The Human Face

The Human Face

Infobox Film
name = The Human Face


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imdb_id = 0280262
director = James Erskine David Stewart
producer = Nick Rossiter
writer = John Cleese
starring = John Cleese
Elizabeth Hurley
David Attenborough
Candice Bergen
Pierce Brosnan
Mali Finn
Charles Fleming
William Goldman
Kevyn Major Howard
Michael Palin
Joan Rivers
Michael Rix
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cinematography =
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released = 2001
runtime = 50 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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"The Human Face" is a 4 part BBC series that examines the science behind facial beauty, expression, and fame in an entertaining fashion. John Cleese, actor, comedian, visiting professor, and best-selling author on psychology, sets out on an odyssey to discover the mysteries of identity, perception, creativity and sexuality hidden behind the mask of life itself.This four-part series combines art, technology and deeply moving human interest stories to uncover the secrets of the human face.

ynopsis

Everyone has one, but what do we know about them? From the legend of Cleopatra’s beauty to Einstein’s genius, the face is the source of sexual attraction and icon of fame.This series is the definitive guide to the story of the human face.

Plot

Part One: Here’s Looking at You

The series opens with an epic journey to uncover the secrets of the human face. In a world of six billion other faces, your face is unique. It reveals your personality, your genetic and cultural identity and it can be read like a book. Family resemblances, facial recognition and the purpose of the face and its features are all part of a story that begins in the oceans five hundred million years ago. We conclude with the multi-racial face of the future and the pioneering work ofsurgeons in Kentucky who are preparing for the world’s first facial transplant.

Part Two: Fame and Infamy

Famous faces are everywhere. They stare out at us from billboards, magazines, and movie screens, beaming out messages.These faces sell sex, politics, glamour and power. Diana, Jackie O, Marilyn Monroe, their faces are sometimes more familiar to us than those of our nearest and dearest. Fame and infamy tells the story of the face as icon, from Egyptian mummies to Hollywood stars.

Part Three: Survival of the Prettiest

What is beauty? Is it just a matter of personal taste? Apparently not; we discover that the same things attract lovers all round the world. A pretty face is a fertile face and ugliness suggests poor health. Big eyes, smooth skin and symmetrical features will win you fans everywhere. They’re also the ticket to a better job, more money, and better sex!

Part Four: Secrets and Lies

Every face contains a million secrets. And whether we like it or not, the face reveals our feelings and what’s really going on deep down inside. Secrets and Lies is about how the face communicates without saying a word; it’s about expressions, disguise and the mysterious art of face-reading

Cast

* John Cleese as Host
* Elizabeth Hurley as Various roles
* David Attenborough as Himself
* Candice Bergen as Herself
* Pierce Brosnan as Himself
* Mali Finn as Herself
* Charles Fleming as Himself
* William Goldman as Himself
* Kevyn Major Howard as Himself
* Michael Palin as Applicant/peasant
* Joan Rivers as Herself
* Michael Rix as Himself
* Prunella Scales as Pet shop owner/wife

External links

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