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''Behind the Mask'' is a Sandpiper Productions 1992 film, released by Intercontinental Releasing Corporation (IRC) in 1992 and by Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer in 1998.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Behind-the-Mask - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com )〕〔(Inbaseline Database (Behind the Mask) )〕 The production utilized a new emerging 3-D film technology for television at the time of its filming.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Archive & Review )〕 The film was written and directed by Warren Chaney. Beverly Wilson was the executive producer, Warren Chaney, the producer and David Sanders, the associate producer. It starred Roy Alan Wilson, Deborah Winters, Steve Word and Luis Lemus.〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0459617/fullcredits#cast〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Behind the Mask (1990) - Overview - TCM.com )〕 The motion picture was originally released in separate chapters with each chapter attached to a film.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=letmewatchthis.ch - letmewatchthis Resources and Information. )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Behind the Mask (1991) )〕 Following its theatrical run, it was released to television as a broadcast miniseries.〔 This represented the first movie serial produced since 1965. After acquisition by Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer, the film was reedited into a film and re-released. In 1998, it was released to home video on laser disc.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BEHIND THE MASK USA TV laserdisc - Warren Chaney tw LD )〕〔 ''Behind the Mask'' is considered by some film historians to be historic in that the serial genre was updated by following a 1940s and 1950s serial format while using a new 3-D television technology.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Archive & Review )〕 Reviews were favorable upon release and it has since developed somewhat of a cult following.〔 ==Plot== ''Behind the Mask'' is an action-adventure thriller film, first released in six separate chapters and later as a film.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Behind The Mask )〕 The film's adversary, an unidentified masked entity known only as The Octopus, terrorizes a large American city. He engages in industrial espionage and terror in order to secure valuable technological secrets that will lead to America’s decline as a world power. ''The Octopus'' is on the verge of success when another unknown figure appears. The Mask, as he becomes known, thwarts the ''Octopus'' and his organized crime syndicate in the villain’s one failed attempt after another.〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0459617/synopsis〕 Noted FBI Agent, Annie Strayton (Deborah Winters) is assigned to the case from Washington, D.C. At first, she views the ''Mask'' as an adversary but soon joins forces with him in an effort to bring the Octopus and his mob to justice. Identities of the Mask and Octopus are unspecified throughout most of the film. However, both masked figures are identified as members of a vital government funded secret alliance known as Research Associates. The seven members of the team are each considered a suspect but as the film progresses; they are killed off until only two remain. One is the Mask and the other, the Octopus. Chapter after chapter follow with each ending with a cliffhanger finale. In Chapter One, the Mask and Agent Strayton are embroiled in a gun battle atop a 75-story skyscraper.〔 As the chapter closes, the Mask is thrown from the top and plunges toward the city streets. In Chapter Two, the audience observes that a section of the crime fighter’s jacket opens into a small stunt parachute permitting the Mask to land safely on the streets below. Chapter after chapter follow, each leaving one or more of the main characters in danger, only to be saved in a subsequent chapter. The film’s storyline combines action and mystery. Both the Mask and Octopus are adept at disguise, leaving the hanging question, "Who is who?" In one chapter – the film heroine Agent Strayton, is discovered to have been substituted by a member of the Octopus’ gang. In another scene, the Mask dons the identity of a missing member from Research Associates. The city’s dark underground serves as the backdrop for Behind the Mask’s closing scenes as the two adversaries face off in a life or death struggle. Agent Strayton is captured and nearly killed before being rescued by the Mask. Strayton and the Mask expose the Octopus’ identity before he dies in a final combat scene. Strayton knows that the remaining scientist must be the Mask. The Mask removes his disguise revealing his identity as the remaining scientist, Dr. Lane Elliott. Elliott replaces his mask and exits as law enforcement agents and officers arrive to remove the remaining members of the Octopus’ gang. Annie's boss congratulates her on the capture of the criminals. As Strayton walks away, he says, “This was a good day. We’ve learned the identity of the Octopus and you've learned the identity of the Mask.” Strayton pauses as if considering the truth of her supervisor’s statement. The Mask sits in a dark dimly lit lair. As he removes his mask once again, he is seen to be Dr. Lane Elliott. Elliott smiles lightly as he lifts a corner of his face revealing yet another mask. His face remains unseen as black-gloved hands remove the “Elliott” mask to a table on which many facemasks reside. Footsteps pass into the distance as the camera pushes in on a collection of masks in the center of which is the black cowl belonging to the mysterious and still unknown, crime fighter. Series of lights switch off until only one light illuminates the remaining disguise. The final light fades and the screen goes to black leaving unanswered, “Who is behind the mask?” 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Behind the Mask (1992 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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