Mask Cher True Story
With sam elliot eric stoltz and cher.
Mask cher true story. 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. Motivated by his loving mother rusty cher and her boyfriend gar sam elliott rocky ultimately overcomes pain loneliness and prejudice to become a role model to his classmates and teachers alike. Mask is really a heartbreaking story when you watch it. Rusty is a no nonsense mother whose wild lifestyle is often at odds with her tenderness and protectiveness towards rocky.
The film is based on the life and early death of roy l. This heartwarming and inspirational movie is based on the real life story of rocky dennis eric stoltz a terribly disfigured but highly sensitive and intelligent teenager. The film directed by peter bogdanovich starred teen actor eric stoltz as the ailing teenager and pop icon cher as his mother rusty. Rocky dennis a boy who had craniodiaphyseal dysplasia an extremely rare disorder known commonly as lionitis due to the disfiguring cranial enlargements th.
In one scene in the film stoltz dennis reads a poem to his mother rusty played by cher that was written by dennis. Times staff writer florence rusty tullis the strong willed biker mother of a son with a rare disfiguring disease who was portrayed by cher in the 1985 movie mask has died. Storyline rusty dennis cher is the mother of rocky eric stoltz a seriously deformed but extremely intelligent and emotionally warm teenager. The result of that encounter was the biopic mask which premiered seven years after rocky dennis death.
Eric stoltz portrayed dennis. Rocky was born with craniodiaphysial dysplasia which is a massive calcium buildup in the skull that usually causes death in childhood when. The movie is based loosely on dennis life with most of the scenes and dialogue altered for dramatic purposes. Cher received the 1985 cannes film festival award for best actress.
Cher deserved an academy award for her performance in this true life story 684 on the list of another 1001 movies you must see before you die song is someone to watch over me by katie belle.