Mask Cher Movie Real Person
Rocky dennis a boy who had craniodiaphyseal dysplasia an extremely rare disorder known commonly as lionitis due to the disfiguring cranial enlargements th.
Mask cher movie real person. The film is based on the life and early death of roy l. Cher received the 1985 cannes film festival award for best actress. Rusty dennis cher is the mother of rocky eric stoltz a seriously deformed but extremely intelligent and emotionally warm teenager. In one scene in the film stoltz dennis reads a poem to his mother rusty played by cher that was written by dennis.
But there are a few moments within the movie that remind us what it s like to be human. Eric stoltz portrayed dennis. Rocky dennis eric stoltz is a teenager with a deformed skull trying to cope with the inevitable high school taunts and deal with the fact that he could die at any time. The film directed by peter bogdanovich starred teen actor eric stoltz as the ailing teenager and pop icon cher as his mother rusty.
Meanwhile his long suffering mother cher begins a relationship with biker gar sam elliott. The result of that encounter was the biopic mask which premiered seven years after rocky dennis death. Peter bogdanovich directed the 1985 film mask adapted from anna hamilton phelan s screenplay based on dennis life. According to cher this movie was shot in rocky and rusty dennis old neighborhood.
Mask is a 1985 american biographical drama film directed by peter bogdanovich starring cher sam elliott and eric stoltz with supporting roles played by dennis burkley laura dern estelle getty and richard dysart. It s one of cher s most powerful movies as well as one of the most tragic. One day she was walking down a street with eric stoltz in make up and an old man yelled hi one day she was walking down a street with eric stoltz in make up and an old man yelled hi. Customers who bought this item also bought page 1 of 1 start over page 1 of 1.
The movie is based loosely on dennis life with most of the scenes and dialogue altered for dramatic purposes.