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The Majestic
Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.
2001 · Directed by Frank Darabont · 153 min · Drama · Romance · 13 frames
Tagline
Sometimes your life comes into focus one frame at a time.
Crew
- Screenplay: Michael Sloane
- Cinematography: David Tattersall
- Edited by: Jim Page
- Music: Mark Isham
- Production design: Gregory S. Melton
- Produced by: Frank Darabont
Cast
- Jim Carrey as Peter Appleton
- Martin Landau as Harry Trimble
- Laurie Holden as Adele Stanton
- Gerry Black as Emmett Smith
- David Ogden Stiers as Doc Stanton
- Bob Balaban as Elvin Glyde
- Jeffrey DeMunn as Mayor Ernie Cole
- Hal Holbrook as Congressman Doyle
- Brent Briscoe as Sheriff Cecil Coleman
- Ron Rifkin as Kevin Bannerman
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: NPV Entertainment, Village Roadshow Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment, Darkwoods Productions
- Budget: $72,000,000
- Box office: $37,317,673
- Themes: california, amnesia, falsely accused, prosecution, mistaken identity, anti-communism, hollywood, writer, blacklist, 1950s
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