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The Truman Show   1998             PG, 104 min. Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi Director: Peter Weir   Cast: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Holland Taylor, Ed Harris, Brian Delate, Una Damon, Paul Giamatti, Philip Baker Hall, Blair Slater, Peter Krause, Heidi Schanz, Ron Taylor, Don Taylor   Insurance salesman Truman Burbank's (Jim Carrey) entire life has been documented as well as broadcast nationally on a 24-hour basis. All the people around Truman are actors, and Truman lives and works in a huge studio. Despite his made-up world, Truman thinks he is an ordinary man—until he decides to experience life in the outside world. Academy Award nominations included Best Director and Supporting Actor (Ed Harris).    1 User Review User Review A good movie that doesn`t quite gel 1fatts 03/31/2007    The elements are all here, and it is a professonal job. Weir directs; Ed Harris was up for an oscar; a solid performance from Laura Linney and Jim Carrey plays confused without going over the top. And the script is everyone`s paranoid fantasy brought to life. It is enertaining, amusing, more-or-less satisfying, and has a couple of nice scenes taking advantage of good production values. Then why isn`t it better than this? Why isn`t this allegory of the central question in so many lives -- isn`t there more to me than this? -- more moving? more challenging? more significant? I think the director sets the mark rather lower than he might have. Carrey is fine, but not better than fine. There are levels of shading that the actor doesn`t bring and the director doesn`t seek. Ed Harris` final confrontation with Truman, which should be man facing his creator, falls flat because Carrey isn`t man enough and Harris` creator isn`t high enough. Still, a good film and well worth a few hours of your time. But one of those films where you wonder what someone else who was willing to take a few more chances could have made of this. Cast Jim Carrey Truman Burbank Laura Linney Meryl Burbank/Hannah Noah Emmerich Marlon Natascha McElhone Lauren/Sylvia Holland Taylor Truman`s Mother Ed Harris Christof Brian Delate Truman`s Father Una Damon Chloe Paul Giamatti Control Room Director Philip Baker Hall Network Executive Blair Slater Young Truman Peter Krause Lawrence Heidi Schanz Vivien Ron Taylor Ron Don Taylor Don

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