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Because he had extensive facial plastic surgery, and left the hospital covered in bandages. The time line in this movie (that i adore and am trying to review it, but am actually doing straight up MATH to try and figure it out) is not very clear at ALL. Or doesn't make much sense. WHEN did Johnny Favorite sell his soul to the devil? Because he could not have become famous, drafted, and come back from WWII with amnesia in the twelve years between 1943-1955. If Epiphany was 17 in 1955, that would have made her born in 1938, but Johnny would have only been 21, and supposedly he was already famous by the time she was born. By the time he turned 25, in 1943, he was with Toots grabbing Angel for the ritual. The next 12 years he spent at war, getting in an accident/combat injury, and then being shipped home, where he underwent extensive facial reconstruction (they show the "real" Angel for a split second in a flashback in Times Square. THAT was the face that went off to war and came back disfigured), by Dr Fowler, and he ended up looking like Mickey Rourke. Then THAT Angel became the PI (did he have to train or are we suspending disbelief again?), after the Krusemark's let him go in in Times Square (covered in bandages??), the only place he might have recognized/remembered, or so was their reasoning. His dog tags were given to Margaret in the sealed vase Angel later finds at her apartment. SOOOO for me, the fact that his fame and Epiphany's birthday don't jibe makes my ADD soar to new heights. The only way to salvage it would be if Johnny sold his soul at around age 19, in 1936, then became famous in 2 years (and also a master satanist). I don't like it. My son is 21. He's master of being a sarcastic pain in the a**. And this also means he sold his soul to be famous for about 5 years?? It hardly seems worth it. If anyone has a better grasp on this...I would LOVE to be clued in. I have not read the book, but this is toooo much to ignore and just move along. It DOES work as far as age for Mickey Rourke (who was 35 when he played Angel, who was 37). Help!
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