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News 20.11.1997

Face/Off Box Office -US June 16 - July 17

Face/Off in Finland October 3!

Face/Off Box Office -Finland Oct 3-5

Face/Off Box Office -Finland Oct 10-12

Film Critics revieving Face/Off

Bullet in the Head in Finland October 17!

 

News 25.12.1997

Face/Off edited?

Hard Boiled soundtrack

Hard Boiled and The Killer on DVD

Face/Off trailers.

Golden Ring Award for John Woo [14.12.1997][

Face/Off LD [25.12.1997]

 

 

News November 1997

Face/Off US box office June 16 - July 17

Face/Off was fourth with $ 77.3 millions (3 weeks). Men in Black was the number one, it got more than $50 million per week. Face/Off did quite well, about $25 million per week. Hercules seems to be falling. Under the line there's films like Con Air, Contact ($31.2 in one week), The lost World and Speed 2,.This is top 5 B.O. in US:

    US BOX OFFICE
  1. Men in Black ($153.1) (3 weeks)
  2. Batman & Robin ($101.0) (4 weeks)
  3. My Best Friend's Wedding ($88.2) (4 weeks)
  4. Face/Off ($77.3) (3 weeks)
  5. Hercules ($71.5) (5 weeks)
 
Face/Off in Finland October 3!

Face/Off came to Finland in October 3rd with 20 copies. This is some comments from Finnish Newspapers and magazines:

 

  • Ultra-violent fairytale for adults, 120 minutes lesson in photography and filming hard action.
  • Great action film - if you can stand the violence.
  • As an action director John Woo is one of the best in the world. His camerawork is something unbelieable. Story in Face/Off is nonsess but as an action movie it is near perfect. Just like main actors this film is complexive and very alive, absolutely not a faceless movie.
  • It seems thaw John Woo has a deeper understanding of Shakespeare. But he hides it under big inferno of blood, fire and explosions.
  • John Woo was in Helsinki Film Festivals 1993, he was just arrived to Hollywood then. Now he made his first Hollywood movie which cames near his Hongkong masterpieces.
  • After the film you may ask: Who am I? Do you know me?
  • Extremely good photography. With this film Woo takes control in Hollywood. Now murder games and terror from Hong Kong films takes the control over Hollywood.
  • Total action movie...
 

Film Critics revieving Face/Off

 
Helena Ylänen Helsingin Sanomat 4
Antti Lindqvist Katso 4
Tapani Maskula Turun Sanomat 2
Mats Johnson Göteborgs-Posten 3
Derek Malcolm The Guardian 3
AVARAGE 3,2


First weekend -3.-5.10- for Face/Off in Finland was not bad at all. In Helsinki (capital of Finland) it was second just after Bean. Face/Off was was also in all biggest cities in Finland but I don't have info from any other cities but Helsinki.

HELSINKI, Finland; movie goers
Name (last week) Finnish name (movie goers)
Bean (1) Bean (5613)
Face/Off (-) Face/Off -kahdet kasvot (5150)
The Full Monty (-) Housut pois (2881)
My best friend's wedding (3) Kuka sanoo tahdon (2244)
Lost World - Jurassic Park (2) Kadonnut maailma (2066)
Men in Black (5) MIB - Miehet mustissa (1154)
Kolja (-) Kolja (908)
Donnie Brasco (6) Donnie Brasco (874)
'Pekko and sleepwalker' (4) Pekko ja unissakävelijä (874)
Juloratoriet (-) Jouluoratorio (908)
The 8th film 'Pekko' is Finnish and 10th is Swedish.


Second weekend -10.-12.10- for Face/Off in Finland was not bad at all. In Helsinki (capital of Finland) it was second just after Bean. Face/Off was was also in all biggest cities in Finland but I don't have info from any other cities but Helsinki.

HELSINKI, Finland; movie goers
Name (last week) Finnish name (movie goers)
Contact (-) Viimeinen yhteys (7505)
Bean (1) Bean (4539)
Face/Off (2) Face/Off -kahdet kasvot (3122)
The Full Monty (3) Housut pois (2679)
Lost World - Jurassic Park (5) Kadonnut maailma (1719)
My best friend's wedding (4) Kuka sanoo tahdon (1670)
Men in Black (6) MIB - Miehet mustissa (968)
Kolja (7) Kolja (949)
Nothing to lose (-) Ei mitään menetettävää (946)
'Pekko and sleepwalker' (8) Pekko ja unissakävelijä (787)
The 10th film 'Pekko' is Finnish.


Bullet in the Head in Finland October 17!

Bullet in the Head hits the big screens in Finland! Unbelieable! And it is Uncut version. It got certification K-18, so it won't be released on video. It would require very heavily cuts for video. Lenght at cinema: 130 minutes.

 


News December 1997

Face/Off LD

Face/Off LD (from Paramount Retail Price: US$39,98) should be available now. I'm still waiting for ot but releasing date was December 23. The LD is Letterboxed (2.35:1), AC3 (Dolby Digital) sound, closed captioned, CLV. Running time is 140 minutes so it seems to be the same version released, It was said that Woo would like to put back maybe 9 minutes of material, and maybe change the end a litle too, remove the facetrade scene in the end. But it looks like this did not happen.

 


Golden Ring Award for John Woo

John Woo got Golden Ring Award from the Asian American Arts Foundation in San Francisco. After receiving the award, he intimated, "Two things scare me in life: One is having an interview in front of the camera; the other is getting an award. I have a speaking problem - and I don't even speak well in my own language." He also revealed that he frequently gets by using only two words: "Action" and "Cut." Face/Off Edited

Released version of Face/Off has been said to be Woo's cut. He put his name on it. He willignly cut out a few scenes of fluff. The MPAA objected to 3 shots and Woo trimmed them.

Paramount says the violent footage totalled less than 10 seconds. Had the MPAA not liked the film, it would have been cut more (it does make a difference). There will NOT be a director's cut because Paramount doesn't do that AND... Woo is very happy with the version we saw, (is he or maybe he was told to say that).

In a recent interview in Impact Magazine, Woo stated that he would like to reinsert some nine minutes or so in the upcoming laserdisc version, though. But we will see when Face/Off Laser Disc comes out in December 23/24. Suggested retail price $39.98 US.


Hard Boiled soundtrack

Seems that Hard Boiled soundtrack is very hard to find in USA but also here in Finland. I just got information that Footlight Records still has it listed....you can look over their listings at www.footlight.com


Hard Boiled and Killer on DVD

From Hollywood Reporter. Criterion releases it's first titles in February. They are The SEVEN SAMURAI (Great Akira Kurosawa classic), THE LADY VANISHES, AMARCORD, COCTEAU'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, THE 400 BLOWS AND GRAND ILLUSION.

Soon after those will be the release of A NIGHT TO REMEMBER and John Woo's HARD BOILED and THE KILLER.

They are not abandoning laserdisc. The DVD's will contain at least as much supplemntal material as the equivalent LD's but will sell from $29.99 - $39.99. There will be no special editions exclusive to DVD.


Face/Off trailers. Face/Off trailers. You can download them here.

 

 

 

 


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