The Man Without a Face
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Actor: Gaby Hoffmann, Jack De Mave, Jean De Baer, Justin Kanew, Michael DeLuiseBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-02-24
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Model: 33541
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- A boy, struggling to pass the entrance exam to his late father's alma mater and virtually ignored by his mother and two sisters, asks Justin Mcleod, a solitary ex-teacher with a tragic past, to tuter him. as thetwo apply themselves to the task at hand, they build a friendship with the power to heal the wounds of their past.Running Time: 116 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating:&n
Movie Reviews of The Man Without a Face
Movie Review: Mel's Turning Point and Nick Stahl's Debut.
Summary: 5 Stars
THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE is a quaint little drama about the deep friendship that develops between a young teenage boy and the reclusive, disfigured man who becomes his tutor. The film stars Nick Stahl (in his feature-film acting debut) as Charles "Chuck" Norstadt. Chuck lives in a broken family. His father died when he was a boy (he doesn't remember how and no one will tell him), he has two half-sisters, and they each have different fathers because his mother has been married and divorced four times. Charles likes his younger half-sister, but his older half-sister seems to have a deep hatred for him that at times he finds mutual. Living in a house full of women with no male role model is tough for a boy growing into manhood. Charles wants out and he is convinced that if he can get into the tough military academy his father went to, it will be his ticket to a better life. The only problem is that Charles isn't the brightest kid and he's already failed the test once. His mother gives him one last opportunity to take the test again at the end of summer. Charles is determined to past the test, but he knows he's going to need help.
Charles eventually makes the acquaintance of a disfigured man, Justin McLeod (Mel Gibson) who lives alone at the edge of town. Rumors abound about the man and Charles has often contributing to the mockery himself. However, upon learning that McLeod was once a teacher at a prestigious prep school, Charles convinces him to tutor him through the summer so that he can pass his entrance exam. McLeod begins the tutoring rather reluctantly, but he sees the potential in Chuck and gives him his all.
THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE was Mel Gibson's directorial debut. Gibson did a good job and the experience in the film seems to have been a turning point in Gibson's career. THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE is a smaller movie, yet it shares many of the same universal themes that Gibson explores in all of his directed feature films (so far) and many of his starring roles since 1993. The theme that stands out most in the movie is grace. Towards the end of the movie McLeod tells Charles how he taught him and showed him grace. Charles' life oozes grace and he doesn't even realize it. By the same token, McLeod displays grace towards Charles, too.
I enjoyed THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE the first time I saw it several years ago. However, now I enjoy it even more. When I first saw the film, I identified with Charles, but having returned to school and become a teacher myself, I now relate more to McLeod. In the movie, their relationship illustrates the type of relationship that should exist between every instructor and pupil, something that happens infrequently in American society.
As a side note, I have not read the book that THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE is based upon. I've been told that the book dabbles with and suggests that the relationship between the two main characters was based on sexuality. The film does not suggest that at all (though accusations of that sort are key points in the movie) and instead illustrates how a healthy friendship between adults and older children can be.
The DVD includes a trailer for the movie as well as a short featurette about the making of the film entitled REMEMBERING THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE. The featurette is brief, but it includes comments from both Mel Gibson and Nick Stahl discussing how the movie changed their lives. For a short featurette, it's actually very informative.
Summary of The Man Without a Face
A FATHERLESS BOY HAD ALMOST GIVEN UP ALL HIS DREAMS... UNTIL ONEMAN BELIEVED IN HIM ENOUGH TO MAKE THEM COME TRUE.Similar DVD Movies
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