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Faces (1968) -- An old married man leaves his wife for a younger woman. Shortly after, his ex-wife also begins a relationship with a younger partner. The film follows their struggles to find love amongst each other.

Overview

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Director:

John Cassavetes

Writer:

John Cassavetes (written by)

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Release Date:

24 November 1968 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama more

Plot:

An old married man leaves his wife for a younger woman. Shortly after, his ex-wife also begins a relationship with a younger partner. The film follows their struggles to find love amongst each other. full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations more

User Comments:

So good, it hurts more (33 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
John Marley ... Richard Forst

Gena Rowlands ... Jeannie Rapp
Lynn Carlin ... Maria Forst
Fred Draper ... Freddie Draper

Seymour Cassel ... Chet

Val Avery ... Jim McCarthy
Dorothy Gulliver ... Florence
Joanne Moore Jordan ... Louise Draper
Darlene Conley ... Billy Mae
Gene Darfler ... Joe Jackson
Elizabeth Deering ... Stella
Ann Shirley (as Anne Shirley)
Dave Mazzie
Anita White
Julie Gambol
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

The Dynosaurs (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:

130 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | UK:15 (video rating) (1992) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:PG-13 (DVD re-rating)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA


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Trivia:

While filming a part on "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1963), John Cassavetes saw Steven Spielberg lurking around the set, as he was then in the habit of doing. Cassavetes approached Spielberg and asked what he wanted to be. When Spielberg replied he wanted to be a director, Cassavetes allowed the young man to direct him for the day. He later invited Spielberg to work on this film (Faces), Spielberg serving as an uncredited production assistant for two weeks. more

Quotes:

Maria Forst: There's a Bergman film in the neighborhood.
Richard Forst: I don't feel like getting depressed tonight.
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Movie Connections:

Featured in "Cinéastes de notre temps: John Cassavetes" (1968) more


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19 out of 25 people found the following comment useful.
So good, it hurts, 23 July 2001
10/10
Author: djb8 from Chicago

This movie is the epitome of brilliantly dramatic character study: It's so phenomenal, watching it is excruciating. Cassavetes takes us deep inside the lives of a bored, shallow upper-middle-class couple, and as his skilled actors improvise remarkably realistic scenes, down to the smallest mannerism of their characters, Cassavetes forces us to watch every knife-twisting second. It's difficult: Rather than watching an unpleasant situation, then getting pulled away by an editor's cut, we have to sit through all 20 or 25 minutes of a scene that makes us squirm, whether it's a middle-aged man making an ass of himself to impress a young prostitute or his wife feigning laughter to make a young man think she's having fun with him. While not the best movie I've ever seen, it's unique: A great work to whose style nothing else compares.

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