The Truman Show (1998)

06/04/1998 (US) • 1h 43m

Comedy, Drama

On the air. Unaware.

Overview

Every second of every day, from the moment he was born, for the last thirty years, Truman Burbank has been the unwitting star of the longest running, most popular documentary-soap opera in history. The picture-perfect town of Seahaven that he calls home is actually a gigantic soundstage. Truman's friends and family - everyone he meets, in fact - are actors. He lives every moment under the unblinking gaze of thousands of hidden TV cameras.

Top Billed Cast

Jim Carrey

Truman Burbank

Laura Linney

Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill

Noah Emmerich

Marlon / Louis Coltrane

Natascha McElhone

Lauren Garland / Sylvia

Holland Taylor

Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair

Ed Harris

Christof

Brian Delate

Walter Moore / Kirk Burbank

Peter Krause

Lawrence


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83%

The Wolf of Wall Street

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$60,000,000.00

Revenue

$264,100,000.00

Keywords

escape

paranoia

dystopia

suspicion

video surveillance

deception

hidden camera

simulated reality

television producer

tv show in film

make believe

actor

tv show

allegory of the cave

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