Presentation on the movie "The Truman Show"

1. THE TRUMAN SHOW
Sara MCNAMEE & Ilhame KHALLOUFI

2. The plot
Truman
BURBANK

3. The plot

4. Technical data about the movie
Director:
Peter Weir
Writer:
Andrew Niccol
Main character:
Jim Carrey
Supporting
actor:
Ed Harris

5. Critical response
Los Angeles Times: "The Truman Show is emotionally involving without
losing the ability to raise sharp satiric questions as well as get numerous
laughs. The rare film that is disturbing despite working beautifully within
standard industry norms."
● AWARDS
○ 71st Academy Awards ✗
○ Golden Globes ✓
○ 52nd British Academy Film Awards ✓

6. The Entertainment World

7. The Entertainment World
13 hours / 24

8. PUBLICITY In the show
● Product placement

9. PUBLICITY In daily life

10. The control
- “You have a great job, a
desk job. I would kill for
that job”
- “Flying is not good, it’s
dangerous”
- “You don’t like to gamble”
- “Home is the best place on
earth, no one should leave
it”

11. HUMAN RIGHTS: How far can entertainment go?

12. - Would you like to be in a reality show?
- Is it fair to use someone’s whole life as an entertainment? Without
consent?
- If you were Truman would you still participate at the show after knowing
the truth?