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starring: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Holland Taylordirected by: Peter Weir
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786305182993
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 630518299X
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: June 29, 1999
Running Time: 103 minutes
Sales Rank: 14364
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: June 05, 1998
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - ABSOLUTELY BEYOND OUTSTANDING
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 ... Read More
Rating: - Truman Show
Great movie that gets you thinking about your own perspective of reality. Jim Carey does very good and the best part is that he did not use one bit of crude humor like he does in many of his other shows.
Rating: - A triumph!
In the near future, Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) has lived a great life with a wife (Laura Linney), great job, friends and parents. But what he doesn't know is that his hometown is actually fake and that he is the star of a popular long running reality program that has monitored him since his birth in the world's largest TV studio ran by Christof (Ed Harris). His life has been witnessed by millions from across the globe, he wants to discover the true nature of his world for his seeks the truth.
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Rating: - A show so true man its terrifying
Jim Carrey's Truman Burbank has so many real life comparisons in this thought provoking film. Hidden cameras have been reported to be installed on every street in London. Big Brother, 1984, and it should make you stop to think how many few of your every day transactions have any privacy from perfect strangers.
Rating:  - Great idea for a film
When this came out, it was unique. I'd never seen anything like it. It was basically a film and filming a TV show. It sounded weird and almost Sci-fiish, but it was none of those things. It was actually a really good movie. Jim Carrey is perfect in this. It gives him the chance to really shine as an actor, combining the comedic and the dramatic to get an extrememly likable character. Its his best role, in my opinion. And, honestly, he is the reason to see this film because I don't think it would be ... Read More
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