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Where was The Truman Show filmed?

1998 film, directed by Peter Weir.

  • Los Angeles

The story is set in United States, about 1,154 miles (1,857 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
United States
Filmed in
Los Angeles
Distance
About 1,154 miles (1,857 km) between United States and the nearest filming location.
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About The Truman Show

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Released
1998
Director
Peter Weir
Cast
Jim CarreyEd HarrisLaura LinneyNoah EmmerichNatascha McElhoneHolland TaylorBrian DelatePeter KrausePaul GiamattiDon Taylor
Genre
Science FictionComedyDramaTragicomedyDystopian
Awards
European Film Award for Best Non-European Film; Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation

Truman's hometown, Seahaven Island, is set inside an enormous soundstage in Los Angeles, which allows Christof, the show's creator and executive producer, to control nearly all aspects of Truman's life.

Sympathetic to Truman's plight, Sylvia tries to tell him the truth, but is promptly fired and removed from the set.

Inferring that the city somehow revolves around him, Truman questions his life and asks his closest confidants to help him solve the mystery.

Famous lines from The Truman Show

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • See here?Truman
  • Should I?Truman
  • This is us..Truman
  • Well, I'm Truman.Truman
  • Lauren. Right. Right.Lauren

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