Rocky Dennis:Don't worry, Mr. Simms. I look weird, but otherwise I'm real normal. Everything'll be cool. [repeated line] Rocky Dennis:Make myself well. Rocky Dennis:What's his problem, Ma? Rusty Dennis:Nothing. He's just another asshole. You let that negative dreck in and it'll...
In 1979 Azusa, California, teenager Roy "Rocky" Dennis has a rare and life-threatening disease called craniodiaphyseal dysplasia. Despite his severe facial deformity, which many strangers mistake for a "mask," Rocky is a typical and highly intelligent adolescent who collects baseball cards and sa...
Rusty Dennis was a strongwilled, flamboyant divorcee with a taste for drugs and bikers. Her son, Rocky, was born with physical dysplasia which distorted his face, making it grow to twice its normal size. `Mask' the powerful Peter Boganovich film tells their story. Together they constructed ...
Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz) is an intelligent, outgoing and humorous teenager who suffers from a facial deformity called "lionitis" and has now outlived his life expectancy. While his mother, Rusty (Cher), struggles to fight for his acceptance in the public school system, he proves himself to...
“Mask” centered on the true story of Roy L. “Rocky” Dennis, who was born with craniodiaphyseal dysplasia, a rare genetic disorder that causes cranial enlargements. Cher portrayed Rocky’s mother. And there seemed to be no love lost between Cher and Bogdanovich: The late director, who...
Advertisement Cher later accused Bogdanovich of “looking after his own interests now and not the interests of the film.” Despite the furor, the story of Roy (Rocky) Dennis was warmly received by the audience at its Tuesday night screening....
Rocky Dennis (Stoltz), a boy with an appallingly deformed skull, at 16 has already far outlived doctors' predictions. The most effective scenes deal with Rocky's determined attempt to confront everyday problems: school, rows with parents and friends, growing up. Elsewhere the film becomes mawki...
Rocky Dennis: [voiceover; a poem Rocky had written] These things are good: ice cream and cake, a ride on a Harley, seeing monkeys in the trees, the rain on my tongue, and the sun shining on my face. These things are a drag: dust in my hair, holes in my shoes, no money in ...
It's 1978 Azusa, California. Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz) has massive facial deformities. His biker single mom Rusty (Cher) registers him into the 9th grade. He's a happy well adjusted teen who dreams of riding motorcycles with his friend around the world. She's a force of nature. He ex...
Rusty Dennis was a strongwilled, flamboyant divorcee with a taste for drugs and bikers. Her son, Rocky, was born with physical dysplasia which distorted his face, making it grow to twice its normal size. `Mask' the powerful...