The Majestic

The Majestic (2001)

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

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.

Date of release
2001-12-21
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (873)
Runtime
2h 33m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Frank Darabont

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: California and Santa Monica

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, 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.

Production

The original script by Michael Sloane had the working title of The Bijou, and was the title when Jim Carrey signed on in August 2000.

The town of Ferndale, California provided many of the interior and exterior locations for The Majestic. The namesake theater was built as a false-front in the Ferndale municipal parking lot, and many Main Street buildings were modified by the film company.

Train scenes were recorded on the California Western Railroad in Fort Bragg, California. The lighthouse used was Point Cabrillo Light.

The film is Frank Darabont's sole theatrical film that isn't a film adaptation of one of Stephen King's works.

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