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The Mask
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Directed by	Chuck Russell
Screenplay by	Mike Werb
Story past	Michael Fallon Mark Verheiden
Based on	The Mask by Dark Equus caballus Comics
Produced by	Bob Engelman
Starring	Jim Carrey Peter Riegert Peter Greene Amy Yasbeck Richard Jeni Cameron Diaz
Cinematography	John R. Leonetti
Edited by	Arthur Coburn
Music past	Randy Edelman
Production companies	New Line Productions Dark Equus caballus Entertainment
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date	July 29, 1994 (1994-07-29)
Running time	101 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English language
Upkeep	$18–23 one thousand thousand[2] [3]
Box office	$351.6 meg[2]

The Mask is a 1994 American superhero one-act film directed by Chuck Russell, produced by Bob Engelman, and written by Mike Werb, loosely based on the Mask comics published by Night Horse Comics. The start installment in The Mask franchise, information technology stars Jim Carrey in the title role, Peter Riegert, Peter Greene, Amy Yasbeck, Richard Jeni, and Cameron Diaz in her moving picture debut. Carrey plays Stanley Ipkiss, a hapless, everyday bank clerk who finds a magical wooden green mask that transforms him into The Mask, a greenish-faced troublemaker with the power to cartoonishly change himself and his surroundings at will. He starts using these powers to fight crime, just to become targeted past Dorian Tyrell, a gangster who desires to overthrow his superior.

The picture was released on July 29, 1994, by New Line Cinema, becoming a critical and commercial success. The motion-picture show grossed over $351 million on a $18–23 one thousand thousand budget, which made it the second most assisting film based on a comic up to that bespeak, behind Superman (1978). The film also influenced the resurgence of swing music in the 1990s. Information technology cemented Carrey'due south reputation as a significant actor of the 1990s, and it established Diaz as a leading lady. Carrey was nominated for a Gilt Earth for his role, and the moving picture was nominated for the Academy Honor for Best Visual Effects but lost to Forrest Gump. A standalone sequel, Son of the Mask, was released in 2005 to a critical and box office failure.

Plot [edit]

In Edge City, insecure and down on his luck cartoon-loving banking company clerk Stanley Ipkiss is frequently ridiculed by everyone except for his co-worker and best friend, Charles "Charlie" Schumaker. Meanwhile, gangster Dorian Tyrell, who owns the Coco Bongo nightclub, plots to overthrow his superior, Niko. I day, Tyrell sends his dazzling vocaliser girlfriend, Tina Carlyle, into the depository financial institution to record its layout for an upcoming robbery. Stanley is attracted to Tina and she seemingly reciprocates.

Unable to enter the Coco Bongo to watch Tina perform and after his faulty loaner car breaks downward while driving home, Stanley despairingly looks over the harbor bridge, lost in idea of what to do. His stream of idea is interrupted, nonetheless, when he finds a foreign wooden mask near the harbor. Upon returning to his apartment and donning the mask, he becomes a mischievous light-green-faced figure known as "The Mask", who tin cartoonishly alter himself and his environs at will. With his newfound confidence and lack of inhibitions, Stanley indulges in a comical binge through the city, humiliating several of his tormentors, including his temperamental landlady, Agnes Peenman, and the mechanics who gave him the faulty car.

The side by side morning, Stanley encounters detective Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway and newspaper reporter Peggy Brandt, both of whom are investigating the Mask's action. To obtain the funds necessary to attend Tina's performance, Stanley again dons the mask and raids the banking company, inadvertently foiling Tyrell's robbery in the procedure. At the Coco Bongo, Stanley becomes infatuated with Tina, who he ends up kissing after sharing an exuberant dance with her. Shortly after, after Tyrell confronts him for disrupting the robbery and stealing his girlfriend, Stanley flees, leaving backside a flake of cloth from his suit, which turns dorsum into a piece of his pajamas.

After absorbing Tyrell and his henchman, Kellaway finds the piece of cloth and suspects Stanley to be the perpetrator. The next day, Stanley consults Doctor Arthur Neuman, a psychiatrist who has recently published a volume on masks and deduces that the mask is a cosmos of Loki. It is as well revealed that the mask's powers are just active during the night. Afterward that night, Stanley meets Tina at a local park as the Mask, which initially disturbs her, along with being too strong and wild towards her, merely he manages to win her over with his amuse and sweet nature to the point they are about to osculation until they are interrupted by Kellaway, who attempts to capture him. Stanley flees with Peggy after he manages to distract the police with a mass performance of the titular song from Cuban Pete; she so betrays him to Tyrell, who was released due to insufficient evidence connecting him or his henchmen to the robbery, for a $50,000 bounty. Tyrell dons the mask, becoming a bulky and malevolent green-faced beingness. Tyrell'southward henchmen forcefulness Stanley to reveal where the stolen money is, before turning him in to the police.

When Tina visits Stanley in the station, he urges her to leave the city. Tina thank you Stanley for showing her kindness and warmth she wasn't used to and tells him he didn't need the mask to be special to her. She attempts to flee, but is kidnapped by Tyrell and forcibly taken to a charity brawl at the Coco Bongo, hosted past Niko and attended past the urban center'due south aristocracy, including the mayor. Upon arrival, the masked Tyrell kills Niko and prepares to destroy the guild with a time bomb. Milo, Stanley's dog, helps Stanley escape from the station past retrieving the keys from the baby-sit. Stanley and then sets out to end Tyrell, taking Kellaway hostage.

After locking Kellaway in his machine, Stanley enters the society and manages to enlist the aid of Charlie, but is soon after discovered and captured. Tina tricks Tyrell into taking off the mask, which is recovered and donned by Milo, who battles his way through Tyrell's henchmen as Stanley and Tyrell fight against each other. After recovering the mask, Stanley uses it to salve Tina by disposing of the bomb seconds before information technology detonates, and then defeats Tyrell by sending him downwards the drain of the club'southward ornamental fountain. The police get in and abort Tyrell's henchmen. Kellaway attempts to abort Stanley again, simply the mayor intervenes, telling Kellaway and the police that Tyrell was the Mask all along as a way of releasing Stanley. After Stanley and his allies get out, the mayor informs Kellaway that he needs to accept a serious meeting with him in the morning.

The post-obit twenty-four hours, Stanley, now exonerated and non wanting to encounter the law again, decides to dispose of the mask at the harbor, informing Tina that he will henceforth just be himself. She discards it earlier sharing a osculation with Stanley, to his delight. During this, Charlie tries to call up the mask for himself, only for Milo to swim away with it.

Cast [edit]

• Jim Carrey as Stanley Ipkiss / The Mask: An everyday polite, nice, kind, down on his luck banking company employee who is mistreated and taken reward of by people which Carrey commented that he characterized Stanley afterward his own father: "a nice guy, just trying to get past." When he wears the Mask, Stanley becomes a mischievous, green-faced effigy known as The Mask who has the ability to cartoonishly alter himself and his surroundings at will.
• Max as Milo, Stanley's Jack Russell Terrier. When wearing the Mask, Milo becomes quite aggressive and mischievous, but is withal friendly and loyal to his owner.^{[iv] [5]}
• Peter Greene as Dorian Tyrell, a mafia officer who desires to overthrow his superior, Niko. He is a psychopathic, manipulative, and arrogant private with petty regard for those lives destroyed as a issue of his ambition. When wearing the Mask, Tyrell becomes a bulky and malevolent existence that speaks in a deep demonic voice.
• Cameron Diaz every bit Tina Carlyle, Tyrell's glamorous and beautiful girlfriend who is also attracted to Stanley. Tina is dissatisfied with Tyrell equally a partner just does not defy him until she has been courted past his rival.
• Orestes Matacena as Niko, Tyrell's superior and the owner of the Coco Bongo.
• Peter Riegert as Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway, A slightly contemptuous police detective lieutenant who pursues the Mask, Tyrell, and Niko throughout the motion picture.
• Jim Doughan as Detective Doyle, Kellaway'southward slightly inept partner.
• Richard Jeni as Charles "Charlie" Schumaker, Stanley's best friend. Charlie is amiable but tin exist selfish or irrational at times.
• Amy Yasbeck as Peggy Brandt, a reporter. The character appeared in the animated serial.
• Jeremy Roberts every bit Bobby, ane of Tyrell's henchmen employed equally the bouncer at the Coco Bongo. He is a friend of Charlie.
• Ben Stein every bit Doctor Arthur Neuman: A psychologist who tells Stanley about the mask being a creation of Loki. He is also the author of the book, The Masks Nosotros Wear, which deals with people portraying themselves differently to others.
• Ivory Ocean as Mayor Tilton: The mayor of Edge City.
• Reg E. Cathey as Freeze, ane of Tyrell's henchmen and a loyal friend of his.
• Denis Woods as Sweet Boil, one of Tyrell's henchmen.
• Eamonn Roche every bit Mr. Dickey, Stanley and Charlie's supervisor at Edge Urban center Bank.
• Nancy Fish equally Agnes Peenman, Stanley'southward temperamental landlady.
• Nils Allen Stewart as Orlando, one of Tyrell'southward henchmen.
• Blake Clark as Murray, Peggy's supervisor at the city's local paper.

Production [edit]

Evolution [edit]

In 1989, Mike Richardson and Todd Moyer, who was Executive Vice President of Dark Horse Comics, get-go approached New Line Cinema most adapting the comic The Mask into a film, afterward having seen other offers. The chief character went through several transformations, and the projection was stalled a couple of times.^[vi]

1 unused "Mask" thought, co-ordinate to Mike Richardson, was to transform the story into ane almost a mask-maker who took faces off of corpses to put them on teens and turn them into zombies.^[seven]

Initially intended to get a new horror franchise, New Line Cinema offered the job of directing the film to Chuck Russell.^[8] Russell found the violence of the comic to be off-putting, and wanted the film to be less grim and adult-oriented and more than fun and family-friendly than the source fabric.^[ix]

Writing [edit]

Mike Werb says Chuck Russell tapped him afterward reading his script for Curious George for Imagine. The two decided to turn The Mask into a wild romantic one-act.^[ten] Mike Werb wrote his offset draft of The Mask in less than 6 weeks, and less than 2 months later on it was light-green-lit.^[11]

According to Mark Verheiden, they had a kickoff draft screenplay for a film version done back in 1990. Verheiden then wrote the second draft in early 1991, calculation more than humor, and that ended upwardly being the only piece of work he did on The Mask. Veriheiden's revised typhoon included more instances of fourth wall breaking like "cameos" by critics Siskel and Ebert, and night content such as excessive bloodshed and sexual assault. The characters Stanley, Kellaway, and Doyle carried into the final picture; Stanley'due south girlfriend Kathleen (inspired by Kathy from the comics) evolved into Tina Carlyle while Scully and Vitelli became Dorian Tyrell and Niko respectively.^[12] Afterwards that, the film entered development hell.^[13]

Casting [edit]

In the early stages various actors were suggested as possibilities for the pb role, including Rick Moranis, Martin Short, and Robin Williams.^[14] New Line executive Mike DeLuca sent a tape of Jim Carrey performing a sketch from the one-act prove In Living Color to Richardson who was immediately impressed by the contortionist comedian.^[14] Director Chuck Russell had seen Carrey perform live at The One-act Store and followed him on In Living Color and was keen to cast him in the film. Carrey was peak of his list and the script had been rewritten for him merely Nicolas Cage and Matthew Broderick were also kept in consideration.^[14]

Russell had wanted Anna Nicole Smith as Tina, but she had gone to do Naked Gun 33+ 1⁄iii instead. A costume director he had worked with had been recommending Cameron Diaz and they got her to audition for the part.^[14] The character was originally written as a practiced girl who is really bad only later on Diaz was bandage the office was rewritten to make her genuinely a good person.^[14]

Visual effects [edit]

The Mask 'south visual effects were handled by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) and Dream Quest Images. The sequences in the picture which involved computer animation were supervised by ILM animation director Wes Takahashi.^[15] At that place were a lot of VFX scenes that had to be cut for upkeep.^[11]

Music [edit]

Soundtrack [edit]

The Mask: Music From the Picture show was released on July 26, 1994, on Chaos Records through Sony Music Entertainment. Information technology features music from Xscape, Tony! Toni! Toné!, Vanessa Williams, Harry Connick Jr., Carrey himself and more. The songs "Cuban Pete" and "Hey Pachuco" were also used for the trailer of the 1997 Disney picture Flubber.

The Mask: Music from the Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	July 26, 1994 (1994-07-26)
Genre	Swing, retro swing, pop rock, R&B, new jack swing
Label	Chaos/Columbia

Nautical chart	Position
Billboard 200	80[16]

1. "Cuban Pete" (C & C Pop Radio Edit) – Jim Carrey
2. "Who'due south That Human?" – Xscape
3. "This Business of Dearest" – Domino
4. "Bounciness Effectually" – Tony! Toni! Toné!
5. "(I Could Just) Whisper Your Name" – Harry Connick Jr.
6. "You Would Exist My Baby" – Vanessa Williams
7. "Hullo De Ho" – K7
8. "Allow the Adept Times Roll" – Fishbone
9. "Straight Upwards" – The Brian Setzer Orchestra
10. "Hey! Pachuco!" – Royal Crown Revue
11. "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" – Susan Boyd
12. "Cuban Pete" (Arkin Movie Mix) – Jim Carrey

Score [edit]

The record labels TriStar Music and Ballsy Soundtrax released an orchestral score soundtrack to The Mask later on the original soundtrack's release. The score was equanimous and conducted by Randy Edelman, performed by the Irish Film Orchestra, recorded at Windmill Lane Studios Ireland.^[17]

1. Opening – The Origin of the Mask
2. Tina
3. Carnival
4. Transformation
5. Tango In The Park
6. Lovebirds
7. Out of the Line of Burn
8. A Dark Dark
9. The Man Behind the Mask
10. Dorian Gets a New Face
11. Looking for a Style Out
12. The Search
13. Forked Natural language
14. Milo to the Rescue
15. The Mask Is Back
16. Finale

Reception [edit]

Box office [edit]

The film was a box-office success, grossing $119 million domestically and over $350 1000000 worldwide,^[2] condign the second-highest grossing superhero movie at that time, backside Batman. In terms of global gross compared to upkeep, the film became the nearly profitable comic volume movie of all time. The Mask is one of 3 films featuring Carrey (the others being Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Dumb and Dumber) released in 1994 that helped launch the actor to superstardom; The Mask was the near successful of these three films both critically and commercially.

Critical response [edit]

On Rotten Tomatoes the motion-picture show has a "Certified Fresh" approval rating of 80% based on reviews from 54 critics, with an average rating of 6.v/10. The site's consensus states: "Information technology misses peradventure every bit frequently as it hits, but Jim Carrey's manic bombast, Cameron Diaz'southward blowsy appeal, and the flick's overall cartoony bombast proceed The Mask afloat."^[18] Metacritic gave information technology a weighted average score of 56 out of 100 based on reviews from 12 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[19] Audiences polled past CinemaScore gave the film an average class of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.^[20]

On the television program Siskel & Ebert & the Movies, the critics gave the film "two thumbs up".^{[ commendation needed ]} Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times awarded the film three out of 4 stars, noting Jim Carrey for his "blithesome performance."^[21]

Accolades [edit]

The pic was nominated for Best Visual Effects at the 67th Academy Awards, simply lost to Forrest Gump. Carrey was nominated for a Gilt World but too a Razzie Award (for "Worst New Star").^{[ citation needed ]}

Year-finish lists [edit]

• Honorable mention – Betsy Pickle, Knoxville News-Sentinel ^[22]
• Honorable mention – Dan Craft, The Pantagraph ^[23]

Home media [edit]

The picture show was released on VHS and Laserdisc on January 18, 1995 (and later on DVD) by New Line Home Video. The VHS version included the Space Ghost Declension to Coast episode "The Mask", which featured interviews with Jim Carrey and Chuck Russell. It was subsequently released on Blu-ray Disc on December 9, 2008.^[24]

Other media [edit]

Animated serial [edit]

An blithe television receiver serial, entitled The Mask: Animated Series, was made over 54 episodes from 1995 to 1997, with Rob Paulsen as Stanley Ipkiss, his change-ego The Mask, and Neil Ross as Kellaway. Its concluding episode was a crossover with The Mask and another Jim Carrey character, Ace Ventura. This would later go along in an episode of the Ace Ventura: Pet Detective cartoon series.

Video game [edit]

A video game based on the movie, besides titled The Mask, was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System by Black Pearl Software.

Sequels [edit]

After the success of the original, a sequel picture show was planned, with magazine Nintendo Ability offering readers a risk, via sweepstakes, to win a cameo office in the motion picture.^[25] Carrey somewhen bailed on the project, forcing, amongst other things, Nintendo Power to give the winner of the contest the equivalent cash value instead.^[26] A standalone sequel, Son of the Mask, featuring neither Carrey nor Diaz, was eventually released in 2005, but information technology was a disquisitional and commercial failure upon release, and the franchise was put on hold indefinitely. The film is considered i of the worst films ever made.

On the possibility of a straight sequel to the 1994 film with Carrey reprising the function of Stanley Ipkiss and Diaz as Tina Carlyle, Mike Richardson said in a 2014 interview, "Nosotros've been talking about reviving The Mask, both in motion picture and in comics. We've had a couple of fake starts."^[27]

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External links [edit]

• Official Warner Bros. Site
• The Mask at IMDb
• The Mask at AllMovie
• The Mask at the TCM Movie Database

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