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Writer:
John Cleese (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
26 August 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Documentary more
Plot:
This 4 part BBC series examines the science behind facial beauty, expression, and fame in an entertaining fashion.
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. more
NewsDesk:
Cleese Admits To Plastic Surgery
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User Comments:
Bizarre concept, mildly interesting, OTT presentation. more (4 total)

Cast

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John Cleese ... Himself - Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Attenborough ... Himself

Candice Bergen ... Herself

Pierce Brosnan ... Himself
Mali Finn ... Herself
Charles Fleming ... Himself
William Goldman ... Himself

Kevyn Major Howard ... Himself

Elizabeth Hurley ... Various roles
Michael Palin ... Applicant / peasant

Joan Rivers ... Herself
Michael Rix ... Himself
Prunella Scales ... Pet shop owner / wife

Adam Leese ... Various roles (uncredited)

Katie Lohmann ... Face Model (uncredited)
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Directed by
James Erskine 
David Stewart 
 
Writing credits
John Cleese (writer)

Produced by
James Erskine .... producer
Sally George .... series producer
Sharon Gillooly .... producer
Nancy Lavin .... executive producer
Michael J. Mosley .... executive producer
Nicholas Rossiter .... executive producer
David Stewart .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Rajesh Bedi 
Bill Broomfield 
Patrick Duval 
John Halliday 
Chris Hartley 
John Hooper 
John Johnson 
Richard Numeroff 
Allan Palmer 
Jeremy Pollard 
Nancy Schiesari 
 
Production Design by
Jill McGraw 
 
Art Direction by
Kiara Geller 
 
Sound Department
Tony Burke .... sound recordist
Simon Firsht .... sound recordist
Richard Jay .... boom operator
Michael Keenan .... sound recordist
Danny McCullough .... sound mixer
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Daniel Lightening .... assistant camera (2001)
 
Other crew
TC Kilpper .... production assistant (2001)
 

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Additional Details

Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Australia:M
Filming Locations:
Burlington, North Carolina, USA more
Company:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Host: [open with John Cleese on a beach with three young women approaching him from the background.] One of these women is my daughter, Camilla.
Camilla: Can I have some money?
Host: Sure... here's a fin.
Host: [to camera] Of course I recognized her face as well.
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User Comments

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1 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
Bizarre concept, mildly interesting, OTT presentation., 1 August 2001
Author: matthew-58 from England

It seems that a BBC documentary series can't be made these days without a celebrity to promote it. Recently we've had Sam Neill with "Space" and this series presented by comedy veteran John Cleese. What qualifies these people escapes me, since they appear to have no real expertise at all, just a curiosity like the viewing audience. If you think John Cleese is God (like some people do), or even if you just like him (and I realise how popular the cult "Monty Python" was/is in the US), you'll be immediately interested in any series he gets involved in. Personally, I think that John Cleese is about as funny in this series as he was in those supermarket commercials (to viewers outside the UK, that isn't very funny). He does tend to be a bit OTT at times, but the premise of the series has its merits. It was certainly an unusual idea to dedicate a show to the human face, and you learn plenty of things you'd never have known, and could easily have lived without knowing. Mr Cleese isn't the only celeb appearing in the show. Liz Hurley makes an appearance as an example of the human face at its most beautiful, and we learn the mathematical formula that makes her so incredibly gorgeous (shame I can't remember what it is).

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