Face/Off Pitch Meeting
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The 90s was a crazy time not only for action movies in general, but also for Nicholas Cage and John Travolta. With over-the-top action movies were taking over the box office, John Woo’s Face/Off was the epitome of craziness and brought both these over-the-top actors into an over-the-top premise with over-the-top action. The movie is insane.
Face/Off raises a whole lot of questions. Like why didn’t Castor Troy just take a second shot at the carousel? What kind of a name is Pollux? How did the FBI leave a dangerous terrorist unguarded in an empty hospital? How did he track down every single person that knew about Sean Archer’s mission? How did that prison escape work, and why did the cops just abandon their chase? Why is John Travolta wiping his fingers on everyone’s faces? Did he just bring home a small child without consulting his wife first?
To answer all these questions and more, step inside the Pitch Meeting that led to Face/Off! It’ll be super easy, barely an inconvenience.
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Petition to make a Face/Off reboot starring Ryan George and Ryan George.
But they are so different, it's going to be so hard for them to play one another!
Even by movie standarts it's a ridiculous concept. They look nothing alike, anyone in Ryanverse can confirm that.
@@MadTurnip It'll be super easy, barely an inconvenience.
@@grumpyoldman3458 Ooh Really?
Perhaps Pollux from HR and Pollux from Accounting. The real life rivalry would boost their performances. spelling edit.
"Why would taking his face make any difference? Everyone has the same face!"
"Oh, this is in an imaginary world where everyone has a different face!"
"Oh, a VERY unrealistic premise!"
Gold!
STOP QUOTING
@@kantofilms9167 Stop shouting and watch the video first!
Brilliant
That should of been in the video... Hey Ryan you have to redo the video and include this joke!
My all time favorite pitch meeting line is :
Batman then adopts Robin despite the fact that he is clearly a fully grown adult.
"...This way, the movie can happen."
"That IS a thing we want, I guess."
The uncertainty in the last sentence is hilarious
-They don't have the same blood type.
-Wouldn't that have made the face transplant impossible?
-Nooo. No, I don't think so.
Sir, I'm going to need you to get all the way off my back about this.
I DON'T KNOW!!!!👀
Ignoring basic biology is super easy, barely an inconvenience.
-Wouldn't that have made the face transplant impossible?
-Yeah, but this way the movie can happen.
-Well, all right then!
Okay then.
I have no idea how a single person, doing the same bit, over and over again, is able to make each sketch so original and funny each time. Literally could watch these for hours
I could eat peach for hours
Actually it’s super easy, barely an inconvenience 😂
Watching these for hours is TIGHT.
Yeah yeah yeah
Literally have watched these for hours
Both John Travolta and Nicholas Cage were in top of their game in late 90s. They both had this wacky crazy/maniac vibe in their acting. This perfectly fits this movie, where Both act insane and sane character before and after switching their faces.
‘Everything seems bad when you remember it.’ - Homer Simpson.
This movie feels like if Michael Scott had actually been given a Hollywood budget for Threat Level Midnight and no follow up questions were asked.
Lol
Golden face!!!!
Omg yes!!
Oh myy.. i laugh so hard! Threat Level Midnight is TIGHT!
That...that actually tracks. This is an intelligent comment. Thank you.
The Producer is actually wearing Ryan George's face.
OoKay OoKay! And what's his real name?
@@basedbattledroid3507 pollux
“Oh no!”
Wow wow wow. Wow.
U monsterrrrrrrr
To be fair, if my last name were “Troy” and I had twin boys, I probably wouldn’t be able to resist the reference: Castor and Pollux were the twin princes of Troy in Greek mythology.
represented by the gemini
Except that they weren't twins, they were half-brothers. Castor and his sister Clymnestra were the immortal twin children of Leta and Zeus, but Pollux and his sister Helen of Troy were the mortal twin children of Leta and her husband Tyndareus. See, the human Leta laid two different bird eggs - or maybe just one egg that all four were inside. It's not clear. But the important thing is, if a god disguised as a swan has sex with a human woman she will lay eggs. With human-looking children inside. Even if some of the children were her husband's and not connected to the swan at all, they will still be in an egg.
Mathmannix... okay, what? That sounds like a whole bunch of crazy.
@@chriskuhn6130 Yeah well, welcome to Greek mythology I guess?
Are they also the moons of Mars? I guess the Trojan princes came first. That would make more sense....
Only John Woo could take an idea like that and turn it into a classic.
Honestly watching John Travolta act like Nicholas Cage and watching Nicholas Cage acting like John Travolta is just the best.
Hey, you forgot some quotation marks. Here you go: “”””
@@PM-gf1nj oh thanks man, here's your change: ,'
@@davitto01
Great, much appreciated. Have a good one.
Me too. They act each other very well.
Your cat looks badass
The best part is he didn't even cover half of the most ridiculous stuff about that movie.
Very true 😂😂loved it still
Yeah I was waiting for something about how Castor is always talking about peaches. Lol
by popular demand coming this fall: Face/off pitch meeting snyder cut. 5 1/2 hours
It is a must watch movie 🍿🍿🍿
@@agentonyx Oh he could eat a peach for hours :D
Riddled with plot holes, visible stunt wires and obvious stunt doubles, but still one of my favorite movies. Never get tired of the manic acting from them both in it.
Yeah it's totally ridiculous yet great at the same time. 👍
If you're into Hong Kong action flicks of the era, you accept it and enjoy the show.
“Sasha WTF are you doing here” by travolta is one of the best lines 😂
The way he delivers it in cage’s manner is amazing.
One of the best acted action movies I’ve ever seen. Cage and Travolta did wonderful jobs acting as each other. Can’t think of 2 actors who could’ve pulled it off better
they are both great. its the premise of the movie that sucked
Denzel and Schwarzenegger!!
They shouldve casted actors similar body
you'd also probably like to see the video of my dog chasing his tail
Wow. Wow. Wow. Nicholas Cage and John Travolta in Trading Faces.
Wow wow wow wow wow, wow
Lol the parody comedy that combines trading places and faceoff
It was supposed to be Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone
trading faces is TIGHT
Show's over. You win the bet.
Hero runs his fingers down his daughter's face at the end of the movie.
Daughter - "Can we get the other guy back please?"
"He gave me a knife."
Daughter: Yeeeaaaaaaaahhhhh, I need to take a flight with an eclectic bunch of people. Don't worry, it's not like it'll crash on a weird island full of plot holes or nuthun'...
@@godmagnus that whole speech castor gives to the daughter: at the time I thought, “wow, absolutely vintage Cage, oh my god that was Travolata acting like Cage does” Travolta was brilliant.
There's always one.
"Actually....."
I mean, the other guy licked her face. That's worse...
On a side note, watching those two imitate each other's mannerisms was great acting
Talking about the actors or the script writer and the producer in the meeting?
How not one person in the production team thought "hold on, this movie concept is too ridiculous to keep going" remains one of lifes biggest mysteries.
Otherwise the movie wouldn't happen and we wouldn't see the best acting ever in any action movies.
"hold on, this movie concept is too ridiculous to keep going" remains one of lifes biggest mysteries.
Guess your world is pretty small then and your life mysteries hasnt developed yet....
I feel like John Travolta and Nicholas Cage had a lucid dream together and made the movie.
@Rick Sanchez YES
And I'd see more of them if they ever happened.
You might be onto something. I sometimes have dreams like that (not lucid or involving celebrities, just dreams with crazy plot structure)
@@user-wx9rq9td3w Tell me one. I had one when I was continusly running from random sh*t.
John: You awake?
Nick: Yeah. I'm awake. You?
John: Me too. So I had this dream. You were in it.
Nick: NO. 0.0 WAY.
John: WAY! Totally WAY!
Nick: IhadadreamtooandYOUwereinitomg!
John: And we...
Nick: SWAP FACES!!!
That Pollux bit had me rolling. "Isn't half the man" lmao
It was so unexpected. I was dying laughing.
Ok
I was getting ready for a cringey "little person" joke. He got me!
@@aussieoranges for the british it's a load of pollux .
The voice chip thing does come into play later, during the Church fight when Sean dislodges it so his daughter recognizes him.
Thank you I was think the same thing lol
Correct. Shame on you, Ryan George, for getting a small detail wrong
I checked the comments to see if someone else noticed that too, so glad I did
The voice microchip does in fact come in play towards the end when the real archer gets his voice back and the daughter has to decide who to shoot! lol. Great pitch as always!
Good point.
When you read that Face Off was originally planned as a semi sci-fi story set in the future, it suddenly makes a lot more sense
No... It doesn't
Ohh semi sci-fi... now it all makes sense.
@Ayto Zed Nye-fi?
@@FreshlyBakedLePain Ty-fi? Neil-fi?
@@Rulex5 It at least makes all the tech in the movie seem more plausible.
"While using drugs, Archer says about Caster, "I'd like to take his face...off"."
"That's the name of the movie!"
Roll credits!
"Yeah that last part, not the whole sentence."
@@RylanStorm That is "Evetything wrong with", man :D
@@yesyesyesyes1600 Pretty sure he knows.. I was about to replay the exact comment..
He said the thing!
I like how this video has very little dislikes because almost EVERYONE knows Face/off has the most far fetched and over the top plot
Oh for the days when we could tell….
The whole bit with Pollucks is gold.
Oh. I thought it was Pollux
@@infiniteplanes5775pollax
Oh. I thought it was Bollocks
@@infiniteplanes5775 it is
“The Pollux from HR is half the man the Pollux from Accounting is.”
I regret that I laughed at that.
🤣🤣🤣
I regret nothing.
Why, it's hilarious
Most men who work in HR are half a man.
@@Sandman_10372 sorry you made that experience 🥲
"So the Movie can happen" is the greatest reality-bending power in movies~
1:57 that cop jumping up, clicking his heels, then falling down is the slapstick humor this movie is known for
i feel bad for ryan he carries this show so hard he's going to end up going crazy and actually talking to himself....if he hasnt already....
If only they had watched Mission Impossible, they could have just used rubber masks.
Whoops!
Whoopsie
These films are a metaphor for life. Each of us presents a face to the world that is little more than a mask - a mask that hides our fears, our anxieties our baser natures which have been placed in us. If you would like, you can come down to our center and we can give you a series of tests that can let you begin to see your true face. And they will both be there.
I went down there to your center. I just lost $55,000 and people follow me around in vans. Whoopsie.
@@butcherboy2008 You forgot to change your account, whoopsie.
“Taking off somebody’s face it tight”
Have you done that?
“Yes”
The lore deepens
I need to know about the times when they worked as a tag team of US Presidents.
Maybe he removed the face of writer guy's identical twin whos a movie producer and writer guy doesn't notice
wait, the first guy to ever go to prison, went to prison for doing exactly that, could it be him?
@@antoineratonie8033 oh my god you're right.
@Enzo The last Airbender pitch meeting
I remember stumbling across this crazy movie in college. It was super weird, really entertaining.
"And she doesn't recognise his body and stuff?"
"No, she doesn't."
"Huh!😲"
🤣🤣🤣
Maybe she does...
My boss wasn't happy when i said ''Because'' when she asked me why i was late for work today.
Risking your job to land a Pitch Meeting joke is TIGHT!
Ahhh Whoops
@@cobra8888 whoopsie!
Your boss: 'ok i'll get off of that thing'
I just laughed way too hard at this, Hydra!!! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Giving your boss "Because" as a reason for being late to work was super easy barely an inconvenience.
Script guy: "he's the dude playing the dude disguised as another dude"
studio guy: oh Wow wow wow... woww..
Dude
Lol, nice.
Imagine the glory of Tropic Thunder Pitch Meeting!
“The dudes are merging”
@@TragoudistrosMPH LOL.. insane
so a white american playing an Ausie actor who is black
2:40 it comes into play toward the end of the movie "don't look at my face, listen to my voice"
I bet 50 monopoly dollars that Nicolas Cage tries to play the lead in the reboot.
"I know fourteen and a half people called Pollux."
That's a load of Pollux.
Well done.
I bet it'll be impossible to Castor in a positive spin after that.
@@CAPSLOCKPUNDIT
Actually super easy barely an inconvenience
@@MrElionor oh, really!
@@CAPSLOCKPUNDIT
Ya ya ya ya
It says much when the face stroking interaction in the family is the weirdest part of a film about two guys that switch their actual faces!
🤣
I always thought that the weirdest part of the movie was that his wife was so unattractive. I'm not joking, she's weird looking and her hair is terrible. PLUS I hate the shot when they zoom in on her non existent butt...sigh, I've seen this movie so many times despite her.
@@Kattywagon29 you are terrible and I feel awful for laughing so much.
@@glennwilliams2950 LOL Seriously though, like who owed that woman a favor? It's not like this was some uber dramatic role that needed a particular actress, ya know? An ny one could have played that part.
@@Kattywagon29 that woman needed no favour. its Joan Allen - one of the most prolific actresses of the 80s/ 90s and 00s. great role for example in the Bourne Franchise. her hair really looked terrible, though. forward that to the make-up department.
Pitch Meetings are brilliant. Especially the 80s/90s ones haha. Thanks for the laughs 😂
Pitch Meetings are tight!
Well this movie was originally supposed to take place like 150 years in the future, which would’ve explained why the medical tech was so advanced.
They sort of just write around all that.
"sort of just write around all that" could, nay, should be a pitch meeting catchphrase
“Barely an inconvenience” is funny but “ so the movie can happen “ is my favorite line😂
my favourite line is the "how can he do that? " I DON'T KNOW, fair enough!
UNCLEAR
"i guess that's a good thing . . ."
I prefer "because that's what I wrote", "So the movie can happen / Because there's XX minutes left to the movie", or "I don't care"
"Oh good point. I guess we want that" lol
"and woo said he will be directing"
"woo who?"
"that was my reaction too, sir. i was very happy"
👀
I see what you did there! 🤣😂🤣
clever
For some reason I first read, "That was my erection too, sir".
makes me finally realize that many plots are just deliberately confusing to make things interesting especially when random stuff happens
Lol they even changed the computer to look 90s like. The attention to details is tight!!
Scrolled to see if anyone else noticed that. Thank you. 🙂
The disbelief at the two guy’s names is hilarious.
Castor and Pollux are the Dioscuri in Greek and Roman mythology, also the origin of the Gemini constellation.
@@Simboiss I did know they had something to do with Greek mythology I just didn’t know what.
@@Simboiss I didn't get about 35% of your sentence. If I understand you correctly, you are saying that the Greeks and Romans used a mixture of oil and pollen to create a sort of... legendary snack, while God used the same ingredients to create part of the universe? :)
@@thomasraines1396 They also were Argonauts and the brothers of Helen of Troy.
@@jamessloven2204 interesting.
Nicholas Cage playing John Travolta, playing Nicolas Cage, whilst John Travolta plays Nicolas Cage playing John Travolta is tight.
“Super easy!!! Barely an inconvenience!!” Will never get old 😂
2:20 it actually does play a part when his daughter questions "what planet am i on?" because when cage (travolta gets hit in the throat it sounds like her dad) pushes glasses up,
I did think that it was odd how Ryan emphasized that the voice thing does not come into play at all in the story when it most certainly does.
“Listen to my voice honey” etc “I’m sorry I shot you dad” etc. But this isn’t CinemaSins comment section so why are you even trying to correct Screenwriter Guy here?!
That part where Cage dressed as a priest starts headbanging in front of a choir always makes me laugh.
“I could eat a peach for hours.”-Castor Troy
That lady really took one for the team.
Seems a bit on the nose now, when emojis are a thing
😛💦🍑⏳
@@roybenari I mean it was always on the nose. Peach still is a term that can be used for a shaved vagina. I particularly, during the early stage of regrowth where most would refer to the hair as "peach fuzz". Also peach flavored lubricants are and were a thing.
@@evanbelton1297 I was like 10 when I first watched that movie... Quite a whole lot got passed right over my head
Thought to myself, how have I not seen this...once I clicked on it, saw I'd already liked it. Forgetting videos so you get to experience them all over again is tight
Sure is, Sir!
Waaay too much emphasis on"taking someone's face off is TIGHT!" And I LOVE IT!
Missed opportunity: Should have had the producer suddenly wearing the glasses halfway through
Honestly the whole “this is our son now” subplot was the craziest part of this movie for me.
crazy awesome.
Yeah, he just adopted him like a puppy.
For me the craziest part is everything medical. He healed without any scars and in no time at all. Neither of them had issues with skin transplant from another person. Bone structure didn’t effect either guys new face.
Next problem is how they were able to imitate each other to the point nobody knew something was wrong.
The son thing, for me, was just creepy.
@@AT-gh9js all in under 260 hours before the bomb was supposed to go off, LMAO!
The whole movie was crazy
I love this movie. Even when Ryan is explaining the ridiculousness of it, I still found everything he described in this movie so entertaining lol.
I’m late to the party but I’m binge watching pitch meetings for days.
Inaccurate
Ryan did not even address that the movie is titled "Face slash Off"
Omg 😂🤯 I've never thought about that before 😂
Thats because they didnt want face off to be confused with another movie
Slash offs are tight. I have to face them every week.
@@FluffyBunniesOnFire and they slice each other’s face off
“He starts to have a heart attack, so Castor finished the job!” :D
_”What?”_ :D
Mate, I lost it.
Having watched every single episode of Pitch Meeting, this is in the Top 5
I totally forgot that the writers of Face Off named Nic Cage and his brother after the twins that the Gemini constellation got their names from, the brothers Castor and Pollux of Greek (Roman?) mythology.
"Run your oily fingers all over the face." 😂
“Just brought home a replacement son”
Wowowow
wow, wow, wow, wow said like Ryan
Him: Hey hunny, I un f*cked up! 😁
her: 😥
Sounds like a 80s sitcom
Sometimes with people, I fake I’ve seen movies to round off the edges. I get a head start in my deception by watching pitch meetings.
I saw this at the movies back in 97, crazy fun movie, it's about as 90s action as you can get.
Actual pitch for the movie: 2 hours of John Travolta doing a Nicholas Cage impersonation while Nicholas Cage is doing a John Travolta impersonation while John Woo does a John Woo impersonation.
Exec: Sold!
*Exec: "WOOOOO!"
Fun Hollywood fact 🎬, producers had to write Face/Off because studio execs thought audiences, PR agents would think it's a 🏒 movie 🤓.
Archer to his wife: "He took our son... so I took his." 😎
I held off watching this movie and now I'm very glad I did. Thanks for the face-up Ryan!!
I still have the dvd for this film watched it 2 days ago with my mate it was hilarious don't get bored at all watching face off and it's the year 2022
"No, just brought home a replacement son without asking".
This is the sickest part of the film and bit of a clue that Sean is not healed mentally in anyway.
Funny thing is that now any movie I watch and something doesn't make sense, I say to myself,
"so the movie can happen."
Ryan I have been continually impressed with your talent. You never fail to put a smile on my face.
"So the boys name is Adam and his wifes name is Eve?"
"Sure is"
"Mixing up Biblical characters is tight"
Castor and Pollux were twins in Roman mythology
@@isaactrockman4417 Yep, but what's your point?
We're just gonna gloss over Castor Troy's grandiose entrance which ends with him groping a choir girl's butt?
Well, all right, then!
was gonna say that
And the fact that he could eat a peach for hours.
I can't believe they didn't include that iconic Cage moment...
It isn’t considered unusual for a priest to grope a person
@@brianwalsh5442 it is if it's a girl
Please, please do “The Prestige.” That movie is so messed up when one tries to explain it.
Evil twins are jealous of the Edison of magic tricks
Oooh yes!!
That movie doesn’t have a lot of plot holes though. Also, it’s really not that hard to understand
@@southpark645 Not hard to understand. Hard to delineate.
Dominic Noble's Prestige video is fantastic :D
This was hilarious. Face Off is just good ridiculous 90s fun and this made me laugh so hard.. Please do more 80s/90s classics, these are great 😂😂
0:22 lol 😅😆 oily fingers
This movie's plot is so batshit crazy and I love it. It's undoubtedly one of my favorite guilty pleasures of all time. Director John Woo doubles down on his trademarked slow motion, birds, firing 2 guns while falling, vehicle chases, and quippy dialogue.
The reboot is going to star Nicholas Travolta and John Cage.
Since Johnny Cage won't be in Mortal Kombat he should have time for that one :P
"Pollux from accounting" was great. Need to see more of him.
"Brought a replacement without asking" 😆😅
Ryan George has remarkable chemistry with Ryan George.
Too bad they don't have that with Pollux, he seemed like a decent guy.
what about George Ryan though?
This movie and pitch meeting is incredible.
+
As in unbelievable or good :P
Face/Off is a genuinely good and critically well-received John Woo movie. It just has a crazy premise and campy actors.
Whenever I hear you reference the era at the beginning of an episode I'm momentarily reminded that I haven't been watching your channel my entire life even though it feels like I've been watching your channel my entire life.
This guy basically invented a new type comedy. There's nothing else like it. Love it.
Fun fact: Castor and Pollux are Greek gods and their sister is Helen of Troy. That's why the character are called Castor and Pollux Troy.
Not quite. Castor and Pollux founded Rome. Not Greece.
@@zacumen Think it was Romulus & Remus that founded Rome.
They're also the Gemini Twins if anyone's into astrology.
Interesting
@@zacumen They were Greek gods adopted by the Romans. The mythological twins who funded Rome are Romulus and Remus.
Caster Troy: "I can watch a Pitch for hours."
Not everyone's gonna catch that peach of a phrase ;)
Castor as Archer: "Now we'll see what's really in papa's bag: Pitches."
Archer's daughter: "Oh really?"
Castor as Archer: "Yeahyeahyeah!"
Best comment!
“Replacement son” 🤣🤣🤣🤣
As an old guy who hasn't heard of many of the movies you pitch, and certainly hasn't seen any of them, I'd sure like to see some from my "Golden Age of Cinema", the 1960's and 70's. If it wouldn't be an inconvenience, delving into the early Classics would be cool, too. Thanks.
"This decade is the current decade."
-Bryan Gorge, 1990's
Who's Bryan?
Is Bryan Gorge related to Ryan George?
It’s the 90s
@@Hossein7r He's Ryan George's predecessor... from back in '90's
I can't believe you didn't do a "it's like looking in a mirror, only not" joke
Hahaha! Total missed opportunity!
I have seen litterally hundreds of these pitch meetings, enough to the point that I am annoying my roommate, and I have yet to see something as chaotic as that Pollox scene. Well played Ryan
These videos are great. Very creative and funny. I’m hooked
Always fun to hear Ryan say ”Very rude” when a character does something incredibly evil 😄
Who's Ryan? Do you mean producer guy?
@@alanlewis988 Yeah, pretty sure Ryan plays the other guy.
@@mathmannix plays? Like acts?
Makes sense that Producer guy or Writer guy might also act.
@@alanlewis988 think we should ask Polux from HR, he should know
@@actofaggression8060 Yeah or Polux from accounting or even Polux from the front desk security, ones of the Polux will know
"Anyone gonna address the fact that Time Magazine's Man of the Year shot of bunch people?"
"Nope!"
Love the 90s PC in the background. For the kids watching at home that box on top with the small black square is the monitor
Face Off is a really fun movie. Both Travolta and Cage were just AWESOME 👏!