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- ↑ Hamil, Denis. "Scripted for Success; The Co-author of Face/Off Has Screenwriting in His Blood", New York Daily News , July 13, 1997. Accessed July 20, 2017. "Last month, there was a special screening of Face/Off in Cedar Grove, N.J., followed by a party at Lotsa Pasta on Bellevue Ave. where the family and friends of co-writer Michael Colleary honored the local boy made real good. 'I grew up in Montclair,' says Colleary, who in 1990 penned the best action movie of Summer '97 with writing partner Mike Werb."
