<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $245.7 million </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 . </P> <P> The first Hollywood film in which Woo was given major creative control, Face / Off earned positive reviews and grossed $245 million worldwide . The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Sound Effects Editing (Mark Stoeckinger) at the 70th Academy Awards . </P> <P> FBI Special Agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) survives an assassination attempt by freelance domestic terrorist and homicidal sociopath Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage), but the bullet penetrates Archer's chest and strikes his son Michael, killing the boy . </P>

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