The Majestic

Year:

2001

Duration:

152 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Frank Darabont

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2001-12-21

Filming Locations: Falls Lake, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $72,000,000

Opening Weekend: $7,366,207 (USA) (23 December 2001)

Gross: $27,807,266 (USA) (14 March 2002)

Cast

Actor

Character

Jim Carrey

Peter Appleton

Bob Balaban

Elvin Clyde

Jeffrey DeMunn

Ernie Cole

Hal Holbrook

Congressman Doyle

Laurie Holden

Adele Stanton

Martin Landau

Harry Trimble

Brent Briscoe

Sheriff Cecil Coleman

Ron Rifkin

Kevin Bannerman

Gerry Black

Emmett Smith

David Ogden Stiers

Doc Stanton

James Whitmore

Stan Keller

Susan Willis

Irene Terwilliger

Catherine Dent

Mabel

Brian Howe

Carl Leffert

Karl Bury

Bob Leffert

Chelcie Ross

Avery Wyatt

Amanda Detmer

Sandra Sinclair

Allen Garfield

Leo Kubelsky

Daniel von Bargen

Federal Agent Ellerby

Shawn Doyle

Federal Agent Saunders

Mario Roccuzzo

Jerry the Bartender

Frank Collison

Subpoena Server

Bill Gratton

Daley

Ginger Williams

Louise

Ken Magee

Coastal Engineer

Csilla Horvath

Nurse Muriel

April Ortiz

Vera

Larry Cox

Grauman's Usher

Julie Richardson

Grauman's Bon-Bon Girl

Scotty Leavenworth

Joey

Grant Vaught

Boy on Beach

Bob Wells

Reverend

Kevin DeMunn

Western Union Man

Earl Boen

Newsreel Announcer (voice)

Bruce Campbell

Roland the Intrepid Explorer

Cliff Curtis

The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid

Michael Sloane

Kindly Old Professor Meredith

Garry Marshall

Studio Executive

Paul Mazursky

Studio Executive

Sydney Pollack

Studio Executive

Carl Reiner

Studio Executive

Rob Reiner

Studio Executive

Matt Damon

Luke Trimble

Matt G. Wiens

Spencer Wyatt

Jeffrey Adams

Principal Swing Dancer (uncredited)

Kris Andersson

Dancer (uncredited)

Alvah Bessie

Himself (Hollywood Ten, arrives, behind Cole) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Herbert J. Biberman

Himself (Hollywood Ten, arrives) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jennifer Blaire

Carl's Date (uncredited)

Greg Brown

Court Photographer (uncredited)

Chris Carver

Dancer (uncredited)

Lester Cole

Himself (Hollywood Ten, arrives) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lathan Crowe

Casanova

Corey Foxx

Photographer (uncredited)

Paul Grace

Welcome Home Dancer (uncredited)

Kate Greeke

Popcorn Girl (uncredited)

Gordon Hart

Swing Dancer (uncredited)

J. Edgar Hoover

Himself (targets Communists) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jesse Jensen

Soldier (uncredited)

Mary Kircher

Swing Dancer (uncredited)

Tony Laanan

Grauman's Usher (uncredited)

Ring Lardner Jr.

Himself (Hollywood Ten, arrives, behind Biberman) (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Howard Lawson

Himself (Hollywood Ten, testifies) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Brian Libby

Studio Guard Hal (uncredited)

Melissa S. Markess

Swing Dancer (uncredited)

Amanda Melby

Young Mrs. Trimble (uncredited)

Christopher Metas

Cassanova (uncredited)

Melissa Noble

Swing Dancer (uncredited)

Samuel Ornitz

Himself (Hollywood Ten, arrives) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kimberly Prendez

Girl at Welcome Home Party (uncredited)

Maudie Purcell

Old Lady (uncredited)

George Ratliff

Dancer (uncredited)

Craig Richards

Studio Guard (uncredited)

Dave Rosenbaum

Swing Dancer (uncredited)

Adrian Scott

Himself (Hollywood Ten, arrives, behind Cole) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Gary Sommers

FBI Agent (uncredited)

Robert Thorne

FBI Agent (uncredited)

Jack Truman

Party Member (uncredited)

Steven Paul Zsenyuk

Driver / Theater Patron (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

As of 2014, this is the only film Frank Darabont has directed not based on a Stephen King story.

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The Lawson train station is really in Fort Bragg, California. The train is called "The Skunk Train" and is a scenic railroad that runs inland from the north coast through the redwoods.

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WILHELM SCREAM: When part of the theater's neon sign explodes.

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Goofs

When Harry and Peter are in the auditorium of Majestic together for the first time and Harry is explaining the Majestic to Peter, Harry's shirt collar changes from being inside of his sweater to outside of it between shots.

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The diesel locomotive pulling the train that Pete is riding back to Lawson near the end of the movie is a later model Electro Motive Division GP (general purpose) engine that was not available until the mid-60s. Diesel engines were certainly available in the early-1950s, but not that model.

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The 'first dance' that Pete (Luke) and Adele share is to the tune 'Stranger on the Shore' written by Acker Bilk and which was only released in 1961, a decade after the period in which the film is set.