

In Edge City, insecure bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss is frequently ridiculed by everyone except for his coworker and best friend, Charlie Schumaker. A stand-alone sequel, Son of the Mask, was released in 2005 it was a critical failure and box office bomb. Carrey was nominated for a Golden Globe for his role, and the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects but lost to Forrest Gump. It cemented Carrey's reputation as a significant actor of the 1990s, and it established Diaz as a leading lady. The film also influenced the resurgence of swing music in the 1990s. The film grossed over $351 million on an $18–23 million budget, which made it the most profitable film based on a comic up to that point. The film was released on July 29, 1994, by New Line Cinema, becoming a critical and commercial success. Filming began on August 30, 1993, and concluded in October 1993. He starts using these powers mischievously, only to become targeted by Dorian Tyrell, a gangster who desires to overthrow his superior. Carrey plays Stanley Ipkiss, a hapless, everyday bank clerk who finds a magical wooden green mask that transforms him into the Mask, a green-faced troublemaker with the ability to animate and alter himself and his surroundings at will. It stars Jim Carrey in the title role along with Peter Riegert, Peter Greene, Amy Yasbeck, Richard Jeni, and Cameron Diaz in her film debut. Loosely based on the comics published by Dark Horse Comics, it is the first installment in the Mask franchise. The Mask is a 1994 American superhero comedy film directed by Chuck Russell and produced by Bob Engelman from a screenplay by Mike Werb and a story by Michael Fallon and Mark Verheiden.
