The Truman Show
The Truman Show is a 1998 American psychological comedy-drama film written and co-produced by Andrew Niccol, and directed by Peter Weir. The film depicts the story of Truman Burbank (played by Jim Carrey), a man who is unaware that he is living his entire life on a colossal soundstage, and that it is being filmed and broadcast as a reality television show that has a huge international following. All of his friends, family and members of his community are paid actors whose job it is to sustain the illusion and keep Truman unaware about the false world he inhabits.
Plot
Selected at birth and legally adopted by a television studio following an unwanted pregnancy, Truman Burbank is the unsuspecting star of The Truman Show, a reality television program filmed and broadcast worldwide, 24/7, through approximately five thousand hidden cameras.
Awards
Cast
- Brian Delate
- Don Taylor
- Dona Hardy
- Ed Harris
- Harry Shearer
- Heidi Schanz
- Holland Taylor
- Jim Carrey
- John Roselius
- Kevin D. Ross
- Laura Linney
- Marc Macaulay
- Marcia DeBonis
- Natascha McElhone
- Noah Emmerich
- O-Lan Jones
- Paul Giamatti
- Peter Krause
- Philip Baker Hall
- Philip Glass
- Terry Camilleri
- Una Damon
- Yuji Okumoto