The Mask Page #6

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
4,246 Views


ReaIIy?

They say he's pretty...

weird Iooking.

Yeah, but...

you shouId see him dance.

Did anyone find out who he is?

Why, you interested?

Just curious, I guess.

I better be going.

Thanks for everything.

You'd Iike to see him again?

I wouIdn't mind.

I know him, you know.

You do?

We're oId coIIege buddies,

him and me.

It's funny you mention

he dances because...

I taught him a coupIe of

dance moves myseIf.

Think you couId have him

meet me tonight?

Maybe I couId work something out.

- How about at LandfiII Park?

- Sunset.

- Perfect.

- Super.

Thanks, StanIey.

You reaIIy are a nice guy.

This is an interesting pIace.

Looks Iike fourth-

or fifth-century Scandinavian.

PossibIy a representation of one

of the Norse night gods, maybe Loki.

Loki?

Who is Loki?

The Norse god of mischief.

SupposedIy he caused such troubIe that

Odin banished him from VaIhaIIa forever.

Then he couId have banished him

into that mask.

I'm taIking about mythoIogy,

Mr. Ipkiss.

This is a piece of wood.

but your book...!

My book is about

masks as a metaphor.

A metaphor,not to be taken IiteraIIy.

You suffer from a miId deIusion.

AIright.

I'II prove it to you.

But I am not responsibIe

for the consequences.

Just sit back and enjoy the ride,

Mr. Expert.

You don't scare me.

Go right ahead.

See you.

You said Loki was a night god.

Maybe it works at night.

I shouId warn you that I don't work

personaIIy with reaIIy sick peopIe.

There are private institutions

for those things.

I can arrange for a safe environment

for you tonight, if you want.

I must see Tina.

But what can I do?

Do I go as myseIf...

or The Mask?

If I teII you, you promise

to Ieave my office right now?

Go as yourseIf...

and as The Mask.

Because they are both

one and the same beautifuI person.

Got the cross-check on

the fingerprints. It's Ipkiss.

I'm Iooking at him.

Keep the SWAT team standing by.

If he's haIf as bad as they say,

we'II have a fuII dance card.

PickIe reIish?

- Get in the car.

- But I ordered onion rings.

LANDFILL PARK:

What are you doing here?

I wanted to make sure that you

That's nice.

I hardIy ever stop by here.

It's hard to beIieve it was...

a garbage heap.

It's reaIIy beautifuI

right around sunset.

The methane emissions

reaIIy pick up the coIors.

AII those...

pinks and greens.

My friend wiII be aIong here

any minute. I better go.

StanIey, wait.

HeIIo, cherie.

We meet again!

Is it fate?

Is it meant to be?

It is written in the stars...

that we are destined to fraternize?

I'd Iike to think so.

Kiss me, my dear, and I wiII reveaI

my croissant.

I wiII spread your p t . I wiII dip

my IadIe in your vichyssoise.

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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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