The Truman Show
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Peter Weir
Jim Carrey
Laura Linney
Ed Harris
Noah Emmerich
Paul Giamatti
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The film that made critics sit up and take notice of Jim Carrey's dramatic chops, the legendary funnyman is Truman Burbank in "The Truman Show," director Peter Weir's satirical look at a man raised from infancy to adulthood in front of television cameras. Unbeknownst to him, Carrey lives in a bubble where actors have played his family and cameras have followed his every move since the day he was born. When the seams in this make-believe world begin to split and he realizes his whole life is a lie, it leads to a breakdown - and a famous breakout. The 1998 film - Oscar-nominated for Best Screenplay, Director and Supporting Actor -co-stars Laura Linney and Ed Harris. .
Cast
Jim Carrey
Laura Linney
Ed Harris
Noah Emmerich
Paul Giamatti
Peter Krause
Natascha Mcelhone
Holland Taylor
Blair Slater
Jim Towers
Antoni Corone
Marco Rubeo
Joel Mckinnon Miller
John Pramik
Saemi Nakamura
Kiyoko Yamaguchi
Fritz Dominique
Krista Lynn Landolfi
Harry Shearer
Kade Coates
Millie Slavin
Susan Angelo
Yuji Okumoto
Al Foster
Joseph Lucus
Mario Ernesto Sanchez
Jay Saiter
Daryl Davis
Judy Clayton
Sebastian Youngblood
David Andrew Nash
Nastassja Schmiedt
Ron Taylor
Adam Tomei
Wilhelm Kempff
Carly Smiga
Mark Alan Gillott
Marcia Debonis
Savannah Swafford
Una Damon
R J Murdock
Dave Corey
Matthew Mcdonough
Joe Minjares
Tony Todd
Dona Hardy
Larry Mcdowell
Mal Jones
Muriel Moore
O-lan Jones
Arthur Rubinstein
Tom Simmons
John Pleshette
Zoaunne Leroy
Don Taylor
Jeanette Miller
Davis Roberts
Brian Delate
Logan Kirksey
John Roselius
Earl Hilliard
Ted Raymond
Philip B. Hall
Judson Vaughn
Terrance Camilleri
Angel Schmiedt
Heidi Schanz
Sam Kitchin
Philip Glass
Crew
Larz Anderson
William Anderson
Ted Andre
Bunny Andrews
Mike Arbogast
Chad Baalbergen
Pat Banta
Bob Baron
Craig Barron
Travis Baumann
Richard A Benoit
Kathleen Berkeley
Ron Berkeley
David Bernstein
Peter Biziou
Tammy Blackburn
Stella Bogh
Marc Bolan
Johannes Brahms
Bruce Bullock
Susan L Carpenter
Dylan Carter
Hazel Catmull
Peter Chesney
Frederic Chopin
Neil Clark
Blaine Converse
Alan B. Curtiss
Burkhard Dallwitz
Burkhard Dallwitz
Burkhard Dallwitz
Jackie Davis
Rosemary Dority
Mary Doumany
Stephanie Eastburn
Ricky Edwards
Christopher Evans
Edward Feldman
Howard Feuer
Jim Fredburg
David Fuhrer
Wilma Garscadden-gahret
Dennis Gassner
Lewis E. Gensler
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
David John Golia
Caroleen Green
Lowell Greer
Joseph F Griffith
Nancy Haigh
Laura Hanigan
Barbara Harris
Cheyrl Harris
Phil Heywood
David Hirschfelder
David Hirschfelder
Robert Huberman
Bette Iverson
Ellen Jacoby
Richard L Johnson
Tim Jordan
Joseph P Kane
Phil Kingry
Gokhan Kisacikoglu
Thomas Kittle
Karen Klein
Richard Klein
Kazimierz Kord
Brad Kuehn
Roger Kupelian
Robert Labonge
Mary C. Lane
Gail Laskowski
Elizabeth F Lavallee
Michael J Leeson
Mark Lewis
Patrick Lin
Ariana Lingenfelser
David Lingenfelser
Kevin Lingenfelser
Rick Lisle
Roland Walter Loew
Marilyn Matthews
Martin Matzinger
Michael J Mcalister
Dana Mcfadden
Nicholas Mcgegan
Thomas Minton
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Kurt Munkacsi
Jill Musser
Jay Nefcy
Andrew Niccol
Andrew Niccol
Brett Northcutt
Odin R Oldenburg
Martin Oswin
Joe Pasquale
Julie Pearce
Eric Pender
Andrew Plain
Lynn Pleshette
Judy Pritchard
Don Reddy
Christopher Regan
Leo Robin
Arthur Rochester
Eric Rosenberg
Kevin D Ross
Richard Luke Rothschild
Tommy Rowe
Scott Rudin
Adam Schroeder
Roland Scott
Jim Sevin
Todd Siechen
Eduardo Silva
John Simpson
Janek Sirrs
Lee Smith
Lee Smith
Todd R Smith
Randa Squillacote
Philip Steuer
Wendy Stites
Mike Thomas
Peter Townsend
Christopher W Trott
Morgan Trotter
Meredith Tucker
Durk Tyndall
Andrew Ullman
Tom Ward
Jason Wardle
Jonathan M. Watson
Eric W. Weinschenk
Rick Whitfield
Karin Whittington
Brad Wilder
Juliette Yager
Janet Yale
Mieko Yoshida
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Director
Best Original Screenplay
Best Supporting Actor
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for the 1998 award for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Andrew Niccol) from the Writers Guild of America.
Nominated for the 1998 Award for Excellence in Film Costume Design by the Costume Designers Guild.
Peter Weir was nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in 1998 by the Directors Guild of America.
Winner of the 1998 award for Best Original Score (Burkhard Dallwitz) from the Chicago Film Critics Association. Nominated for a further four awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Peter Weir), Best Screenplay (Andrew Niccol), and Best Actor (Jim Carrey).
Winner of the 1998 award for Best Original Screenplay from the Online Film Critics Society.
Winner of the 1998 award for Best Supporting Actor (Ed Harris) from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
Winner of the 1998 Film Critics of Australia Award for Best Foreign Film.
Winner of the 1998 Golden Satellite award for Outstanding Art Direction (Dennis Gassner, Richard Johnson, Nancy Haigh) from the International Press Academy.
Released in United States Summer June 5, 1998
Released in United States on Video January 12, 1999
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States June 1998
Released in United States September 1998
Shown at Venice Film Festival (Nights and Stars) August 26 - September 8, 1998.
Shown at San Diego World Film Festival June 2-11, 1998.
Shown at Deauville Festival of American Film September 4-13, 1998.
Dennis Hopper was previously attached in a supporting role but exited due to creative differences.
Ed Harris replaced Dennis Hopper in April 1997.
Jim Carrey reportedly received $12,000,000 for this film.
Jim Carrey reportedly received $12,000,000 for this film.
Completed shooting April 21, 1997.
Began shooting December 9, 1996.
Released in United States Summer June 5, 1998
Released in United States on Video January 12, 1999
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Venice Film Festival (Nights and Stars) August 26 - September 8, 1998.)
Released in United States 1998 (Film had its French premiere at the 1998 Deauville Festival of American Film.)
Released in United States June 1998 (Shown at San Diego World Film Festival June 2-11, 1998.)
Released in United States September 1998 (Shown at Deauville Festival of American Film September 4-13, 1998.)
Nominated for the 1998 award for Best Picture from the Broadcast Film Critics Association.
