The Truman Show was filmed in Seaside Florida and released June 5, 1998.
Happy 25th Anniversary Truman movie!
"Good morning, and in case I don't see ya… good afternoon, good evening, and good night!" Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) cheerfully calls out to his neighbour. It's as predictable as the sun rising and setting, a part of Truman's unchanging everyday routine. Little does he know his whole life is a lie that is being watched by millions. Released in 1998, the one-of-a-kind film Hollywood film – a satirical sci-fi psychological comedy-drama – about one man living in a fabricated reality concocted by TV producers made an impact on its release, but no one knew quite how prescient it would be. In subsequent years, it has come to embody a myriad of cultural anxieties – about omnipresent surveillance, mass voyeurism, and the reality TV craze that has swept the globe, with all the attendant existential quandaries of living for an audience.
BBC:
The Truman Show: Has a film ever predicted the future so accurately?
The 1998 Jim Carrey film about a man whose entire life is filmed came to embody a new age of reality television. And, 25 years on, it continues to resonate, writes Emily Maskell.
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