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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9781415713136
Format: Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1415713138
Label: Paramount
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundFrenchOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Paramount
MPN: PARD030914D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 23, 2005
Running Time: 103 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: June 05, 1998
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Truman burbank has lived his entire life in a storybook community called seahaven. But what he doesnt know is that this too-perfect world is really a giant soundstage his friends and loved ones are actors and he is the subject of the worlds most popular live tv show. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/01/2007 Starring: Jim Carrey Noah Emmerich Run time: 102 minutes Rating: Pg
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The whole world is watching--literally--every time Truman Burbank makes the slightest move. Unbeknownst to him, in this hauntingly funny film by Peter Weir, his entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows--including his mother, his wife, and his best friend--is really an actor, paid to be part of his life. In this intriguing and surprisingly touching 1998 film, writer Andrew Niccol imagines an ultimate kind of celebrity, then sees it brought to life with comic intensity and emotional honesty by Jim Carrey in what may be the performance of his career. Carrey has exceptional support from Laura Linney and Ed Harris, but it's his show, in a portrayal that demonstrates just what kind of range Carrey is capable of. --Marshall Fine
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This is one stupid movie. Not just stupid, insultingly stupid. And the fact that there are so many glowing reviews proves how stupid human beings are in general. To make a long and very boring story short, the message is that we're not in control of our lives. We are mere puppets on a string... manipulated and controled by a higher power. Oh, and of course because movie makers and the media "think" they are Gods, why not portray themselves as such? So the whole movie is built around a bloody TV show! The producers etc are the "Gods" who can make anything happen... from the sun rising to the oceans storming. It's such a dumb premise I don't know where to begin. Allow me to ruin the movie by telling you the ending. Wait for it, wait for it... he sails to the end of the world (the ridiculously large "set") and walks off the show (walks out the exit door). Well done sir. It means absolutely nothing, but well done. So... what has changed for me after watching this movie? I still don't believe ... Read More
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The first time I saw The Truman Show, I was hooked. The movie is highly critical of the media and of how reality is manipulated to entertain the largest group of people. I have always been critical of the way television shows always claim to distribute "reality" to the public, and The Truman Show exemplifies many of the reasons reality television is so highly criticized. Truman, played by Jim Carrey, is an engaging character whose life is displayed on camera for the world to watch. He is surrounded by actors hired to interact with him and inspire the emotion that makes Truman so interesting to watch. The emotions and actions of the actors aren't real, so though they are believable, Truman's emotions and actions cannot be real either. Truman is floating in a naïve sense of truth. This movie illustrates how though we may believe that what the Television is flashing before us is reality, there is a truth much different from what is displayed on the screen; and we should be critical ... Read More
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The concept behind `The Truman Show' is more pertinent to us today than it was when the film was released. Sure, the idea of television controlling the world is not a new one, but in a world where every new television program is another take at the reality genre it becomes more and more probable that an event such as this one may one day take place. The opening words by the shows creator say it all:
"We've become bored with watching actors give us phony emotions. We are tired of pyrotechnics and special effects."
With that said, `The Truman Show' begins. The film tells the story of Truman Burbank, the only non-actor in a world filled with actors. He is married to an actress; his best friend is an actor; his high school teachers and current employer and seriously everyone around him, from his mother to his late father to the person that happens to walk by his house at precisely the same moment every morning. The thing is, Truman doesn't know this. He actually ... Read More
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I like this movie alot; I like Jim Carrey as a serious actor and as a semiserious one. He is an incredible actor. The story gives one pause to consider what if my life had been entirely staged, scripted, and was on display 24 hours a day. Yikes!
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For me to give a 5-star rating to any Jim Carrey movie, before I saw this 1, I'd say you'd see the sun rise in the west first; or see Bush become a Christian!
Very very small-the ending, kind of leaves 1 hanging; especially with Natascha's character when she rejoices over Carrey's choice and throws on her coat and runs out the door, where's she going? To him?
But for what the movie is and attempts to accomplish, BRAVO x 1000. To qualify, for people who are not into a surreal brand of movie, without question, avoid this one!
Ed Harris' character Christof? Like Carrey's, bravo! A little malevolent, at the end when he tells Truman to choose to stay; is it love, or control? Masterfully played! And Laura Linney, always outstanding. Natascha McElhone? First roll I've seen her in but, as with Harris and Carrey, very poignantly played!
Some of the philosophical questions attacked, interestingly enough, are issues, and choices, America is contending with today.
What ... Read More
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