The Majestic

"Sometimes your life comes into focus one frame at a time."

2001 2h 33m EN

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★6.8TMDB · 871

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Synopsis

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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.

“Sometimes your life comes into focus one frame at a time.”

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Cast

Jim Carrey
Peter Appleton
Martin Landau
Harry Trimble
Laurie Holden
Adele Stanton
Gerry Black
Emmett Smith
David Ogden Stiers
Doc Stanton
Bob Balaban
Elvin Glyde
Jeffrey DeMunn
Mayor Ernie Cole
Hal Holbrook
Congressman Doyle

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Frank Darabont
Writers: Michael Sloane
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 153 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Mid-budget at $72M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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3 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 52% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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4 / 8

ERA

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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Frank Darabont, shot by David Tattersall. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mark Isham. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jim Page shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

ERA

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Jim Carrey and Martin Landau and Laurie Holden carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Frank Darabont directs. David Tattersall behind the camera. Mark Isham scores. Jim Page cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Clocks in at 153 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Mid-budget at $72M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
3Earned back only 52% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
425 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
5Directed by Frank Darabont, shot by David Tattersall. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Mark Isham. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Jim Page shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Jim Carrey and Martin Landau and Laurie Holden carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Sometimes your life comes into focus one frame at a time.".
10IMDB entry: tt0268995 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 10 themes, including "california", "amnesia", "falsely accused", "prosecution".

The technical file

Cinematography: David Tattersall
Original score: Mark Isham
Editing: Jim Page
Production design: Gregory S. Melton
Costume design: Karyn Wagner
Makeup / hair: Bill Corso
VFX supervisor: Craig Barron
Sound: Dean A. Zupancic
Stunt coordinator: Pat Banta
Runtime: 153 min · 2h 33m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $72,000,000
Box office: $37,317,673
Return: 52% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: The Majestic (2001)

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GenerationofSwine2023-01-14
★ 10/10
It's time for the Majestic review.... ...RED SCARE!!!! It makes a play at it in the very start of the film. It loudly proclaims that, HEY, WATCH THIS MOVIE, IT'S ABOUT FREE SPEECH AND THE HOLLYWOOD BLACKLIST!!!!! And it does it as loud as it can... ...and then it kind of forgets what the movie is about up until the last 15 minutes. However, the bulk of the movie does seem like the kind of film that would fit in the Hollywood Blacklist Era. The plot, the acting, the setting, all seems to be very much a 1950s feel good movie... ...and then it veers off again and delivers on the 1st Amendment moral to end the film with a light heavy hand...if that makes sense. So, it feels disjointed, but in a way that oddly fits the premise to begin with. Almost as if it is trying to be a movie in a movie, which might have been the point. Watch it once, it will entertain you. Watch it more than once and you'll be bored.

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