The Mask (1994)

Director:

Chuck Russell

Writers (WGA):

Michael Fallon (story) and
Mark Verheiden (story) ...

Release Date:

29 July 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

From zero to hero

Plot:

Bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss is transformed into a manic super-hero when he wears a mysterious mask.

Plot Keywords:

Mask | Bank | Bank Clerk | Superhero | Beauty

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 6 wins & 16 nominations

Cast

Jim Carrey	...	Stanley Ipkiss
Peter Riegert	...	Lt. Mitch Kellaway
Peter Greene	...	Dorian Tyrell
Amy Yasbeck	...	Peggy Brandt
Richard Jeni	...	Charlie Schumaker
Orestes Matacena	...	Niko
Tim Bagley	...	Irv Ripley
Nancy Fish	...	Mrs. Peenman
Johnny Williams	...	Burt Ripley
Reg E. Cathey	...	Freeze (as Reginald E. Cathey)
Jim Doughan	...	Detective Doyle
Denis Forest	...	Sweet Eddy
Cameron Diaz	...	Tina Carlyle
Joseph Alfieri	...	Police Officer
B.J. Barie	...	Alley Punk #1

Also Known As:

La máscara (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
лЮЯЙЮ (Russia) [ru]
A Máscara (Portugal) [pt]
A maszk (Hungary) [hu]
Die Maske (Germany) [de]
I maska (Greece) [el]
Jim Carreys Die Maske (Germany) (TV title) [de]
La màscara (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Le masque (Canada: French title) [fr]
Mask - naamio (Finland) [fi]
Maska (Serbia) [sr]
Maska (Poland) [pl]
Maska (Slovenia) [sl]
O Máscara (Brazil) [pt]
O Máskara (Brazil) [pt]
The Mask (France) [fr]
The mask - da zero a mito (Italy) [it]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some stylized violence.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS-Stereo | DTS

Certification:

Argentina:Atp (original rating) | Brazil:Livre | Ireland:12 | Iceland:12 | USA:TV-PG (edited tv version) | UK:12 (DVD rating) | USA:PG (cut) | New Zealand:M | Australia:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:II | Japan:U | Netherlands:AL | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 | Thailand:PD-14

Filming Locations:

6th Street Viaduct, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Dark Horse Entertainment

Trivia:

When The Mask goes to get revenge on the mechanics, the sign over the door reads "Ripley's Auto Finishing". The next day, when the mechanics are being taken out on stretchers, the sign had been vandalized, broken and painted, now reading 'Rip Off' on the two separated halves.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: After Stanley throws the mask out the window of his apartment the device used to throw the mask back into the apartment is clearly visible moving upwards towards the top of the window frame as the mask flies back through the window.

Quotes:

Dorian Tyrell: [to a wounded Freeze] What happened?
Freeze: Someone hit the joint before we could.
Dorian Tyrell: [Places a cigarette in Freeze's mouth] Here, suck on that.
[Tries to light his lighter, but Freeze dies and the cigarette falls out of his mouth]
Dorian Tyrell: Son of a bitch!
[Throws the cigarette lighter across the bar room where it crashes and breaks something]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Fast Show: Mixa (#2.2)" (1996)

Soundtrack:

Cuban Pete

"The Mask" is, and forever will be, SMOKIN'!

"The Mask" was the movie that introduced my family to Jim Carrey. And we all thought that it was great. Carrey plays unlucky bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss, who one night finds an ancient mask. When he puts it on, he turns into sort of a cartoon character; think Roger Rabbit on acid. The really great thing about the movie is that they just turn Carrey loose. Anything that you can imagine him doing, he does here. A particularly funny scene is when the police tell him to freeze, you'd better believe that he freezes! All in all, Jim Carrey's humor will never get old. He may have given his all-time funniest performance in "The Mask".