Deliberate mistake: The mirror that made Rocky's face look normal should've made his mom's face look different, but her face stayed the same.
Mask (1985)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
Starring: Laura Dern, Sam Elliott, Eric Stoltz, Cher, Estelle Getty
One morning Rocky's mom goes into Rocky's bedroom to find that he has died in his sleep due to the facial disfiguring disease that he has.
More mistakes in Mask
Rocky Dennis: What's his problem, Ma?
Rusty Dennis: Nothing. He's just another asshole. You let that negative dreck in and it'll put ya away. You can be a chickenshit and die or be a mensch and keep makin' yourself well.
Trivia: Rocky wasn't buried in a cemetery as shown in the end. His body was donated to science.
Question: I don't know if this is a urban myth or what, but didn't the real Rocky Dennis like Bruce Springsteen, but "The Boss" or his manager/lawyer, etc refused to allow the music to be used in the movie and that is why Bob Seger's tunes were used instead?
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Answer: According to the IMDb, so take with a degree of scepticism, Rocky's favourite music was indeed Springsteen and the Boss himself was happy for it to be used, but, at the time of the original release, an agreement regarding royalty rates could not be reached with the rights owner. A director's cut was released a while later with seven minute of additional footage and the Springsteen songs used instead, after Springsteen pushed for an agreement to be made.
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