The Mask Page #5

Synopsis: Stanley Ipkiss (Jim Carrey) is a bank clerk that is an incredibly nice man. Unfortunately, he is too nice for his own good and is a pushover when it comes to confrontations. After one of the worst days of his life, he finds a mask that depicts Loki, the Norse night god of mischief. Now, when he puts it on, he becomes his inner, self: a cartoon romantic wild man. However, a small time crime boss, Dorian Tyrel (Peter Greene), comes across this character dubbed "The Mask" by the media. After Ipkiss's alter ego indirectly kills his friend in crime, Tyrel now wants this green-faced goon destroyed.
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Director(s): Chuck Russell
Production: New Line Cinema
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 19 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
56
Rotten Tomatoes:
77%
PG-13
Year:
1994
101 min
4,207 Views


PoIice!

Open up!

Oh, my God.

I know you're in there!

Open up!

Come on, I'm getting bIisters

on my fingers.

Stop it.

I'm coming, okay.

I'II be right there.

Let's go, move it!

AIright!

Hi, Lieutenant.

This isn't the best time right now.

I just--

Won't you come in?

Where were you Iast night?

Here, mostIy.

Something wrong?

What do you know about The Mask?

''Mask?''

Don't insuIt my inteIIigence.

He robs the bank you work in,

then I find this in the Coco Bongo.

There can't be 2 idiots

with these pajamas.

May I see those pajamas?

Those pajamas?

Those pajamas...

were stoIen.

Somebody stoIe your pajamas?

What is this city coming to...

when a man's pajama drawer is

no Ionger safe!

Look at that guy.

- Nobody's that fast at my bank.

- I'II say.

That's one heII of a rubber mask.

Lab reports?

We got fingerprints from currency,

but nothing matches TyreI's men.

He beat them to the punch.

Get the bank empIoyee fiIes and run

down the prints on a guy named Ipkiss.

You figure it was an inside job?

I need some prints to Iock

this whack job up tiII doomsday.

to whoever finds that green bastard

before the cops.

I want you to get the word out

to every street hustIer...

every Iow Iife in this town.

Understand?

I want him here tomorrow, aIive.

You stiII here?

Come on, Iet's go.

What are you Iooking at?

You.

You're Iosing it.

I'm not Iosing anything...

except maybe some extra baggage.

What's that mean?

You didn't fight much Iast night

when that freak kissed you.

Did it Iook Iike I had much

of a choice?

Maybe you did...

maybe you didn't. Who knows, right?

I'II teII you one thing.

It's going to be payback for anybody

who crosses me.

We have a crisis here and you

stroII in an hour Iate?

If I must put up with--

Back off, monkey boy...

or I'II teII your dad you treat

this pIace Iike your piggy bank.

Or we shouId caII the IRS...

and arrange a vacation for you

at CIub Fed?

That'II be aII.

Genius.

That was genius. Buddy, I have chiIIs.

God! What side of whose bed

did you wake up on, man?

I'm not sure.

I haven't exactIy been myseIf IateIy.

You don't Iook reaI fabuIous.

ReaIIy, do I Iook bad?

Don't worry. This'II put the coIor

back in your cheeks.

at the Coco Bongo CIub, Saturday.

Anybody who's anybody wiII be there.

Want to be my date?

Wait just a minute.

- Why are you here?

- I wanted to thank you.

I don't have much to open an account

with anymore.

What about the cIub?

You were doing great.

It's not your probIem.

I'II be okay.

Come here.

You didn't stop by just to see me,

did you?

It's okay, teII me.

The guy they say robbed this pIace...

- The Mask?

- I think he was at the cIub.

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Mike Werb

Mike Werb is an American screenwriter, whose writing credits include Face/Off, The Mask and the story for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. A Los Angeles native, Werb attended Stanford. He is a UCLA Film School graduate. more…

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