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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Andrew Niccol (written by)
Release Date:
5 June 1998 (USA)
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Tagline:
All the world's a stage... more
Plot:
An insurance salesman/adjuster discovers his entire life is actually a TV show. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 29 wins
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34 nominations
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(133 articles)
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A True American Classic
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jim Carrey | ... | Truman Burbank |
 | Laura Linney | ... | Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill |
 | Noah Emmerich | ... | Marlon |
 | Natascha McElhone | ... | Lauren / Sylvia |
 | Holland Taylor | ... | Truman's Mother |
 | Brian Delate | ... | Truman's Father |
| Blair Slater | ... | Young Truman |
 | Peter Krause | ... | Lawrence |
| Heidi Schanz | ... | Vivien |
| Ron Taylor | ... | Ron |
| Don Taylor | ... | Don |
| Ted Raymond | ... | Spencer |
 | Judy Clayton | ... | Travel Agent |
| Fritz Dominique | ... | Truman's Neighbor |
| Angel Schmiedt | ... | Truman's Neighbor |
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MPAA:
Rated PG for thematic elements and mild language.
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Runtime:
103 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
Brazil:Livre (DVD rating) |
Philippines:PG-13 |
South Korea:12 |
USA:PG (certificate #34959) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:PG |
Belgium:KT |
Brazil:12 |
Chile:TE |
Denmark:11 |
Finland:K-12/9 |
France:U |
Germany:12 (bw) |
Hong Kong:I |
Iceland:L |
Ireland:PG |
Mexico:A |
Netherlands:12 |
Peru:PT |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:T |
Sweden:11 |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:PG
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Trivia:
The Trumania bit, where Jim Carrey draws on the mirror with soap and acts strange, was completely improvised by Carrey. In another take he drew long curly hair and a dress.
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Continuity: When Marlon is restocking the vending machine, he pulls yellow candy bars out of a box to put into the second row, the camera angle changes and when it come back again there was much fewer candy bars in the second row, not to mention they are no longer yellow. They're brown, again the angle changes and when it switches back the bars are again yellow and there are much more of them.
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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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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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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Shrek the Third (2007)
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Soundtrack:
Love Is Just Around the Corner
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When I first saw 'The Truman Show' I came out of the theatre amazed. This is your first clue that you are watching something different from your normal Jim Carrey movie. I love the dialogue, camera shot, performances, direction, music, and running time of this movie. There is nothing I would do to change it. I came away from 'The Truman Show' feeling inspired which is the goal of good filmmaking Jim Carrey was outstanding as Truman, underplaying him, not making him too comic or too dramatic, but giving true sincerity when asked. He deserved an Oscar nomination. Ed Harris has always been a good actor, but in this movie he's a great actor. He plays Christof with such arrogance and bullheadedness that you don't know whether he's helping or destroying Truman. He and the director, Peter Weir, deserved their Oscar nods.
Weir, who directed the great 'Witness', uses different camera angles to make you feel like you're actually watching 'The Truman Show' and not a movie. He ends it before you get tired of the concept and helped Carrey and Harris give immaculate performances. Andrew Niccol script is a real star in the movie too because of it's inventiveness and ingenuity. Overall, 'The Truman Show' is what I like to call a true American classic.