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The Truman Show (1998) 8.0
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Reviews: 759 user | 177 critic | 30 from Metacritic.com An insurance salesman/adjuster discovers his entire life is actually a TV show. Director:Peter WeirWriter:Andrew Niccol |
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Cast
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| Laura Linney | ... | ||
| Noah Emmerich | ... | ||
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Plot Summary
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In this movie, Truman is a man whose life is a fake one... The place he lives is in fact a big studio with hidden cameras everywhere, and all his friends and people around him, are actors who play their roles in the most popular TV-series in the world: The Truman Show. Truman thinks that he is an ordinary man with an ordinary life and has no idea about how he is exploited. Until one day... he finds out everything. Will he react? Written by Chris Makrozahopoulos <makzax@hotmail.com>
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The World is Watching See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG for thematic elements and mild language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
5 June 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Truman Show See more »Filming Locations:
Falls Lake, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$60,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£2,210,999 (UK) (9 October 1998)Gross:
£9,771,416 (UK) (27 November 1998)Company Credits
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Christof: We've become bored with watching actors give us phony emotions. We are tired of pyrotechnics and special effects. While the world he inhabits is, in some respects, counterfeit, there's nothing fake about Truman himself. No scripts, no cue cards. It isn't always Shakespeare, but it's genuine. It's a life.
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by Marc Bolan
performed by The Big Six
Courtesy of Vinyl Japan UK Limited
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Goofs
When Truman crashes into the wall of the set with his boat, his hair, sweater, and trousers are completely dry, despite just going through a man-made storm. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Christof: We've become bored with watching actors give us phony emotions. We are tired of pyrotechnics and special effects. While the world he inhabits is, in some respects, counterfeit, there's nothing fake about Truman himself. No scripts, no cue cards. It isn't always Shakespeare, but it's genuine. It's a life.
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Crazy Credits
In the end credits, the cast is divided between Truman's World, Christof's World and The Viewers See more »Soundtracks
"Twentieth Century Boy"by Marc Bolan
performed by The Big Six
Courtesy of Vinyl Japan UK Limited
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Although it sometimes seems that Hollywood is catering to the lowest common denominator of everything, The Truman Show is proof that there are great ideas that are able to be turned into great movies. Jim Carrey plays an excellent role as a man with whom you can emphasize as well as be entertained by. The film's surrealistic nature is frightening when the viewer realizes the legal feasibility in today's society, and it offers a great message about who or what we assume God to be and how He (he?) would react to our personal drives for discovery to challenge a world we treat as an aquarium. Some things to note and ponder: The way the real-life viewers ignore the real lives of their compatriots and customers while focusing on a false life on screen; whose life is more real and whose is worth living? Also, note that Christof does not have his name listed among the "real world" in the credits, but in "Christof's World." His high-profile media-driven life is no different from Truman's!