The Truman show [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures presents ; a Scott Rudin production ; executive producer, Lynn Pleshette ; produced by Scott Rudin, Andrew Niccol, Edward S. Feldman, Adam Schroeder ; written by Andrew Niccol ; directed by Peter Weir.
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FilmPublisher number: 03091 | Paramount Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French Original language: English Subtitle language: English, Spanish Publication details: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, c2006, c2005.Edition: Special edDescription: 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1415713138
- 9781415713136
- Truman show (Motion picture).
- Director of photography, Peter Biziou ; production designer, Dennis Gassner ; editors, William Anderson, Lee Smith ; music, Burkhard Dallwitz ; costume designer, Marilyn Matthews ; casting by Howard Feuer ; visual effects supervisor, Michael J. McAlister.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | COMEDY Truman s | Checked out | 05/15/2024 | 33111007407824 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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 documentary, every moment of Truman's existence is captured by concealed cameras and telecast to a giant global audience. His friends and family are actors who smile pleasantly at Truman's familiar catchphrase greeting, "In case I don't see you later, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!" Employed at an insurance company, Truman is married to merry Meryl (Laura Linney), and they live in the cheerful community of Seahaven, an island "paradise" where the weather is always mild and no unpleasantness intrudes. This is the basic situation of the series, which has grown over the years into a billion-dollar franchise for the TV network. As an unwanted pregnancy, Truman was adopted by the network and raised in the zoolike environment of a TV soundstage. Thus, the TV audience became hooked when Truman was very young. Now, at age 30, he still doesn't know he's a prisoner on an immense domed city-size soundstage, simulating Seahaven. Both the illusion and the ratings will collapse if Truman ever leaves Seahaven. In addition to elaborate events staged to make sure he stays put, Truman is given constant reminders of how wonderful Seahaven is compared to dangers in other parts of the world. However, his growing suspicions make him curious enough to try to leave, and the show's director and master manipulator Christof (Ed Harris) must constantly devise ways to thwart Truman's escape attempts. To enter the harbor, Truman must overcome his fear of water, intentionally instilled in him when his father "died" in a boating accident and was written out of the script. Exteriors were filmed in the Victorian-styled upscale community of Seaside, Florida. In addition to the Burkhard Dallwitz score, original music by Philip Glass and classical excerpts are also featured. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
Copyright 2006 by Paramount Pictures--Videodisc.
Originally issued as a motion picture in 1998.
Special features: "How's it going to end? The making of the Truman show" [2 part documentary] (42 min.); "Faux finishing, the visual effects of the Truman show" (14 min.); deleted/extended scenes (13 min.); photo gallery; theatrical trailers (5 min.); TV spots (1 min.).
Director of photography, Peter Biziou ; production designer, Dennis Gassner ; editors, William Anderson, Lee Smith ; music, Burkhard Dallwitz ; costume designer, Marilyn Matthews ; casting by Howard Feuer ; visual effects supervisor, Michael J. McAlister.
Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Holland Taylor, Ed Harris, Brian Delate.
[An insurance salesman, Truman Burbank,] "is about to discover just how abnormal his seemingly 'normal' life is. What he doesn't realize -- just yet -- is that his whole life is a reality TV show, televised and broadcast for the world to see!"--Container.
MPAA rating: PG for thematic elements and mild language.
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 or 5.1 surround.
In English (2.0 or 5.1 surround) ; optional dubbed French language audio track (2.0 surround) ; optional subtitles in English or Spanish ; closed-captioned.