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Release Date:
25 August 1993 (USA)
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Tagline:
A fatherless boy had almost given up all his dreams... until one man believed in him enough to make them come true.
Plot:
Chuck wants to leave home but can't make the grade for boarding school. Then he finds out the disfigured recluse living nearby is an ex-teacher. full summary | add synopsis
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3 nominations
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(3 articles)
Mel Gibson sells off Icon distribution firm
(From digitalspy. 3 November 2009, 1:31 AM, PST)
Mel Gibson's Film Company Signs Deal With Fox
(From WENN. 18 March 2002)
(From digitalspy. 3 November 2009, 1:31 AM, PST)
Mel Gibson's Film Company Signs Deal With Fox
(From WENN. 18 March 2002)
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Brilliant coming of age tale
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Mel Gibson | ... | Justin McLeod |
 | Nick Stahl | ... | Charles E. 'Chuck' Norstadt |
 | Margaret Whitton | ... | Catherine Palin |
 | Fay Masterson | ... | Gloria Norstadt |
 | Gaby Hoffmann | ... | Megan Norstadt |
 | Geoffrey Lewis | ... | Chief Wayne Stark |
| Richard Masur | ... | Prof. Carl Hartley |
 | Michael DeLuise | ... | Douglas Hall, Gloria's Boyfriend |
 | Ethan Phillips | ... | Todd Lansing |
| Jean De Baer | ... | Mrs. Lansing |
| Jack De Mave | ... | Mr. Cooper |
| Viva | ... | Mrs. Cooper |
| Justin Kanew | ... | Rob Lansing |
| Sean Kellman | ... | David Taylor-Fife |
| Chris Lineburg | ... | Scott Pearson |
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Rated PG-13 for mature subject matter.
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115 min
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Color (DuArt)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:L |
Netherlands:6 (re-rating) |
South Korea:12 |
France:U |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-10/7 |
Germany:6 |
Netherlands:12 |
Norway:10 |
Spain:T |
Sweden:11 |
UK:12 |
USA:PG-13 |
Argentina:13 |
Singapore:PG |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:PG (Ontario)
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Nick Stahl's feature-film acting debut.
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The method that McLeod gives for finding the center of a circle will not always work. He also says and draws that the line perpendicular to the midpoint of AB goes through C, which is extraneous and incorrect.
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Quotes:
Meg:
The freak's a teacher? Come on!
Chuck Norstadt: I think he is actually.
Meg: Well what does he teach?
Chuck Norstadt: He makes me dig holes.
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Chuck Norstadt: I think he is actually.
Meg: Well what does he teach?
Chuck Norstadt: He makes me dig holes.
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Referenced in "The Simpsons: In Marge We Trust (#8.22)" (1997)
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THE CHALLENGE
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I didn't know anything about this movie before I have watched it because it was never released in my own country, as well as book was never published. I am not a big fan of Mel Gibson, I thought that he is just average but too overrated actor. So you can understand why I didn't expect too much from this movie. But now, I want to apologize to Mr. Gibson. In this overlooked masterpiece he proves himself incredibly good both as an actor also as a director. The story was absolutely great, realistic and touching. Relations between two main characters – former teacher and young student boy (perfectly played by Mel Gibson and Nick Stahl) were shown as great as it possible. It was for sure best Mel Gibson performance ever. Young Nick Stahl acting also looked incredibly good as Chuck Norstadt. All supporting casts also did a very good job in their roles Director and whole cast team brought to us incredibly powerful atmosphere of total misunderstanding in Chuck family and in the whole town. People can't understand and worst of all they don't want to understand other people, who are not like all ordinary people in their small town. If you're not like all – you're odd and nothing more. This movie teach us never judge people only by appearance and groundless suspicions, teach us always look inside the people. It was very strong, powerful and important messages. All dialogs were very well written and very memorable. In addition to this cinematography and soundtrack were very good.
So, I consider The Man Without a Face as a stunning excellent film, best Mel Gibson film, one the best of the year and one of the best movies I've ever seen. If you're a Mel Gibson fan or simply love films with excellent story and perfect acting I highly recommend this film. Thanks a lot Mel and all people involved in this masterpiece.
My grade 10 out of 10 or A+++
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