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Directed by | Peter Weir |
Written by | Andrew Niccol |
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Cinematography | Peter Biziou |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 103 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $60 million[2] |
Box office | $264.1 million[3] |
The Truman Show is a 1998 American comedy-drama movie. It is directed by Peter Weir and was written by Andrew Niccol.
The movie shows the story of Truman Burbank, who does not know that he is living his whole life in a giant dome and is being recorded and shown as a live TV show. All his friends, family and community are actors who are paid to stop him from leaving and not say the truth to him.
The movie stars Laura Linney, Ed Harris, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Holland Taylor, Paul Giamatti, and Brian Delate.