Face/Off Face/Off Face/Off is a 1997 American science fiction action film directed by John Woo, written by Mike Werb and Michael Colleary, and starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. Travolta plays an FBI agent and Cage plays a terrorist, sworn enemies who assume each other's physical appearance. The first Hollywood film in which Woo was given major creative control, "Face/Off" earned critical acclaim for its acting performances (especially Cage and Travolta), stylized action sequences, John Powell's musical score, emotional depth, originality, humor, direction and stunts. It is often cited to be Woo's best Hollywood film. A commercial success, the film grossed
Ellen Travolta 1970s, she played Dorothy Manucci in the short-lived television series "Makin' It". She played Marion Keisker in John Carpenter's renowned 1979 television film "Elvis". Ellen Travolta has been a longtime performer and supporter of the Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre where she appeared in a production of "Hello, Dolly!" in the Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre in 2000 and 2012 playing the star role opposite her husband's portrayal of Horace Vandergelder. The theatre is the beneficiary of the Helen Burke Travolta Memorial fund, established in honor of Ms. Travolta's mother. Travolta has stated, "My mother was the beginning of all of this