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The Truman Show

Cast

Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone View All

Crew

Peter Weir (Director), Andrew Niccol (Writer) View All

Release: Jun. 4th, 1998

Runtime: 1 hour, 43 minutes

Truman Burbank is the star of The Truman Show, a 24-hour-a-day reality TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows, including his wife and his best friend is really an actor, paid to be part of his life.

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10 How is it going to end? (The Truman Show)

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JayDee
Film Trivia The Truman Show has actually inspired a condition called 'Truman Syndrome' or 'the Truman Show delusion'.

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Fabulous
The rest of the world watches every second of his life in the form of The Truman Show; a reality program that follows Truman around every step of the way.

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Iroquois
The bulk of the cast that surrounds Truman are supposed to be shallow one-note characters, though that doesn't preclude them from solid performances (especially Noah Emmerich as Truman's best friend, who does have moments that imply a greater depth that the film really explores).

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