The Mask is a 1994 American superhero comedy film based on a series of comic books published by Dark Horse Comics. This film was directed by Chuck Russell, and produced by Dark Horse Entertainment and New Line Cinema, and originally released to movie theatres on July 29, 1994. The film stars Jim Carrey as Stanley Ipkiss . The film's supporting cast includes Peter Greene as mafia officer Dorian Tyrell, Amy Yasbeck as a newspaper reporter, Peter Riegert and Jim Doughan as two police detectives, Richard Jeni as Stanley's friend, Orestes Matacena as nightclub owner and mafia boss Niko, Ben Stein... as a psychologist, and Cameron Diaz in her feature film debut as Stanley's love interest Tina Carlyle. Carrey was nominated for a Golden Globe for his role. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, but lost to Forrest Gump. Protagonist Stanley Ipkiss , a clerk in an Edge City bank, is a shy, luckless romantic regularly bullied by nearly everyone around himself, whose only friends are his Jack Russell Terrier Milo and his co-worker Charlie Schumaker .
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| Release date: | July 29, 1994 |
| Directed by: | Chuck Russell |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 101 Minutes |
| Producer: | Robert Engelman |
| Editor: | Arthur Coburn |
| Music by: | Randy Edelman |
| Cinematography: | John R. Leonetti |
| Screenplay by: | Mike Werb |
| Estimated budget: | $18,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Mask |
| Genre: | Comedy, Fantasy, Action |