The Majestic
The Majestic is a 2001 American romantic drama film directed and produced by Frank Darabont, written by Michael Sloane, and starring Jim Carrey in the leading role. The film also features Bob Balaban, Brent Briscoe, Jeffrey DeMunn, Amanda Detmer, Allen Garfield, Hal Holbrook, Laurie Holden, Martin Landau, Ron Rifkin, David Ogden Stiers, and James Whitmore. The film depicts a 1950s Hollywood screenwriter suspected of being a communist. After suffering amnesia as the result of a road accident, he is taken in by the residents of a small town, who mistake him for a local resident who went missing in action while serving in the military during World War II.
Plot
In 1951, in the heyday of McCarthyism, Peter Appleton is an up-and-coming young screenwriter in Hollywood. He learns from his Hollywood agent Leo Kubelsky and his own attorney Kevin Bannerman that he has been accused of being a communist, because he attended an antiwar meeting in his college years, a meeting he claims he only attended to impress a girl.
Cast
- Allen Garfield
- Amanda Detmer
- Bob Balaban
- Brent Briscoe
- Brian Howe
- Bruce Campbell
- Carl Reiner
- Catherine Dent
- Chelcie Ross
- Cliff Curtis
- Daniel von Bargen
- David Ogden Stiers
- Earl Boen
- Frank Collison
- Garry Marshall
- Hal Holbrook
- James Whitmore
- Jeffrey DeMunn
- Jim Carrey
- Laurie Holden
- Martin Landau
- Matt Damon
- Paul Mazursky
- Ring Lardner Jr.
- Rob Reiner
- Ron Rifkin
- Scotty Leavenworth
- Sydney Pollack
More details
| author | Michael Sloane |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | California |
| director | Frank Darabont |
| editor | Jim Page |
| events | amnesia |
| genre | action drama |
| keywords | antiwar antiwar movement car show classical music communism communist constitution constitution of the united states d-day engage federal agent first movie franklin d. roosevelt hard times hear heart attack hollywood agent los angeles mccarthyism medal of honor meet missing in action movie star movie theater myocardial infarction new life normandy landings open opossum police officer screenwriter screenwriting studio executive suspect train station true identity world war ii |
| musicBy | Mark Isham |
| producer | Frank Darabont |
| productionCompany | Castle Rock Entertainment Darkwoods Productions NPV Entertainment Village Roadshow Pictures |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | California Santa Monica |
| theme | independent romantic drama |