Directed by:
Frank DarabontScreenplay:
Michael SloaneCinematography:
David TattersallComposer:
Mark IshamCast:
Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Laurie Holden, David Ogden Stiers, James Whitmore, Jeffrey DeMunn, Ron Rifkin, Hal Holbrook, Bob Balaban, Brent Briscoe, Gerry Black (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Hollywood screenwriter Peter Appleton, a staff writer at HHS Studios in 1951, is an ambitious up-and-comer. His first produced screenplay, a B-movie swashbuckler entitled "Sand Pirates of the Sahara," has just opened on a double bill with John Huston's adventure, "The African Queen," at Grauman's Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard. Not only is Appleton enjoying professional success, he has a hot starlet girlfriend, Sandra Sinclair, the female lead in his big screen debut. However, life is full of 'what if's...' What if Appleton were suddenly targeted by the House Un-American Activities Committee for suspected Communist leanings uncovered during his college years? What if Appleton lost not only his job and his girl, but his identity as well in a serious car crash in which the young writer developed amnesia? What if Appleton, unsure as to who he really is, stumbles into a charming little town on Northern California's coast and is mistaken for one of the town's long lost World War II heroes? (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Jim Carrey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267642_f1fb87.jpg)
Jim Carrey
Canada
Best movies:
The Truman Show (1998)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Man on the Moon (1999)
![Martin Landau](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/420/164420284_a6c758.png)
Martin Landau
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
![Laurie Holden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/650/160650049_e73fbe.jpg)
Laurie Holden
USA
Best movies:
The X-Files – File 7: Tunguska (1996) (video compilation)
The X Files: Requiem (2000) (video compilation)
The X-Files – File 6: Master Plan (1996) (video compilation)
![David Ogden Stiers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270380_b78456.jpg)
David Ogden Stiers
USA
Best movies:
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
The Last of His Tribe (1992) (TV movie)
![James Whitmore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269274_66e7c6.jpg)
James Whitmore
USA
Best movies:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
![Jeffrey DeMunn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270790_8203a0.jpg)
Jeffrey DeMunn
USA
Best movies:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Green Mile (1999)
Frances (1982)
![Ron Rifkin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/680/162680587_783539.jpg)
Ron Rifkin
USA
Best movies:
L.A. Confidential (1997)
JFK (1991)
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
![Hal Holbrook](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269206_f5873c.jpg)
Hal Holbrook
USA
Best movies:
Into the Wild (2007)
All the President's Men (1976)
Magnum Force (1973)
![Bob Balaban](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/886/163886862_f63e91.jpg)
Bob Balaban
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
![Brent Briscoe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/234/164234028_c4e9ca.jpg)
Brent Briscoe
USA
Best movies:
The Green Mile (1999)
Mulholland Dr. (1999) (TV movie)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
![Gerry Black](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/449/161449320_edd17f.jpg)
Gerry Black
USA
Best movies:
The Majestic (2001)
Vacation (1983)
Re-Animator (1985)
Susan Willis
USA
Best movies:
Mystic River (2003)
The Majestic (2001)
What About Bob? (1991)
![Catherine Dent](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/529/162529033_df4c58.png)
Catherine Dent
USA
Best movies:
21 Grams (2003)
Taken (2002) (series)
The Majestic (2001)
Karl Bury
USA
Best movies:
The Majestic (2001)
We Own the Night (2007)
Pride and Glory (2008)
![Brian Howe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269133_9782cd.jpg)
Brian Howe
Best movies:
Gran Torino (2008)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
K-PAX (2001)
![Chelcie Ross](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279940_b2ec42.jpg)
Chelcie Ross
USA
Best movies:
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
The Untouchables (1987)
Basic Instinct (1992)
![Amanda Detmer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/772/162772328_359e5c.png)
Amanda Detmer
USA
Best movies:
The Majestic (2001)
Final Destination (2000)
To Serve and Protect (1999) (TV movie)
![Allen Garfield](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272927_ce7a7e.jpg)
Allen Garfield
USA
Best movies:
The Front Page (1974)
Taking Off (1971)
The Conversation (1974)
![Daniel von Bargen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268865_d1ac3b.jpg)
Daniel von Bargen
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Philadelphia (1993)
Basic Instinct (1992)
![Shawn Doyle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/316/316825_bef3a2.jpg)
Shawn Doyle
Canada
Best movies:
Guns (2008) (TV movie)
The Comey Rule (2020) (series)
Frequency (2000)