THE TRUMAN SHOW (1998)****

(focus on reality TV vs. real life)

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Contains 14 movie quotes & 34 Academic Words (AWL*).
For almost thirty years Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) has been the star of The Truman Show, the most popular show on TV.  Only he doesn’t know it.  Christof (Ed Harris), has been the show’s director the whole time.  He will do almost anything to keep Truman where he is, a prisoner in his  own universe.  As Truman begins to realize the truth, he becomes bolder in his attempts to escape and find Sylvia (Natascha McElhone), the woman of his dreams.  The Truman Show takes a fascinating look into the world of reality TV, which has become so popular in recent years.  The drama lies where no one knows what a character will do next.  (3 Academy Award nominations)  Rated PG (103 min.) mike laib 2012

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120382/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Truman_Show

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