The Truman Show

Peter Weir offers a piercing portrait of a media-saturated society and highlights the touching humanity that stands in stark contrast to it.

Copyright: Park Circus, Paramount

  • Director

    Peter Weir

  • With

    Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Natascha McElhone, Ed Harris

  • USA 1998. 103min

  • Digital 4K

  • Certificate

    PG

Truman Burbank is an upbeat insurance salesman who thinks he lives a comfortable life in a suburban American town. He is, in fact, a guinea pig on a giant soundstage in Los Angeles, populated by actors playing characters in his life. A dark comedy anticipating our collective fascination with reality television, The Truman Show digs deeper than a straightforward satire, throwing into question the very definition of happiness.