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"Peter Appleton, a 1950s Hollywood screenwriter who is about to see his first screenplay made into a film, is mistakenly called before the House Un-American Activities Committee. As a result, the studio pulls the plans for the film. Peter then finds himself in a small California town after a car accident takes his memory. There, the townspeople believe he is local hero Luke Trimble. Peter settles into his life at the Majestic theater, as Luke Trimble, until his memory begins to resurface and government men track him down."
"Peter Appleton, a 1950s Hollywood screenwriter who is about to see his first screenplay made into a film, is mistakenly called before the House Un-American Activities Committee. As a result, the studio pulls the plans for the film. Peter then finds himself in a small California town after a car accident takes his memory. There, the townspeople believe he is local hero Luke Trimble. Peter settles into his life at the Majestic theater, as Luke Trimble, until his memory begins to resurface and government men track him down."@en
"A Hollywood screenwriter who stumbles into tiny Lawson, CA, with his memory blanked out by an auto accident. There he's mistaken by the citizenry to be a long-lost war hero ... an identity that Peter also comes to believe while restoring the town's shuttered movie palace."@en
""Peter Appleton is an ambitious young screenwriter working for HHS Studios during Hollywood's Golden Age, 1951 in particular. Ashes to ashes is about to be released and he's dating the attractive movie star Sandra Sinclair. Just when everything seems to be going his way, it is discovered he (unwittingly) attended a Communist meeting during college when pulled there by his girlfriend at the time, and thus heavy suspicion settles over him and he'll have to stand before Congress. Afraid of what might happen if they don't, HHS cancels Appleton's contract and aborts the release date of the film. Appleton promptly begins to wallow in self-pity and spends nearly an entire night at a bar, then drives intoxicated through the streets ... until plummeting into a storm river and getting knocked unconscious, [then] washing up on the beaches of a small town called Lawson. Although the people there are pleasant and likeable, the town is depressed and lifeless due to having lost 62 of [its] sons in World War II. One of them, Luke Trimble, was missing in action, and, miraculously, Peter bears a striking resemblance to the black and white photos, close enough to fool even Luke's father, Harry. However, thanks to the blow on the head and the alcohol, Peter has suffered amnesia, and decides he must be who they think he is. Besides, it's not a bad life: Luke's beautiful lover, lawyer Adele Stanton, is all over him, the town has suddenly come back to life with excitement, and he and his 'father' rebuild a movie palace Harry used to run, the Majestic. Unfortunately, Peter's memory returns in time for G-men to track him down"--Internet movie database, March 28, 2003."
"A new love. A new hometown. Peter Appleton is having the time of his life...by living someone else's life. Jim Carrey plays Peter, a Hollywood screenwrite who stumbles into tiny Lawson, California, with his memory blanked out by an auto accident. There, he's mistaken by the citizenry to be a long-lost war hero...an identity that Peter also comes to believe while restoring the town's shuttered movie palace and romancing the girl he supposedly left behind. It's the perfect life and, perhaps, the perfect lie. But the truth is bound to surface."
"Peter Appleton, a 1950s Hollywood screenwriter who is about to see his first screenplay made into a film, is mistakenly called before the House Un-American Activities Committee. As a result, the studio pulls the plans for the film. Peter then finds himself in a small California town after a car accident takes his memory. There, the townspeople believe he is local hero Luke Trimble. Peter settles into his life at the Majestic theater, as Luke Trimble, until his memory begins to resurface and govenrment men track him down."@en
"Peter Appleton, a 1950s Hollywood screenwriter who is about to see his first screenplay made into a film, is mistakenly called before the House Un-American Activities Committee. As a result, the studio pulls the plans for the film. Peter then finds himself in a small California town after a car accident takes his memory. There, the townspeople believe he is local hero Luke Trimble. Peter settles into his life at the Majestic theater, as Luke Trimble, until his memory begins to resurface and govenrment men track him down."
"Hollywood, 1951. Finito sulla lista nera come comunista, senza sapere di esserlo, sceneggiatore di serie B perde la memoria e si ritrova a Lawson, cittadina ancora in lutto per l'alto numero dei suoi giovani caduti in guerra. Il padre di uno di loro riconosce in lui il figlio Luke, dato per disperso, e i concittadini gli danno ragione. Nella sua nuova identità lo smemorato fa restaurare e riaprire il cinema Majestic, riaccende le speranze, la voglia di vivere, la capacità di sognare. Riacquistata la memoria, dà una lezione di democrazia ai suoi accusatori. (Morandini)."@it
"Hollywood, 1951. Finito sulla lista nera come comunista, senza sapere di esserlo, sceneggiatore di serie B perde la memoria e si ritrova a Lawson, cittadina ancora in lutto per l'alto numero dei suoi giovani caduti in guerra. Il padre di uno di loro riconosce in lui il figlio Luke, dato per disperso, e i concittadini gli danno ragione. Nella sua nuova identità lo smemorato fa restaurare e riaprire il cinema Majestic, riaccende le speranze, la voglia di vivere, la capacità di sognare. Riacquistata la memoria, dà una lezione di democrazia ai suoi accusatori. (Morandini)."
"Dans les années 50, Peter Appleton, un scénariste de Hollywood soupçonné d'être communiste, perd son emploi. Devenu amnésique à la suite d'un accident, il se retrouve dans une petite ville californienne où il prend l'identité d'un soldat disparu."
"Peter Appleton, a 1950s Hollywood screenwriter who is about to see his first screenplay made into a film, is mistakenly called before the House Un-American Activities Committee. As a result, the studio pulls the plans for the film. Peter then finds himself in a small California town after a car accident takes his memory. There, the townspeople believe he is local hero Luke Trimble. Peter settles into his life at the Majestic theater, as Luke Trimble, until his memory begins to resurface and the government men track him down."@en
"Peter Appleton, a 1950s Hollywood screenwriter who is about to see his first screenplay made into a film, is mistakenly called before the House Un-American Activities Committee. As a result, the studio pulls the plans for the film. Peter then finds himself in a small California town after a car accident takes his memory. There, the townspeople believe he is the local hero Luke Trimble. Peter settles into his life at the Majestic Theater, as Luke Trimble, until his memory begins to resurface and government men track him down."@en
"Widescreen. Peter Appleton, a 1950s Hollywood screenwriter who is about to see his first screenplay made into a film, is mistakenly called before the House Un-American Activities Committee. As a result, the studio pulls the plans for the film. Peter then finds himself in a small California town after a car accident takes his memory. There, the townspeople believe he is local hero Luke Trimble. Peter settles into his life at the Majestic theater, as Luke Trimble, until his memory begins to resurface and government men track him down."@en
"A blacklisted Hollywood writer in 1951 gets into a car accident and loses his memory. He settles down in a small town when he is mistaken for a long-lost son."@en
"An amnesiac settles in a small town where he is mistaken for a long lost local hero."
"Peter Appleton, a 1950s Hollywood screenwriter who is about to see his first screenplay made into a film, is mistakenly called before the House Un-American Activities Committee. As a result, the studio pulls the plans for the film. Peter then finds himself in a small California town after a car accident takes his memory. There, the townspeople believe he is local hero Luke Trimble. Peter settles into his life at the Majestic theater, as Luke Trimble, until his memory begins to resurface."