The Truman Show

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by Andrew Niccol

Type

Screenplays

Subject

One Film > The Truman Show

Keywords

Peter Weir, movie script

Publishing date

2012

Publisher

Newmarket Press

Collection

Shooting Script

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 160 pages
7 x 9 ¼ inches (18 x 23.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-55704-367-2

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Book Presentation:
Jim Carrey is Truman Burbank, the most famous face on television, only he doesn't know it. He is the unwitting star of a nonstop, 24-hour-a-day documentary soap opera called The Truman Show, with every moment of his life broadcast to a worldwide audience. Everyone around him is an actor. He is a prisoner in a made-for-TV paradise. This is the story of his escape.

Rarely has a first-time collaboration between a writer and director produced such a stunning result. In this book, both Niccol and Weir's lively talents and creative force come to light, as each contributes some highly original material to amplify the brilliant107-page shooting script, reproduced here in facsimile. Niccol has given us another version of The Truman Show, in photos and captions—in effect, our very own photo album. For his contribution, Peter Weir chose to let us in on the intricately detailed, often hilarious "backstory," which he wrote as part of his preparation, and eventually shared with the cast and crew during production. Also included are complete cast and crew credits.

About the Author:
Andrew Niccol, a New Zealander, wroteThe Truman Show before turning his hand todirecting. Gattaca, also an original screenplayby Niccol, was his feature film directingdebut—a science fiction drama about geneticdiscrimination.Academy Award® nominee Peter Weir previouslydirected Witness, Dead Poet's Society,Picnic at Hanging Rock, Gallipoli, The Year ofLiving Dangerously, The Mosquito Coast, andFearless. He lives in Australia.

Press Reviews:
A satire of Orwellian proportions, cleverly conceived, masterfully executed...with a knowing script that evokes the caustic wit of Paddy Chayefsky. -- Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter

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