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The Mask (1994)
In Charles Russell's live-action comedy (with CGI-effects)
reminiscent of Tex Avery's best cartoons:
- Jim Carrey's tour-de-force of animated zany-ness,
in a dual role as the mild-mannered and nerdy bank teller Stanley
Ipkiss, and - after donning a magical mask - his metamorphosis
into a zoot-suited (in bright yellow), green-faced, flamboyant
and manic super-hero tornado and lady-killer, with the style of
Tex Avery cartoons of the 40s
- the scene of Stanley's first jaw-dropping sighting
of bank customer Tina Carlyle (Cameron Diaz in her screen debut)
after entering the lobby from a rainstorm
Views of Bank Customer Tina Carlyle
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- and then Tina's second entrance as a sexy blonde
night-club singer at the Coco Bongo Club that caused Stanley to
drool over her (with his eyes popping, mouth/jaw dropping and tongue
hanging out), and motivated him to engage in a frenzied, drum-accented
dance ("Let's rock this joint") with her - to the sounds
of Cab Calloway's "Hi De Ho"
- during the physically-impossible dance sequence in
the Coco Bongo nightclub, Stanely's smooch, when he leaned her down,
gave her a toothy and lascivious grin, and descended for the kiss,
shot in close-up
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- Stanley's scene-stealing dog Milo (Max, a Jack
Russell terrier)
- with lots of quotable lines and familiar one-liners,
such as: "OOO, somebody stop me" and "SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS-MOKIN!",
or sight-gags ("Sorry, wrong pocket"
when he pulled out a condom)
- the image of Stanley with gigantic guns pulled out
- a la Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry with
referential humor: "You gotta ask yourself one question. 'Do
I feel lucky?' Well do ya? Punks!"
- the image of Stanley with gigantic guns pulled out
- a la Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry: "You
gotta ask yourself one question. 'Do I feel lucky?' Well do ya? Punks!"
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Entrance at Coco Bongo Club
Stanley's Reactions
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