Name: Mask
Genre: Drama
Released: 1985-03-22
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Cher, Sam Elliott, Eric Stoltz, Estelle Getty, Richard Dysart

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Unlikely Heroes Emerge in Unexpected Places

Taglines Sometimes the most unlikely people become heroes.

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Past Lives and Inner Strength

Diana Rocky, let me feel you.

[senses Rocky's face]

Rocky My mom always told me I was a lion in my past life, but I did not completely leave my old body for this one!

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Determined to Stand Out Against Adversity

Taglines They told 16-year-old Rocky Dennis he could never be like everyone else. So he was determined to be better.

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Conflict Between Mother and Son

Rocky Dennis I hate you going out every night and coming home wasted all the time!

[smashing some plates]

Rusty Dennis It's none of your goddamn business!

Rocky Dennis You're my mother!

Rusty Dennis Well, you're not my warden!

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Choosing Strength Over Negativity

Rocky Dennis What's his problem, mom?

Rusty Dennis Nothing. He just another asshole. You let that negative dreck in and it'll put you away. You can be a chicken shit and die or be a mensch and keep makin yourself well.

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Striving for Self-Improvement and Healing

Rocky Dennis Make myself well.

[repeated line]

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A Surprising Offer for Tutoring

Eric That wasn't bad, Dennis. How about you tutor me?

Rocky Dennis Tutor you?

Eric Yeah, Cooley almost failed me last year.

Rocky Dennis Okay, but it will cost you three bucks an hour.

Eric Three bucks?

[surprised]

Rocky Dennis Hey, I don't work for free.

Eric It's a deal.

[kinda tense]

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Conflict Over Responsibility and Independence

Gar If you're gonna get wasted off that crap, I'm not gonna sit here and babysit you.

[gets a beer from the fridge]

Rusty Dennis You must be confusing me with someone who gives a shit.

[scoffles]

Gar Must be.

Rusty Dennis You know, this just isn't going to work. You're telling me to do things and I'm just gonna end up hating you.

[looks at the drugs in her hand and sighs sadly]

Gar Oh, come on, baby. You and your old man have been going through this shit forever. Got to you again, didn't he? Got you ready for another one of those 2-hour screamers. Gets you to the place where I wanna put you through the goddamn wall.

Rusty Dennis Well, go ahead. Then put me through the goddamn wall. Why should you be different than any other guy I've ever been with.

[snaps back]

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Rocky Dennis Points Out Something Noteworthy

Rocky Dennis Hey, Ben, look at this.

[spending a day with his biker "family" at an amusement park; he's looking in a funhouse mirror that instead of distorting his face, makes it look like everyone else's]

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Confrontation Over Responsibility and Consequences

Carnie I cannot be responsible for anything that happens to the retard.

Gar Then I cannot be responsible for anything I do to you! Take the tickets.

[grabs the carnie; the carnie freezes]

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Freedom to Explore New Horizons

Rusty Dennis Now you can go anywhere you want, baby.

[her final line, after finding out that Rocky has passed away in his sleep and she re-tacks his map of Europe]

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Humor in Uniqueness and Acceptance

Rocky Dennis Hey, what's the matter? Haven't you guys ever seen anybody from the planet Vultern before? Beep-beep-beep! Beep-beep-beep!

[to some students who make fun of his face]

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Embracing Uniqueness and Normalcy

Rocky Dennis Don't worry, Mr. Simms. I look weird, but otherwise I'm real normal. Everything will be cool. Thanks a lot. See you next week.

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Nickname Origins in a Conversation

Diana Rocky? That is an unusual name.

Rocky Actually, my true name is Roy. Rocky is just a nickname my mother gave me.

Diana How did she decide on that?

Rocky Easy. From the song. Rock-a-bye baby, in the treetops! She said it would not sleep unless I did a lot of rocking!

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Questioning the accessibility of authority figures

Rusty Dennis Why do you try and call the Pope while you're at it? At least he would be easier to reach.

[asked about where is Rocky's true father]

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Frustration with Misguided Predictions and Assumptions

Rusty Dennis You know, for 12 years, I've been listening to you guys bullshit. First you told me that he was gonna be retarded, then you told me that he was gonna be blind and deaf. If I dug his grave every time one of you geniuses told me he was gonna die, I would be eating fuckin chop suey in China by now! Anything else?

[to the doctor who insisted speaking to Rusty]

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Navigating Family Dynamics and Conflicts

Gar Rocky, you mom sometimes does the wrong things, but for the right reasons.

Rocky Dennis You always stick up to her, Gar, and then she pisses you off, and you split. Then you come back.

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Simple Joys and Everyday Struggles

Rocky Dennis These things are good: ice cream and cake, a ride on a Harley, seeing monkeys on a tree, 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 my pocket, and the sun shining on my face.

[poem]

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Unexpected Revelations Among Friends

Gar What? Rusty? Ah, shit! It's Rusty.

[realizing Rusty is having a nervous breakdown on the phone; hangs up the phone and leaves the auto garage]

Evelyn Florence.

[repeated line]

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Teamwork and Family Support in Baseball

Rocky Dennis Grandma! Grandpa! How are you?

Abe Dennis Doing great Rocky. Your team is good, but I have always said the backbone of a good team is a...center fielder!

[Checks out Rocky's baseball card collection of the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers; presents Rocky with the rare baseball card he had been searching a long time for]

Rocky Dennis Hey! Thanks so much!

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