The Majestic | 2001 | Final | US One Sheet
The Majestic is a 2001 film directed and produced by Frank Darabont. The screenplay was written by Michael Sloane. It stars Jim Carrey, 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 story follows Peter Appleton, an ambitious egoistic young screenwriter in Hollywood's Golden Age, 1951. Appleton's career is just getting off the ground when his name comes to the attention of a Congressional Committee who is investigating Communist affiliations of prominent Americans. It was discovered he had unwittingly attended a Communist meeting during college. Following the investigation he finds himself blacklisted by his studio and begins to wallow in self-pity, drinking ...
