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  • The Truman Show

About the Film

Year

1998

Rating

PG

Genre

Comedy / Drama

Running Time

104 MIN

Synopsis

He's the star of the show--but he doesn't know. Jim Carrey wowed critics and audiences alike as unwitting Truman Burbank in this marvel of a movie from director Peter Weir (Witness, Dead Poets Society) about a man whose life is a nonstop TV show. Truman doesn't realize that his quaint hometown is a giant studio set run by a visionary producer/director/creator (Ed Harris), that folks living and working there are Hollywood actors, that even his incessantly bubbly wife is a contract player. Gradually, Truman gets wise. And what he does about his discovery will have you laughing, crying and cheering like few film stories ever have.

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Where to Watch

Digital

About the Cast

Jim Carrey

Truman Burbank

Laura Linney

Meryl

Noah Emmerich

Marlon

Holland Taylor

Truman's Mother

Ed Harris

Christof

Natascha McElhone

Lauren/Sylvia

Brian Delate

Truman's Father

Una Damon

Chloe

Paul Giamatti

Control Room Director

Philip Baker Hall

Network Executive

About the Crew

Director

Peter Weir

Producer

Ed Feldman

Producer

Scott Rudin

Producer

Andrew Niccol

Producer

Edward S. Feldman

Producer

Adam Schroeder

Writer

Andrew Niccol

Music Scoring

Burkhard Dallwitz

Music/Score

Philip Glass