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
![Mario Roccuzzo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/749/161749216_e0a09a.jpg)
Mario Roccuzzo
USA
Best movies:
The Majestic (2001)
The Young Savages (1961)
Retribution (1987)
![Frank Collison](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/730/162730523_98094c.jpg)
Frank Collison
USA
Best movies:
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
K-PAX (2001)
Wild at Heart (1990)
Ginger Williams
USA
Best movies:
The Majestic (2001)
Cruel Intentions (1999)
Middle Men (2009)
Ken Magee
Best movies:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Chaplin (1992)
Larry Cox
Best movies:
The Majestic (2001)
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
![Scotty Leavenworth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/637/160637002_45bf04.jpg)
Scotty Leavenworth
USA
Best movies:
The Green Mile (1999)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Bob Wells
Best movies:
The Majestic (2001)
Nomadland (2020)
![Earl Boen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/071/167071241_5f211f.jpg)
Earl Boen
USA
Best movies:
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
The Terminator (1984)
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
![Bruce Campbell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/268/163268640_87191d.jpg)
Bruce Campbell
USA
Best movies:
Fargo (1996) - a.f.
Evil Dead II (1987)
It's Murder! (1977)
![Cliff Curtis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/324/159324477_e1f498.jpg)
Cliff Curtis
New Zealand
Best movies:
Once Were Warriors (1994)
The Piano (1993)
Blow (2001)
Michael Sloane
USA
Best movies:
The Majestic (2001)
Scanner Cop II (1995)
![Garry Marshall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/777/166777523_237034.jpg)
Garry Marshall
USA
Best movies:
Goldfinger (1964)
Pretty Woman (1990)
A League of Their Own (1992)
![Paul Mazursky](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268050_f1715a.jpg)
Paul Mazursky
USA
Best movies:
Carlito's Way (1993)
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Antz (1998)
![Sydney Pollack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/242/162242813_8fcede.jpg)
Sydney Pollack
USA
Best movies:
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
Tootsie (1982)
Husbands and Wives (1992)
![Carl Reiner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/600/164600266_3246a0.jpg)
Carl Reiner
USA
Best movies:
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Toy Story 4 (2019)
The Majestic (2001)
![Rob Reiner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269709_27b67f.jpg)
Rob Reiner
USA
Best movies:
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
Misery (1990)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
![Matt Damon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/072/165072736_889bb5.jpg)
Matt Damon
USA
Best movies:
Ford v Ferrari (2019)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
![Brian Libby](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/111/656/111656168_f3a739.jpg)
Brian Libby
Best movies:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Green Mile (1999)
Heat (1995)
Robert Thorne
Best movies:
The Majestic (2001)
Ring Lardner Jr. (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Majestic (2001) - a.f.