The Truman Show 5 Star Movie
		Made: 1998 Cast: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Ed Harris, Noah Emmerich Director:  Peter Weir Screenwriter: Andrew Niccol Cinematographer: Peter Biziou Producer: Ed Feldmen                        "Good morning!"             "Good morning, Truman!"     "Oh, and in case I don't see ya: good                  afternoon, good evening and good night."
	The Truman Show is a movie about a man who truly is the center of his universe. It stars a man named Truman (Jim Carrey), who is unaware that his whole life from birth is being broadcasted to the world as a 24-hour non stop tv show. Eventually through a series of accedents by crew members and the cast, Truman begins to doubt his false reality. The movie shows great intelligence and a truly original idea, which is funny but at the same time insightful into the eyes of someone who wants to be in control of his own destiny.     Truman is a pretty odd guy, so he is entertaining to watch. The audience is let in on the secret from the get go that he is a living television show, and we see many audience members who are Truman-obsessed. Truman's wife (Laura Linney) and best freind are even in on the gag, but are pretending to be Truman's confidants and do what they can to subtley keep him in his man made prison. "I'd kill for a desk job!" says Truman's best friend. This man made prison is called Seaheaven, a large dome that contains a world in itself while the real world goes on outside. In the movie it is the "largest visible structure from space".     The creator of The Truman Show is Cristoff (Ed Harris), who is the closest thing to a villian the movie has. The movie begins with Cristoff talking about the "falseness of actors", and how this isolated world is "worth it". He is not a bad man, but will do anything to keep Truman his and he considers Seaheaven his artful gift to the world. His utopia is a place where Truman cannot get hurt, so in his eyes, he has made a perfect world. These supporting characters will do what they can do to keep Truman's illusion up, but an illusion it is, and even these characters are not perfect. The movie has a paranoia to it, which is reminiscent of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and it seems that Cristoff would rather kill Truman than let him escape his world.     The director of the movie is Peter Weir, and this is his best movie to date. Other contenders include Master and Commmander with Russel Crowe as a sea captain obsessed with his quest; Fearless with Jeff Bridges as a traumatized plane crash victim; Witness with Harrison Ford as a detective protecting an Amish family; and finally Picnic at Hanging Rock with the true story of a group of children who disappeared one after noon, it is hinted that they were abducted by aliens. Weir is a master of tension and everything he does tackles a very real issue, from personal connections to the end of the world (his tense The Last Wave). He has been making movies since the 1970's, but The Truman Show sums up his career in a very personal and profound statement. The character of Cristoff is almost Weir himself, or any other director of a movie, where a person can control  and oversee the actions of others. Cristoff is the "puppeteer" and does not want things to veer out of his control.     The movie has many great special effects and camera angles and the phony dialogue draws one in to Truman's point of view, which is not unlike Jim Carrey himself. Truman is fun to watch, but does have a deeper sense of dread to his actions, like he knows something is off center with his world. Advertisements are placed everywhere, which make up for there being no commercials on the show. Some hilarious reasons why he should stay on the island include one about how many airplanes every year are struck by lightning, the city of Seaheaven is voted "best in the nation", and his fear of water because his father drowned long ago (well, i guess that last reason isn't that funny).     Overall, I think the movie is very deep. The best scene is at the end where it echoes a silent movie for about five minutes and Truman reaches the end of the "ocean". It is a classic movie moment where no words are needed and true sympathy is reached. The underlying message of this film is that we as people have free will and no one deserves to be a slave or prisoner for other people's amusement.