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The Majestic is a 2001 film, written by Michael Sloane, and directed by Frank Darabont. It stars Jim Carrey, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn and Hal Holbrook.

It was released by Warner Brothers on December 11, 2001.

Plot summary

The film is set in the United States during the 1950s. Peter Appleton (played by Carrey) is an up-and-coming young screenwriter who is accused of being a Communist. His career in ruins, he gets drunk and gets into a car accident. When he wakes up, his memory lost, he is in a small town called Lawson. The townsfolk believe him to be Luke Trimble, one of the town boys killed in World War II. "Luke" settles in to "his old life", and with his "father" Harry (Martin Landau), start to rebuild The Majestic, an old movie theatre.

Critic reaction

The movie was not particularly well received by the critics. (For example, Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times commented that it was a "derivative, self-satisfied fable that couldn't be more treacly and simple-minded if it tried.") Its Capra-esque quality was also noted by a number of critics. This movie is often cited as one of Jim Carey's biggest flops during his time when he wanted to be known as a serious actor. (Although he would get some praise for his performance in the film Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

Cast listing

Jim Carrey
(Peter Appleton)
Bob Balaban
(Elvin Clyde)
Jeffrey DeMunn
(Ernie Cole)
Hal Holbrook
(Congressman Doyle)
Laurie Holden
(Adele Stanton)
Martin Landau
(Harry Trimble)

Trivia

The bar Jim Carrey
goes to in the film, is called Congo Bongo. The night club in the 1994 film The Mask
was also Congo Bongo.
Laurie Holden
's character is inspired to become a lawyer by the film The Life of Emile Zola
(1937). Holden's real-life grandmother, Gloria Holden, was one of the stars of this film.
One of the voices in the two screenwriting conference scenes is famous director and screenwriter Garry Marshall
. Other voices belong to Carl Reiner and his son Rob Reiner
.
Director of "Sand Pirates of the Sahara" is "Ferenc Arpad". This is Frank Darabont's first and middle names translated into his native Hungarian.

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