What is the movie The Truman Show about?

This film tells the story that Truman is the hero of a popular soap opera. Everything around him is fake. His relatives and friends are all actors, but he knows nothing about it. Finally Truman walked out of this virtual world at all costs? .

The Truman Show is a film produced by Paramount Pictures in 1998. Directed by peter weir and starring Jim Carrey, laura linney, noah emmerich and Ed Harris. The film was released in the United States on June 1998.

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Creation background

199 1 in may, 2008, the screenwriter andrew niccol completed a page of story outline named Malcolm show. His original intention was to turn it into a sci-fi thriller, and the story took place in new york City. 1 In the autumn of 1993, producer Scott Rudin bought Nicole's script for110,000 dollars, and Paramount Pictures also agreed to release the film? .

Producer Rudin wants Nicole to be the director of the film, but Paramount thinks the shooting budget will reach 60 million dollars, lest Nicole be incompetent. Paramount paid Nicole extra money to let a first-line director direct the film. After learning that Brian De Palma missed the film, the producer contacted tim burton, terry gilliam, barry sonnenfeld and Steven Allan Spielberg successively. At the beginning of 1995, peter weir successfully signed a contract to be the director of the film on the recommendation of Nicole.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-The Truman Show