The Majestic (2001)

Cast

Matt Damon
as Luke Trimble
Jim Carrey
as Peter Appleton
Bruce Campbell
as Roland the Intrepid Explorer
Laurie Holden
as Adele Stanton

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Genres & Description

Action Drama Romance

6.9 / 10

Peter Appleton is an ambitious young screenwriter working for HHS Studios during Hollywood's Golden Age, 1951 in particular. "Ashes to Ashes" is about to be released, and he's dating the attractive movie star, Sandra Sinclair. Just when everything seems to be going his way, it is discovered he (unwittingly) attended a Communist meeting during college when pulled there by his girlfriend at the time, and thus heavy suspicion settles over him and he'll have to stand before Congress. Afraid of what might happen if they don't, HHS cancels Appleton's contract and aborts the release date of the film. Appleton promptly begins to wallow in self-pity and spends nearly an entire night at a bar, then drives intoxicated through the streets of the California course until plummeting into a stormy river and getting knocked unconscious. Washing up on the beaches of a small town called Lawson. Although the people there are pleasant and likable, the town is depressed and lifeless due to having lost 62 ...

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cameron120587

What is the name of the music that is playing in the trailer? It has been in a lot of miramax movies. - @Wednesday, October 17, 2018 6:23 PM

dan19630

I have this movie. Anytime I feel like taking a time-traveling trip back to the past, this is one of the movies I put on. Everyone's bagging on Jim Carrey's performance. Don't Focus so much on one character in the movie when there's a greater message at stake here. Imagine going back to a time when this is how it looked and what was going on. This is post-war before Elvis and rock and roll took the stage. It's kind of like the same era that they used when filming Who Framed Rodger Rabbit. This is during the time of the Red Scare and the Hollywood 10. The McCarthyism era. They didn't want the bad side of America being shown to the rest of the world. Some movies like Grapes of Wrath exposed what was wrong with America at the time. And people want to call movies like The Grapes of Wrath socialism for exposing what was still broken. People were being treated like shit back then when they were trying to get back on their feet and nobody made it easy for them either. People were being taken advantage of at every turn. - @Thursday, May 31, 2018 4:49 AM

Todd

"In a place like this the magic is all around you. The trick is to see it." Best line ever in this movie and any hardcore movie lover / Cinephile will know exactly what he means. - @Wednesday, March 1, 2017 2:13 AM

Arristos Entertainment

Does anyone know the song @ :55 please - @Wednesday, February 15, 2017 2:24 AM

ESSJ333

This is my favorite Jim Carrey movie. Wonderful cast and story. Not many know about this movie but its definitely his best drama work. - @Monday, February 6, 2017 2:04 AM

Yukio Mishima

The movie is a piece of Leftist propaganda. For example, the writers try to make it look like Carrey just attended a Communist gathering to impress a girl when he was young, implying that the Communist hearings after WW2 were of "innocents" who really were loyal and patriotic Americans. Total lie. Propaganda by anti-Americans. - @Sunday, December 11, 2016 3:55 AM

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Only one i never seen of him funny how this one was hidden gotta see it now - @Thursday, October 20, 2016 1:39 AM

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Gonna download this from kickass soon.....but damn it is down....any alternative.... - @Thursday, September 1, 2016 3:32 AM

KYExtemper

This film is INCREDIBLY underrated. - @Saturday, April 9, 2016 6:34 PM

Bernardo Gonzalez

movie...good trailer....trainwreck - @Monday, January 18, 2016 10:08 PM

lonate73

This movie is amazing, but is underrated only because Jim plays a serious character on it. It's very sad. - @Monday, November 16, 2015 9:48 PM

Disney Guardian

hey guys, don't call this film terrible just because you think it's out of character for Jim Carrey. this film proved that he can be dramatic and serious instead of manic and animated. - @Wednesday, August 26, 2015 1:39 AM

Bob .Grant

Sort of film Frank Capra would have made. Superb. - @Sunday, July 19, 2015 6:05 PM

Sir Justin Livingston

Frank darabot - @Saturday, May 23, 2015 2:34 AM

Daniel Okey

It's seriously terrible. I'm so seriously. - @Tuesday, March 24, 2015 6:30 PM

Pat Hopper

what an awful movie - @Tuesday, March 24, 2015 6:26 PM

Mayerling52

I really enjoyed this movie. - @Friday, February 27, 2015 9:01 PM

cameron120587

What is the name of that music that plays that was used in a lot of inspirational movies at the time? - @Thursday, November 6, 2014 11:25 PM

Fatty ElfolyII

Amazing - @Tuesday, October 28, 2014 11:47 AM

Luvster G.

Hey Isstepbros15: It's a movie. Of course it's fantasy, with actors, props and stages. What a GOOBER. - @Saturday, September 6, 2014 1:41 PM

Vasilijan Nikolovski

this movie MIGHT have worked, if Jim Carrey wasn't in it - @Monday, March 24, 2014 3:23 PM

Tweeaak Tweek

Not used to seeing Jim Carrey in movies that don't place him in a comedic role. - @Friday, March 21, 2014 2:23 AM

itsammar1

he could have just ran over the rat and still keep his memory =P - @Thursday, March 20, 2014 6:14 AM

Ed P

This movie is kind of like The Devil Wears Prada... - @Tuesday, December 17, 2013 9:58 PM

Patrick Edgar

I know the actor for andrea in the walking dead is in the movie but who is the other - @Thursday, November 14, 2013 3:08 AM

dcc1980

I think Carey is a better dramatic actor then he's given credit for- I never really understood why this movie flopped. I guess movie viewers can't really see Jim Carey as a dramatic actor. Which is why The Majestic and Man on the Moon flopped. - @Monday, September 30, 2013 2:34 PM

Jonathan Whittome

when bullies rise up, the rest of us have to beat them back down whatever to cost. just class - @Friday, August 30, 2013 9:52 PM

claudio zanusso

Is there someone who knows the name of the soundpieces in this movie? They are too finest and amazing! At least, i say thank you to Mr Carey for this fine story! Greetings from Italy - @Wednesday, August 28, 2013 9:13 PM

Lj Crumpler

Got two Walking Dead people in it ... nice - @Monday, August 26, 2013 7:41 AM

edburrito FANTASTICO

Laurie holden 3 love her - @Sunday, August 25, 2013 2:40 AM

BOOLDOOL95

say too of the walking dead people :P - @Friday, August 23, 2013 4:30 PM

Sinan Khamis

hell yea he is! - @Monday, August 12, 2013 11:03 PM

Kapsproductions

was such a good movie, better then most movies out there in this genre - @Monday, August 5, 2013 5:34 PM

Harrison Ridgway

Brooks is alive? Brooks is ALIVE! - @Wednesday, July 10, 2013 1:32 PM

Jorge Leitner

This is great movie, no doubt. - @Monday, July 8, 2013 8:25 PM

Jack Gibbs

You're right, he definitely can! If you haven't already, check out The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. One of, if not one of the most beautifully acted films I've seen. Another tremendously well-acted film from him his, I love You, Phillip Morris. - @Wednesday, July 3, 2013 3:40 PM

aloverd

The most underrated film in the history of cinema. - @Saturday, June 22, 2013 1:30 AM

The Mighty Icesis

excellent film - @Thursday, June 20, 2013 5:43 AM

OXNARD 805

Optamus prime is the narrator for this - @Tuesday, June 18, 2013 4:03 PM

CNGC22

it's a good movie - @Friday, April 26, 2013 12:59 AM

nonchalantd

Wow, looks like a good movie. - @Wednesday, April 24, 2013 6:10 PM

Reksa Muhamad

Frank Darrabont <3 - @Tuesday, April 16, 2013 7:04 PM

morikahjo

xD Why is the Little Women score playing in the trailer? - @Wednesday, April 3, 2013 7:06 PM

Elune Germanotta

LAURIE HOLDEN <3333333333333 - @Wednesday, March 13, 2013 4:12 PM

Curtis Mayfield M-H

looks like a prequel to the walking dead. - @Saturday, March 9, 2013 1:19 AM

vurkuta

@TheTrailerCREAT0R No i meant the plot in 50 first dates the protagonist is helping a women from Garfields syndrome here its the protagonist that got amnesia & the town is helping him remember. - @Friday, February 8, 2013 5:15 PM

Abel Villa

In 50 First Dates she had Garfield Syndrome which is fictional. In this movie he is suffering from actual amnesia which is actually real and happens to people. - @Friday, February 8, 2013 3:55 PM

vurkuta

This is like 50 First dates But in the opposite Side - @Wednesday, February 6, 2013 8:57 AM

Shaun

BROOKS!!!! - @Thursday, January 24, 2013 3:23 AM

Filip -

One of the best movies i've seen. I Now see Jim Carrey as one of the best actors in Hollywood. After watching all his dramatic and serious works.. No one can't deny his talent. This film is so underrated though, i see this as good as Truman Show or Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. - @Thursday, January 3, 2013 2:40 AM