The Truman Show

The Truman Show is a 1998 American science fiction comedydrama film directed by Peter Weir and written by Andrew Niccol. The film stars Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Ed Harris and Natascha McElhone. The film chronicles the life of a man who is initially unaware that he is living in a constructed reality television show, broadcast around the clock to billions of people around the globe. Truman becomes suspicious of his perceived reality and embarks on a quest to discover the truth about his life.

Truman Burbank is the unsuspecting star of The Truman Show, a reality television program in which his entire life, since the moment of his birth, is filmed by thousands of hidden cameras,hours a day,days a week, and is broadcast live around the world. The shows creator and executive producer Christof is able to capture Trumans real emotion and human behavior when put in certain situations. Trumans coastal hometown of Seahaven is a giant set built under a giant arcological dome in the Los Angeles area. Trumans family and friends are all played by actors, allowing Christof to control every aspect of Trumans life.During the 30th year of the show, Truman notices certain aspects of his nearperfect world that seem out of place. A theatrical light labeled Sirius falls from the artificial morning sky, nearly hitting him quickly passed off by local radio as an aircraft in trouble that began shedding parts and Trumans car radio picks up a conversation between the shows crew tracking his movements. Truman also becomes aware of more subtle abnormalities within his regular daytoday life, such as the way in which the same people appear in the same places at certain times each day and his wife Meryls tendency to blatantly advertise the various products she buys. ........

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