The story takes place in 1951. The protagonist Peter Epton (Jim Carrey) is a young Hollywood playwright. At that time, Hollywood was under the hood of " Mccarthyism, " and the Anti-American Activities Committee (HUAC) conducted a rigorous investigation of filmmakers with left-wing views and put these people on the blacklist of the so-called ***. Peter was blacklisted because of an unintentional act in college, and he lost his job and girlfriend.
After suffering a double whammy, Peter ran to the bar to relax his sorrows and decided to leave the city and start life again in a new place. Unexpectedly, he was drunk in a car accident on the way away, severely injured his head and lost his memory. Thanks to a kind gentleman Stan who rescued him and took him to a small town named Ronson.
When Stan introduced Peter to the residents of the small town, everyone thought he was Luke who died on the battlefield of World War II in 1942. Luke's father Harry (Martin Landu) was "resurrected" for his son's death. ecstatic. So Peter naturally became Luke and lived in the small town. He repaired the movie theater that "father" had been running unintentionally, allowing the theater to lead the people of the town out of the grief of World War II; the work of the movie theater also gave Peter and Harry a heart-to-heart communication, which gave him a new idea of the movie. Passion; at the same time, Luke's original girlfriend Adele (Laurie Holden) also slowly fell in love with the new Luke, and the two young men fell in sweet love. …
It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. The agents of the Bureau of Investigation quickly found out Peter's trace and hurried to the town to take him back for trial. The truth about Peter's identity was revealed, which was a cruel blow to all Luke's relatives and friends. What will your life be like in the future? Maybe Peter can find the answer in the movie.
