Has anyone seen the movie The Majestic w/ Jim Carrey?

Tippy

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Sun Jun-19-11 03:03 PM
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Has anyone seen the movie The Majestic w/ Jim Carrey?

I did a few weeks ago I was never a Jim Carrey fan but I am now...the monologue on the First Amendment was well worth the watch....It is on ION if you get it, Charter Cable is running it, for the second time here in our area.

The Majestic is an old-fashioned throwback replete with a 1950s B-script and halcyon values like patriotism, true love, and clean fun. Peter Appleton (Jim Carrey) is a Hollywood scriptwriter with a sexy gal, a screenplay under his belt, and his big break on the horizon. But when his name is mistakenly given to the House Un-American Activities Committee, Appleton's dreams of success in the biz quickly unravel. An ensuing car accident leaves him without a memory but a great opportunity--as a small town's Luke Trimble, war hero and all-around swell guy, with whom he happens to bear an uncanny physical resemblance. Of course, there's a beautiful woman (Sandra Sinclair) who waited for his return from the war, an endearing old dad (Martin Landau), and the magical Majestic movie house to renovate and reopen. As Appleton's memory eventually catches up to him, however, The Majestic veers off toward Mr. Smith Goes to Washington territory, complete with a monologue on the First Amendment. Unfortunately, despite the film's earnest striving to be Capra-esque and Carrey's undeniable star quality, the charm is more reminiscent of Ronald Reagan than Jimmy Stewart. --Fionn Meade

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Liberal_in_LA

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Sun Jun-19-11 03:06 PM
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1. yeah. just thought it was 'ok' at the time

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Desertrose

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Sun Jun-19-11 03:07 PM
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2. Loved that movie when it first came out....

Jim Carrey is really an amazing actor if given the right role.

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B Calm

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Sun Jun-19-11 03:08 PM
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3. Seen it a year or so ago. I liked it!

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Tippy

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Sun Jun-19-11 03:12 PM
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4. I just wish Carrey had played similar rolls......

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Sun Jun-19-11 03:37 PM
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5. Yes! Very good movie, proves Jim can act when he wants to.

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monmouth

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Sun Jun-19-11 03:45 PM
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6. I was just going to say that. I would like to see him get into more meatier

dramatic roles. He is a very good actor. His comedic stuff is getting old, time to move on.

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Sun Jun-19-11 03:49 PM
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7. The google found the dialogue:

Leo Kubelsky: The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, they're all just pieces of paper with signatures on them. And you know what a piece of paper with a signature is: a contract. Something that can be renegotiated at any time. Just so happens that the House un-American activities committee is renegotiating the contract this time around. Next time it will be somebody else, but it will always be somebody.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268995/quotes

Peter Appleton: The 5th Ammendment is out of the question. But there is another Ammendment I'd like to invoke. I wonder if anyone here is familiar with it. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."

Congressman Doyle: You're out of order!

Peter Appleton: "Shall make no law... respecting - "

Congressman Doyle: My chamber will come to order!

Peter Appleton: "An establishment of religion... or prohibiting free exercise thereof... or abridging freedom of speech, or of the press... or of the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

Congressman Doyle: Do not presume to lecture this Committee!

Peter Appleton: The First Ammendment. It's what we're about, if we'd live up to it. It's part of the contract every citizen has here. Even though the Constitution and the Bill of Rights... are just pieces of paper with signatures on them... they're the only contracts that we have that are defintely not subject... to renegotiation. Not by you, Mr.Chairman.

Congressman Doyle: Mr.Appleton!

Peter Appleton: Not by you, Mr. Clyde.

Congressman Doyle: Stand down!

Peter Appleton: Not by anyone, ever. Too many people have paid in blood.

Congressman Doyle: Enough, sir! You are out of order!

Peter Appleton: (holds up Luke's Congressional Medal of Honor) People like Luke Trimble... and all the sons of Lawson, California. And they deserve better than this.
Stan Keller: (in tears to the patrons listening in Mabel's Diner in Lawson) Goddamn right! They deserve better!
(looks at Bob working the grill)

Stan Keller: All you boys do...

Congressman Doyle: I will have order or I will clear this chamber!

Peter Appleton: When you get right down to it, fellas... that's all I have to say to you.
(turns and leaves the courtroom)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268995/quotes

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nuxvomica

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Sun Jun-19-11 03:58 PM
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8. It's a lovely film

I saw it back when it first came out and it really changed my perception of Carrey as an actor. I don't think the review you posted does it justice.

The speech:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwSk2vW1po0

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