 85 '85 Sam Elliott Eric Stoltz Estelle Getty Richard A. Dysart Laura Dern drama film movie
Mask movie clips: http://j.mp/1L5p8gc BUY THE MOVIE: http://amzn.to/rLE9EU Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: Rocky (Eric Stoltz) gets a physical and Dr. Vinton (Andrew Robinson) hears about Rocky's "lionitis" for the first time. FILM DESCRIPTION: This is the true story of Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz), a personable young man suffering from "lionitis," a fatal disease which causes hideous facial disfigurement. The son of freewheeling biker Rusty Dennis (Cher), Rocky is accepted without question by his mom's boyfriends and cycle buddies, but treated with pity, condescension, and disgust by much of the outside world. The local high school principal tries to get Rocky classified as brain-damaged so he won't have to enroll the boy in his school, but Rus...
Mask movie clips: http://j.mp/1L5p8gc BUY THE MOVIE: http://amzn.to/rLE9EU Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: Rusty (Cher) brings Lorrie (Kelly Jo Minter), a prostitute, home to sleep with Rocky (Eric Stoltz). FILM DESCRIPTION: This is the true story of Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz), a personable young man suffering from "lionitis," a fatal disease which causes hideous facial disfigurement. The son of freewheeling biker Rusty Dennis (Cher), Rocky is accepted without question by his mom's boyfriends and cycle buddies, but treated with pity, condescension, and disgust by much of the outside world. The local high school principal tries to get Rocky classified as brain-damaged so he won't have to enroll the boy in his school, but Rusty fights for her so...
Mask movie clips: http://j.mp/1L5p8gc BUY THE MOVIE: http://amzn.to/rLE9EU Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: When the blind Diana (Laura Dern) asks Rocky (Eric Stoltz) what he looks like, Rocky tells her the truth. FILM DESCRIPTION: This is the true story of Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz), a personable young man suffering from "lionitis," a fatal disease which causes hideous facial disfigurement. The son of freewheeling biker Rusty Dennis (Cher), Rocky is accepted without question by his mom's boyfriends and cycle buddies, but treated with pity, condescension, and disgust by much of the outside world. The local high school principal tries to get Rocky classified as brain-damaged so he won't have to enroll the boy in his school, but Rusty fights for ...
An original 1985 television spot for the fact-based drama directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Cher, Eric Stoltz, Sam Elliott, Richard Dysart, Estelle Getty, and Laura Dern.
It becomes hard to face
It becomes hard to see the face
The face that sees you without flinching
The face that you put on when you're all by yourself
I wear a mask, I wear a mask
The mask is intact
You see no cracks on the outside
I'm smooth, expressionless
You can't read me
Behind the mask I die over and over
I scream from behind the mask
Now the mask is cracking
My truth comes out, my mask falls to the floor
I see the face that I got