The Truman Show is a 1998 American satirical social science

fiction comedy-drama film directed by Peter Weir and written

by Andrew Niccol. The cast includes Jim Carrey as Truman
Burbank, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Ed Harris and Natascha
McElhone. The film chronicles the life of a man who is initially
unaware that he is living in a constructed reality television show,
broadcast around the clock to billions of people around the globe.
Truman becomes suspicious of his perceived reality and embarks
on a quest to discover the truth about his life.
The genesis of The Truman Show was a spec script by Niccol,
inspired by an episode of The Twilight Zone called "Special
Service".[1] The original draft was more in tone of a science
fiction thriller, with the story set in New York City. Scott
Rudin purchased the script, and immediately set the project up
at Paramount Pictures. Brian De Palma was in contention to
direct before Weir took over and managed to make the film for
$60 million against the estimated $80 million budget. Niccol
rewrote the script simultaneously as the filmmakers were waiting
for Carrey's schedule to open up for filming. The majority of
filming took place at Seaside, Florida, a master-planned
community located in the Florida Panhandle.
The film was a financial and critical success, and earned
numerous nominations at the 71st Academy Awards, 56th Golden
Globe Awards, 52nd British Academy Film Awards and The
Saturn Awards. The Truman Showhas been analyzed as
a thesis on Christianity, metaphilosophy, simulated
reality, existentialism, and the rise of reality television.