The Truman Show (1998)
Director
Peter Weir
Main cast
Jim Carrey; Laura Linney; Noah Emmerich; Natascha McElhone; Ed Harris
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Description
Truman Burbank is the star of "The Truman Show", a 24-hour-a-day "reality" TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life -- live and in color -- 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.
Peter Weir
Main cast
Jim Carrey; Laura Linney; Noah Emmerich; Natascha McElhone; Ed Harris
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Description
Truman Burbank is the star of "The Truman Show", a 24-hour-a-day "reality" TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life -- live and in color -- 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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