"Sometimes your life comes into focus one frame at a time."

2001

2h 32m

6.8(768 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.

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Cast & Crew

81 members

Acting

Jim Carrey

Peter Appleton

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Martin Landau

Harry Trimble

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Laurie Holden

Adele Stanton

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Gerry Black

Emmett Smith

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David Ogden Stiers

Doc Stanton

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Bob Balaban

Elvin Glyde

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Jeffrey DeMunn

Mayor Ernie Cole

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Hal Holbrook

Congressman Doyle

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Brent Briscoe

Sheriff Cecil Coleman

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Ron Rifkin

Kevin Bannerman

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James Whitmore

Stan Keller

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Susan Willis

Irene Terwilliger

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Catherine Dent

Mabel

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Brian Howe

Carl Leffert

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Karl Bury

Bob Leffert

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Chelcie Ross

Avery Wyatt

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Amanda Detmer

Sandra Sinclair

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Allen Garfield

Leo Kubelsky

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Daniel von Bargen

Federal Agent Ellerby

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Mario Roccuzzo

Jerry the Bartender

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Earl Boen

Newsreel Announcer (voice)

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Bruce Campbell

Roland the Intrepid Explorer

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Cliff Curtis

The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid

Writing

Michael Sloane

Kindly Old Professor Meredith

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Garry Marshall

Studio Executive (voice)

Directing

Paul Mazursky

Studio Executive (voice)

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Sydney Pollack

Studio Executive (voice)

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Carl Reiner

Studio Executive (voice)

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Rob Reiner

Studio Executive (voice)

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Matt Damon

Luke Trimble (voice)

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Shawn Doyle

Federal Agent Saunders

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Frank Collison

Subpoena Server

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Bill Gratton

Daley

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Ginger Williams

Louise

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Ken Magee

Coastal Engineer

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Csilla Horvath

Nurse Muriel

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April Ortiz

Vera

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Larry Cox

Grauman's Usher

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Julie Richardson

Grauman's Bon-Bon Girl

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Scotty Leavenworth

Joey

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Grant Vaught

Boy on Beach

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Bob Wells

Reverend

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Kevin DeMunn

Western Union Man

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Matt G. Wiens

Spencer Wyatt

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Jeffrey Adams

Principal Swing Dancer (uncredited)

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Steven Lee Allen

Studio Guard (uncredited)

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Kris Andersson

Dancer (uncredited)

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Writing

Alvah Bessie

Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives, behind Cole) (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Writing

Herbert J. Biberman

Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives) (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Jennifer Blaire

Carl's Date (uncredited)

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Chris Carver

Dancer (uncredited)

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Writing

Lester Cole

Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives) (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Lathan Crowe

Casanova (uncredited)

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Production

Corey Foxx

Photographer (uncredited)

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Kate Greeke

Popcorn Girl (uncredited)

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Gordon Hart

Swing Dancer (uncredited)

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J. Edgar Hoover

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Jesse Jensen

Soldier (uncredited)

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Mary Kircher

Swing Dancer (uncredited)

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Tony Laanan

Grauman's Usher (uncredited)

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Writing

Ring Lardner, Jr.

Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives, behind Biberman) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Writing

John Howard Lawson

Self (Hollywood Ten, testifies) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Brian Libby

Studio Guard Hal (uncredited)

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Melissa S. Markess

Swing Dancer (uncredited)

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Production

Amanda Melby

Young Mrs. Trimble (uncredited)

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Christopher Metas

Cassanova (uncredited)

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Writing

Samuel Ornitz

Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives) (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Kimberly Prendez

Girl at Welcome Home Party (uncredited)

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Maudie Purcell

Old Lady (uncredited)

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Bubba Dean Rambo

Swing Dancer (uncredited)

Directing

George Ratliff

Dancer (uncredited)

Acting

Craig Richards

Studio Guard (uncredited)

Crew

Philip Romano

Sword fight (uncredited)

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Acting

Dave Rosenbaum

Swing Dancer (uncredited)

Production

Adrian Scott

Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives, behind Cole) (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Gary Sommers

FBI Agent (uncredited)

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Cole Spivey

Theater Patron (uncredited)

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Tai the Elephant

Elephant (uncredited)

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Robert Thorne

FBI Agent (uncredited)

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Directing

Jack Truman

Party Member (uncredited)

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Steven Paul Zsenyuk

Driver/Theater Patron (uncredited)

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