19981h 43mDir. Peter Weir

The Truman Show

Name: The Truman Show
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1998-06-04
Duration: 1 h 43 min
Rating: 5
Cast: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone

“On the air. Unaware.”

ComedyDrama

5.0 / 5.0

1 Community Logs

1st Half: 5.0 ★vs2nd Half: 5.0 ★

CineFriendz Split-Rating Metric (Pacing & Climax breakdown)

In a picture-perfect seaside town, an insurance salesman begins to realize that his entire existence may be staged and observed by a vast unseen audience as part of a long-running real-time reality TV show.

Starring:Jim Carrey,Ed Harris,Laura Linney,Noah Emmerich,Natascha McElhone

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Jim Carrey

Truman Burbank

Ed Harris

Christof

Laura Linney

Meryl

Noah Emmerich

Marlon

Natascha McElhone

Lauren / Sylvia

Holland Taylor

Truman's Mother

Paul Giamatti

Control Room Director

Brian Delate

Truman's Father

Peter Krause

Lawrence

Blair Slater

Young Truman

Heidi Schanz

Vivien

Ron Taylor

Ron

Key Production Crew

Director

Peter Weir

Screenplay & Writers

Andrew Niccol

Cinematography

Peter Biziou

Original Score

Burkhard von Dallwitz

Producers

Edward S. Feldman, Andrew Niccol, Scott Rudin

Film Details

Budget$60,000,000

Box Office Revenue$264,118,712

Original Languageen

Production Studios

Paramount PicturesScott Rudin Productions

Keywords & Themes

#escape#paranoia#dystopia#dark comedy#suspicion#video surveillance#deception#hidden camera#simulated reality #television producer

Community Reviews & Logs

Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

1ST WATCHImported Log

5.0

This is the biggest tragedy I have seen. I was really suffering with Truman the whole way. Peter Weir's direction was awesome but Jim Carrey was the one who made me believe that I was also a character in a show like him...

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