Quotes: We accept the reality of the world with which we're presented. It's as simple as that.
You belong here...with me. Talk to me. Say something. Well, say something, goddamnit! You're on television! You're
live to the whole world!
We've become bored with watching actors give us phony emotions. We're tired of pyrotechnics and special effects.
Out of my job. Out of this city. Off this island. Out.
everyone knows everything you do. They're pretending.
There's no more truth out there than there is in the world I created for you. Same lies. The same deceit. But in my
world, you have nothing to fear.
I know you better than you know yourself.
the world he inhabits is in some respects counterfeit, there's nothing fake about Truman himself. No scripts, no cue
cards...It isn't always Shakespeare but it's genuine. It's a life.
And it's another beautiful day in paradise, folks,
Nothing you see on this show is fake. It's merely controlled.
Cue the sun.
There, perfect. That's our hero shot.
we're going to be accessing the weather program now. So, hold on to your hats. You got that? No. I think we're going
to want to localize the storm over the boat.
Give me some lightning...Again! Hit 'im again!
He was born in front of a live audience!
Keep running. Increase the wind. Increase the wind!
Capsize him. Tip him over.
I am the creator of a television show that gives hope and joy and inspiration to millions.
You're welcome, Truman.
He knew we were following, something's wrong, uh, change frequencies! Ouch!
they can't drive the boat…They're actors!
Truman is the first child to have been legally adopted by a corporation?
what you've done to Truman is sick.
I'm determined that television's first on-air conception will still take place.
Went all over. Never found a place like this, though. Look at that sunset, Truman…it’s perfect.
Just between you and me, Marlon…I'm going away for awhile.
And the last thing I would ever do...is lie to you. I mean, think about it, Truman. If everybody's is in on it, I'd hafta' be in
on it, too. I'm not in on it, Truman, because...there is no "it."
They're on a loop. They go around the block. They come back. They go around again. They just go 'round and 'round!
Round and round!
As Truman grew up, we were forced to manufacture ways to keep him on the island.
You're afraid. That's why you can't leave.
I have been watching you your whole life. I was watching when you were born. I was watching when you took your
first step. I watched you on your first day of school. The episode when you lost your first tooth.
What? What'd you say? Who are you talking to?
Truman prefers his "cell,"
Is that the best you can do!? You're gunna hafta' KILL ME!
How can anyone expect me to carry on under these conditions? It's unprofessional!
It isn’t always Shakespeare but it is genuine.
Give me some lightning
Everyone’s pretending
Things: Truman is the star of a reality tv show that is watched by the whole world 24 hours a day 365 days of the year
without him knowing. Truman is raised to believe he is living a normal life when it is all a lie. Truman is subconsciously
influenced and controlled to stay on the island. The Truman show only works when Truman believes his reality is real.
Weir uses the film to make the viewer question their own reality. If you can not tell that something is real or fake then
does it matter? Truman is a dreamer and a explorer it is displayed in the opening scenes when he is looking in the
mirror, everyone can relate but can not prove that their life is true or not. Everything is manufactured. Sylvia the only
one that cares is taken away. There are so many little details discouraging him from traveling. Truman ends without
giving Christof the end off that he wanted. Truman will not be able to trust anything ever again. Truman hitting the
edge is like reality hitting him in the face. Truman is pushed up against a sign for free range chicken, this is a
metaphor for Trumans life. The audience is more imprisoned by the tv than Truman. “my life is my life is the Truman
show.” Weir shows what would be on the Truman show by putting a vignette on the screen which makes it look like
Truman is a fish in a fishbowl, metaphor that shows that Truman is a fish because he doesn’t know about his
surroundings. People imprison themselves watching the Truman show so that the show does not stop, and Truman
stays in the dome. CAMERA SHOTS AND ANGLES, MUSIC DIGETIC NON DIGETIC. Weir uses anticlimax. Weir
also shows that we the viewer are also trapped and the victim. Sirius 19 falls which is a metaphor for the start of a new
life and the end of something else. Truman sometimes acts like a actor because that is who he is raised by, he tries to
imitate them so he can seem like a actor at the start of the film. In the opening the credits for the tv show and
interviews with the actors for the tv show are played. The movie uses lighting and colour to take away the tragic
feeling. Weir writes around Trumans fear to keep it alive when Truman gets Meril to steer the car over the bridge. Weir
makes some of the movie hard to watch because it makes the viewer think what if that’s happening to me. Truman did
not want to know the truth he needed to. Wile the movie ends thinking positive Truman will never be able to trust
anything ever again, and he will be unable to return to reality because he is the most famous person on the earth.
Trumans single desire is to escape his normal life and explore the world. Trumans search for knowledge allows him to
overcome his fear of water. Truman hopes he is wrong and that he will sail and find land of another country or island,
but he needs to know the truth even if it makes his life worse. When Truman stops believing in his reality his reality
cracks and almost breaks. Christof is faced with the dilemma he continues transmission and risks Truman finding the
truth or he gets rid of Truman. Trumans drive to understand true reality is enough to cause his fake reality to collapse.
Truman walking through the exit door of the dome symbolizes Truman taking back control.
The Truman show is a movie directed by peter weir about a man named Truman who is the star of a reality tv show
that is watched by the whole world 24 hours a day 365 days of the year without him knowing. Nothing that is seen on
the Truman show is fake but it is very heavily controlled. In this essay I will discuss how Truman has no freedom and
how he is controlled for the benefit of others and how Peter Weir demonstrates that Truman reality is counterfeit and it
traps the viewers of the show Aswell as Truman himself.
Intro: Sentence about the Truman show introducing it to someone that has not seen it. Rewrite the prompt in your own
words. This essay will discuss (topic sentence 1,2 and 3).
Body Paragraphs: Topic Sentence. 2 or 3 sentences where you give reasons and examples (include quotes). A
sentence Summarizing the idea.
Conclusion: This essay (discussed/argued/compared/demonstrated) main idea 1, main idea 2 and main idea 3. In my
opinion (state opinion).
Topic sentence: Topic, focus (main idea) or Focus (argument), topic. Topic=Truman show. Focus= argument about
prompt.