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MPAA Raing: PG
Director: Peter Weir
Genres: Psychological Drama, Media Satire, Comedy Drama
Box Office: / $125,600,000
Sound By: Dolby Digital/DTS
Released Date: June 05, 1998 (USA)
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Summary:
Peter Weir directed this comedy-drama, a commentary on all-pervasive media manipulation. Scripted by Andrew M. Niccol (Gattaca), the film plays like a combination of the British TV series The Prisoner and Paul Bartel's The Secret Cinema. Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) is unaware that his entire life is a hugely popular 24-hour-a-day TV series. In this real-time document... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Jim Carrey - (Truman Burbank)
Laura Linney - (Meryl)
Ed Harris - (Christof)
Noah Emmerich - (Marlon)
Natascha McElhone - (Lauren/Sylvia)
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Recalling such satires of TV mania as Network (1976) and Real_Life (1979), Peter_Weir's The Truman Show (1998) takes aim at the consumers and creators of the ultimate TV celebrity-victim. Shooting from a number of "hidden camera" angles as Truman Burbank goes about his day, Weir blends the eponymous TV show with the film, complete with ... Continue >>

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