John Woo FACE/OFF FACE OFF Original screenplay for the 1997 film 1996 #167519

  

Face/Off [Face Off] (Original screenplay for the 1997 film). Author: John Woo (director); Mike Werb, Michael Colleary, Wesley Strick (screenwriters); John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Gina Gerson (starring) Title: Face/Off [Face Off] (Original screenplay for the 1997 film) Publication: Los Angeles: Douglas/Reuther Productions, 1996. Description: Final Draft script for the 1997 film.

A FBI agent undergoes a face transplant to look like a terrorist in order to infiltrate the terrorist's gang and discover the location of a bomb. Meanwhile, the terrorist, who has awakened to discover out his face has been removed and placed on the agent, forces the doctors to transplant the agent's face onto his in order to get his revenge. The second and most highly regarded of the six films legendary Hong Kong action director John Woo made in Hollywood, and perhaps the purest distillation of his wildly over-the-top neo-noir aesthetic ever put to celluloid. Nominated for an Academy Award. Shot on location in Los Angeles and Malibu, California Blue titled wrappers.

Title page present, dated October 17, 1996, noted as FINAL DRAFT, with credits for screenwriters Mike Werb and Michael Colleary and revisions by Wesley Strick. 122 leaves, with last page of text numbered 121. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads. Silver and Ursini, American Neo-Noir: The Complete List, #154. Subject: 1990s Cinema, Academy Awards, Action Film, Directors, Film Noir, Film Scripts, Mystery and Crime, Science Fiction. Royal Books is located in the midtown area of Baltimore, Maryland. Since 1996, we have specialized in rare books and paper relating to twentieth century literature, genre fiction, the arts, and popular culture, with a particular emphasis on cinema. All books noted as First Editions are also First Printings unless indicated otherwise.

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