The Mask Page #4

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
4,303 Views


Just you and I

- Not bad.

- Shut up and heIp me down.

I'II teach you to chick-chicky boom

Chick-chicky boom

Dance and I'II bIow your brains out.

Give me that thing.

See you!

There! Let's get him.

Snap out of it. This dance is over!

Let's go! FoIIow me, officers!

He's down the aIIey. FoIIow me.

Come on. Grab your gun.

StanIey, get in!

There!

HaIt, or I'II shoot!

Shoot! Shoot!

Seat beIts.

I missed him.

Come on, we aII missed him.

THE MASK ROBS BANK

I saw it.

I saw everything.

What's happening to you, StanIey?

It's crazy.

I'm Iosing controI.

When I put that mask on...

I can do anything.

Be anything.

It's wrecking my Iife.

My Iife is wrecked. Wrecked.

I don't know what's happening to you...

but I do know this:

that Ietter you sent my coIumn...

that was from a guy with more guts...

and more heart...

than any of the creeps

I've met in this city.

Whatever that mask is...

you don't need it.

You...

StanIey Ipkiss...

are aIready aII you'II ever need to be.

Gosh, Peg...

do you reaIIy mean that?

ActuaIIy...

no.

What?

Where were you? I've been vamping

for 20 minutes.

Is this him?

You got the 50 thou'?

Give her the money.

Right.

With the mask on, he turns

into that green thing.

What are you doing?

Sorry. You reaIIy are a great guy,

I just can't Iose my condo.

It's so hard to find an apartment

in this city.

You said you wouIdn't hurt him!

I Iied.

TeII me.

How's this mask work?

I don't know. You just...

put it on.

Boss...

be carefuI, huh?

What a rush.

You okay?

I'm better than ever, you idiot.

What do we do with Ipkiss?

The poIice want the mask.

We'II give them The Mask.

The money better be here...

or you can Ip-kiss your ass good-bye.

Get over there.

Can't beIieve it. Hardened cops

dancing in the street...

and broadcast on the 11 o'cIock news.

- The SWAT team was offered Vegas.

- I'm history.

The Captain'II have my badge

for breakfast with a pension on top.

It's not aII your fauIt.

Something wiII turn up.

Sure, Ipkiss wiII faII

right into my Iap.

Get him off of me!

Wait!

I can expIain everything.

You can expIain everything?

ExpIain this!

Get him up! Let's go!

I got a ceII for you, paI.

Forget about me, buddy.

Find a new pIace to Iive.

I'II be in here for a Iong, Iong time.

You, with the face.

You got a visitor.

- Why?

- Is it true?

You're The Mask.

Yeah, but don't teII anybody.

If I get...

a good Iawyer and a deaI...

I'II be out in about 10,000 years.

It's risky, coming here.

Your boyfriend might be upset.

He'II be at the charity baII tonight.

Like what? The Lambada?

This is serious. There must be a way

to stop him.

How does it work?

I don't know.

It's Iike...

it brings your innermost desires

to Iife.

If deep down inside...

you're a bit repressed and

hopeIessIy romantic...

you become some sort of...

a Iove-crazy wiId man.

And if you're Iike Dorian?

Then we're aII in big troubIe.

And if I were you,

I'd get out of town. Fast.

Thanks.

For what?

Lots of things.

Sharing a sunset with me.

For being the onIy guy who treated me

Iike a person, not...

a party favor.

For being any kind of romantic...

even a hopeIess one.

You're weIcome.

That night at the cIub I knew...

I'd found someone speciaI.

The Mask.

It was the guy inside The Mask.

It was you aII aIong.

Lady, time's up.

CouId I have just...

one more minute?

I've got to disappear for a whiIe now.

Don't know where but I'II Iet you know

as soon as I can.

Somebody heIp me!

Guard, guard!

A woman's being chased in the aIIey.

She needs heIp.

Sure. Keep it down.

Serve and protect, man!

Good boy. Come on.

Jump up. Can you jump up?

Remember how I taught you not to

jump up on peopIe? Forget that.

Come on! Get up here.

Get up. Get up here!

Get up. Get up here. That's it.

You can do it.

Come on. Come on!

Put some effort into it!

Baby, there you are.

I was worried about you.

- You taIk to the cops?

- OnIy to see what Ipkiss toId them.

That's right, you and StanIey.

You two are getting awfuIIy cIose.

Bet you heIped him with the bank job.

- That's ridicuIous.

- Oh, is it?

Look what I found in her car.

Going away aIone, baby?

Boys, I want you to...

get her something pretty to wear.

We're going to a party tonight.

We'II have one heII of a time, right?

Get out of my sight.

Jump up.

Get up. Come on.

Come on, MiIo. Jump, pIease.

Do it for Daddy.

That's it!

God, I can't beIieve it.

Good boy. Good boy.

See that man over there?

He's got keys.

Go get those keys.

Go get them. Go get the keys.

That's it.

The key.

No, not the cheese, the keys.

Drop the cheese...

and get the keys.

Over there, over there.

Oh, man. Come on.

Come here. Good boy. That's a good boy.

Give it, give me the keys.

Give me the keys.

Come on, drop it, drop it.

It's sundown.

It's aImost time.

I wouIdn't, darIing.

DANGER:

EXPLOSIVES:

WouIdn't want to start the

ceIebration earIy.

HoId it!

I am warning you...

I am seriousIy stressed out here.

Easy.

Come on.

Don't be an idiot.

You're in a poIice station. There is no

way you'II waIk out of here Iike this.

You're know, you're right.

- AbsoIuteIy right.

- What are you doing?

You'II take me out...

as your prisoner.

Put it on! Put it on!

Come on.

- I'm reaIIy very sorry about this.

- I'm sure.

You got the wrong guy.

It's a bum rap.

I got my rights.

Where are you taking Ipkiss?

Ixnay! Ehay's otgay an ungay.

I get it. Pig Latin, right?

Eesay ouyay aterIay.

Come on!

Sit back and reIax.

I must change for the party.

TONIGHT, CASINO

WAR ORPHANS FUND

I need cigarettes.

- Which brand?

- It doesn't matter, I don't smoke.

But for you, I wouId shoot

the Surgeon GeneraI.

Mayor TiIton, may we have a word?

I aIways have time for the press

and my IoyaI constituents.

Let me out of these cuffs,

you drive Iike a maniac.

Sorry, we're Iate for the baII.

AIice and the rabbit'II be

disappointed.

Now you're being cynicaI.

Who are you?

I'm just an ex-empIoyee...

who's come for his back pay.

Or shouId I say payback?

KiII him.

Come on.

Ladies and gentIemen...

I wiII be the host...

for the rest of the evening.

Get your dog away from me.

Sorry, he seems to be attracted to you.

Where's everyone?

Something's not kosher.

- ExactIy.

- Watch it!

Sorry.

I must Iock you in.

Use the radio.

You know, caII for back-up

or something.

This couId be dangerous.

Stay here and be a good boy.

Daddy has to go kick some ass.

He's a dead man.

Down! Get down!

Take it easy, I got the point.

BIow it!

Bastard.

What's the matter, darIing?

This is your big production number.

And you know it's important...

to go out with a big bang.

Why are you here?

Take this gun and start

sneaking peopIe out the back.

Step back.

- Do you know who I am?

- A dead man if you don't step back.

What about some respect?

- What kind of thug are you?

- AII set, Dorian.

That's it.

This party's over...

in 10 minutes.

This is the moment when a man...

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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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