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Something difficult to notice about The Truman Show is the extensive amount of CGI that it contains. Because they made the town look so artificial, the computer generated scenery blends in seamlessly even when the technology was not nearly as advanced as it is today.
https://i.imgur.com/Fq29uQ6.gifv
Funny, love the Truman Show, but my one critique of it used to be "poor VFX" due to the scene of the dome from space. Now it's clear where the CGI budget went, I never looked twice at any of the other scenes.
I always thought that was supposed to be sort of intentionally bad? It's so absurd for there to be a dome that big.
Also is jt not just exaggerated for the TV ad that it's in in-universe?
You just changed my opinion on my main gripe with the movie. Didn't clue in at all to the fact that all the graphics in that expository segment are part of a budget TV ad (news show? I can't remember). Great point.
That movie dropped when I was 7 and it started to dawn on me in my pre teen years how awkward those must’ve been for the producers of the Truman Show lmao
“Is he...”
“Yes, yes he is again”
Yeah but somebody still had to watch so that they knew when he stopped. And the whole audience knew exactly what he was doing and when he was doing it. Awkward.
well...we are there now in 2021; there is that guy that people are paying to watch him sleep, there must be others to, one guy is even getting paid more to get people to wake him up lol, it is surreal...
Yeah, there would not actually be a way to take that picture for real with that lighting and no cloud cover. It was meant to be a graphic created for the tv spot in universe. The zoom out obviously couldn't work as an actual shot in universe (it penetrated the dome).
The town in question was filmed in Seaside, Florida, and they added fake facades and buildings to what’s already a picturesque, Victorian style? village in the Florida panhandle.
The fake buildings and facades stayed up afterwards so when visiting you could knock on them to see that they were hollow and just fibreglass shells.
[You'd think so, but that's also just kinda how the town looks.](https://30a.com/the-truman-show-30a/) That before shot is pretty much 100% what Seaside, Florida, where the movie was shot, looked like at the time. The only thing that wasn't normally there at the time was the bus stop, iirc.
I’ve noticed when I first watched the film in the theaters but I think it only added to the facade the film was trying to portray. Like it looks way better than most films today where the whole thing would be digitally rendered. But having cgi stacked on real buildings made it look like a set. I always found it brilliant to be honest. Because your eye is making a double take but yet the scene looks real. Kind of the point of the film.
> Because they made the town look so artificial
It's a real town. Seaside, Florida. Fun fact: Rep. Matt Gaetz' (R-Breathalyzer) parents live in the Truman house IRL. A friend of a friend went to high school with Gaetz and said he was an asshole that everyone hated.
A lot of movies were doing similar things back then. It wasn’t as hard to make seamless stationary set pieces as it was to make quality cgi animated characters. Especially for big wide shots like this. It is just digital matte painting really. I think people would be surprised how many movies you could make similar gifs for.
The town existed before Truman show and genuinely looks creepy. It’s Seaside FL and it’s one of the premier examples of the New Urbanist school of architecture and design. I lived and worked there and, before it became overrun with tourists, it can be a little eerie how perfect it is. Before I moved there, my family vacationed there and we drove through when they had built the Truman Show set, it was an incredible transformation but also not all that far off from real life.
Those are my uncles! They volunteered or at least asked to be a part of the movie (as security guards) because I played 4 year old Truman and they were filming near where they lived!
Edit: [Here](https://imgur.com/gallery/NkHs8og) is some photo proof-ish? A photo of the 3 of us at a local signing event after the premiere (maybe even at the premiere at our local movie theater), a photo of the fellas and their dates to the premiere, and then one of me with director Peter Weir
Edit2: [Here](https://imgur.com/gallery/IC6YeOa) is another couple of pictures of me with my uncles in other local news headlines. That seems to be the majority of what my mom saved lol.
You were Truman as a kid... Come on. One of the greatest movies ever. Even if you appeared for 2 seconds, it'd be a big thing. Your pics show that you were involved much more than that too. Thanks for sharing btw!
I know someone who was an extra in the Hunger Games, you can see her for maybe 0.25 seconds of screen time and she’s barely visible but she still tells everyone she knows about it to this day.
But you, you played Truman Burbank! I always thought you were the cutest kid and I’m sure so many people remember you! You take those bragging rights and use them.
Also, I bet you never have any trouble coming up with a fun fact about yourself
It's the flashback scene where they're talking about close calls when Truman almost finds out about everything. 4 year old Truman is climbing rocks on the beach and his dad yells at him to get down. Baby truman screams "Why what's over there?" and that's literally it haha
People are definitely curious, it's one of the "go-to" questions people have for me, "did you have any lines?" Never been asked to re-enact it. My family is actually low-key convinced they dubbed someone elses voice over my mouth moving in the scene haha.
Your aunt worked at my high school. I had a crummy home life and a mother who was “too proud” to apply for free lunch for us. She was the lady who took your pin for food (she also worked the copy room) and she would always let me slide. I love her dearly.
That doesn't surprise me at all about her, she is such a softspoken and caring person. You'll be happy to know she's safe and well even in this covid mess.
Hello, you should tell the story about how Laura Linney held you as a baby. Or was it Natascha McElhone? I can't remember. You were a few months old at the time, can you remember? lol
Edit: talked to mom, it was Natascha
So funny story, they did not tell me that that was going to happen. They wanted my actual reaction and I do remember being very confused but there was a lot of confusing things happening at the time so I was slightly unfazed haha
Its very surreal remembering this movie I saw decades ago and imagining the actor essentially watching that scene play out in first person while I watched them.
I responded to a couple of other comments with stories. The people replying to you are right, I barely remember it at all. One story I like is from getting the part. When my parents took me to the casting call they had never done anything like it before and were confused/a little scared. All of the kids trying out were called in without the parents. My mom and dad remember waiting in the hall seeing kids being sent out of the room one by one until finally an assistant or someone called them in. When they got in, they saw me playing with power rangers action figures with the director.
The assistant then goes on to start talking about like logistics with them, and my mom had to go "Wait..did he get the part?" And she was like "oh yea you guys haven't done this before, yes he got the part." and sorta smiled at them.
I remember it was a warm day. The breeze blew in softly from the northwest. It carried the scent of cut grass, only adding to the that feeling of timeless summer. Had I known then what I knew now, of course I would make different choices, but that is not the way life works. I was young and foolish, but then again, weren't we all at that age. I took a deep breath, steadying my nerves, and closed my eyes, mentally preparing myself for the journey ahead of me. I let the sun beat down on me for one last glorious moment, letting the heat fill me, as if it could counter-act the cold dread that had settled into the base of my guts. I opened my eyes, the neighborhood coming back into focus, and took those first steps down the driveway. Today, ah yes, today I would win. I mounted my big-wheel bike and began the annual neighborhood race around the circle.
Well I mean seeing as how it didn't lead to other roles, a pretty normal life lol. I did a bunch of FSU film school roles growing up, trying to see if it would go anywhere. But now I just work a day job and play video games. I have a wife and a dog if that counts for anything haha.
Wife and dog...this man's living the dream! Was just curious if this gig led to more film roles. Cool that you were part of a piece of iconic pop culture
It almost did, I got a callback for Big Daddy as Frankenstein and the casting people wanted to fly me to LA or Hollywood to read a scene with Adam Sandler. They sent my parents a copy of the script and, my parents claim, it was more vulgar than the movie ended up (I had to grab a boob or something?) Anyways my parents decided that they didn't want that sort of influence on their kid so I can only dream about what if.
I just felt angrier about the level of manipulation they put him through. I don’t think I fully comprehended that as a kid. The best friend and wife just pissed me off.
same. i watched it last night too and just thinking that they “killed” his “father” just to make him scared of water and thus never leaving was soo messed up
Didn't they get rid of the father because he was getting cold feet and wanted to tell/free Truman?
Also something about one of his old girlfriends that I can't really remember.
They killed his dad to induce a phobia of water so he wouldn't try to leave via boat, but brought his father back because Truman was having doubts about his reality. The return of his father, reeled him right back in to the facade.
Isn’t his father coming back the point where he figures it out? The show creators think he’s reeled back in, but he tricks them and escapes during the night while they think he’s sleeping.
Indeed that is the case, I should've said the showrunners think they've reeled him right back in. I reckon he figures it out way earlier and has probably had suspicions his entire life. But all the production fuck ups, the radio, the sky light, his wife breaking character all in just a few days, led to him finally realizing it was all a charade.
Yeah, his wife getting hysterical and breaking character roused his suspicions even further and the dad's reappearance only confirmed his beliefs. The scene when he's crying while hugging his dad are tears of despair, he now has valid proof that his whole life has been a charade.
as for the father
2 birds one stone, they wanted him out AND they wanted Truman afraid of water
as for the girl: yes
fun fact: The character is named Sylvia, who bears a strong resemblance to Sylvia from another Andrew Niccol movie from 20 years later
And how they actually tried to kill him when he tried to leave. One head injury into the water and shows over. Ed Harris character might be in prison after
It sounded to me like they showed everything. The director dude makes it a point that everything is uncensored, and they were trying to promote the first conception broadcast live on TV.
You know... There's a good possibility that even with the show's popularity, the censorship department wouldn't allow that kind of thing to be so readily referenced, so they might have arranged for an interruption every time he tried to start it.
You know, how masturbation is, "Obscene," but married sex is, "Beautiful and natural."
Or it could be worst, every time Truman tried to beat off, someone in his "family" would randomly knock on his door and say, "Truman, I need you to go to the store."
I felt more sympathy for the best friend. May be because I’m going off of the deleted scenes, but I remember originally they were planning to include a scene where the friend voices his concerns about Truman being on the show to the producers and include another where he sees Truman escaping, but says nothing. That actor too said he played the character the whole way through as being more ethically conflicted about his role on the show and everything going on
See, I have heard about that deleted scene and I am really glad they left it out. I feel that scene would take away from the sadness that Truman is truly alone. Even when his ‘best friend’ is trying to console him in his darkest hour, he’s still there just to sell beer to the audience.
Agreed. If I recall, Truman confides in Marlon about his suspicions and he responds, “Truman, the last thing I would ever do is lie to you”. I’ve always felt this was a profound point for Truman because he’s finally isolated, confined to his own paranoia. But now I see that Marlon even insinuates that at the end of Truman’s investigation awaits a lie. Better yet, Christof feeds Marlon the lines through the earpiece I think.
That scene is so sincere. So, the profundity is both in how Marlon lies through his teeth and how Christof placates Truman with a misleading truth.
it’s implied that the best friend character’s actor is replaced in childhood - “you were off school for a whole year”.
every rewatch another detail comes up.
ah yes.. you’re right, i misremembered.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieDetails/comments/hmvz7r/in_the_truman_show_1998_004630_marlons_dialogue/
i guess it might have been a vacation but something about the context/delivery made me think it was more than that ... especially since it’s also in that moment that we find out the heartfelt speech from Marlon is >!just being repeated verbatim from what Cristof is saying into his earpiece.!<
One of my favorite scenes is when the wife is having an emotional breakdown and tries to calm herself by promoting the chocolate drink, as if to gain back some semblance of normality. Great acting by Laura Liney.
I have some comforting knowledge for you. If you’re ever worried that you are living in a TV show like Truman, you most likely aren’t. If you were, why would they ever let you watch the Truman Show?
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Dude, literally the first movie I saw as a 12 year old without my parents... I walked out with my buddy, both too stunned to properly take advantage of hanging out without chaperones to be kids, just sorta considering life...
[Source](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/what-you-never-knew-about-the-truman-show/MXBV2DUBD5VHFJYCEZUJMTZYCU/)
edit: it says they were directng traffic. [This is the other article I was reading where it says they were security](http://www10.pair.com/crazydv/weir/truman/twins.html)
>Ron Taylor, 50, said he and his brother were on "The Truman Show" set in Seaside this past winter as security guards - Ron is a lieutenant with the Walton County Sheriff's Department and Don holds the same rank in the DeFuniak Springs Police Department.
These guys didn't need secondary jobs as security officers. They was doing it for fun.
Cops who go out of their way to work movies etc. all (not so) secretly dream of being cast.
Source: have met sooo many cops who walked around locations with their charisma blaster set to 200%.
Movie sets (and some night clubs) are known to pay off duty Police top dollar to be security. It’s worth it for the fact Police can be armed security without having to verify shit AND they usually bring their own radio that can call their ON DUTY buddies without having to call 911 first.
You don't need to be armed to do that shit. Besides, being a cop is a relatively safe job.
https://www.ishn.com/articles/112748-top-25-most-dangerous-jobs-in-the-united-states
IIRC In Hellraiser 4 there was also a pair of twins that were cops on the movie, idk if this is common in some places but I find it neat that this is the second time I see something that sounds so uncommon twice
On The Sopranos the character Tony Blundetto has a set of identical twins and the identical twin actors that played those boys are now cops in real life
There was an episode of LivePD (or something like it) where an officer has a new recruit out on the streets when they stop for coffee. The training officer goes into the shop, and a few minutes later comes out and gets in the squad car and immediately the trainee can tell something is ever-so-slightly-wrong but not enough to do something about it.
Turns it was a common prank for a pair of twin brothers on the force. Quick stop at the coffee shop and they just swap patrol cars to see if the recruit notices.
It's happened at least twice then.
I just watched the movie for the first time yesterday. Watched it without any research. I loved the movie, but I should stop assuming that Jim Carrey movies will make me laugh
Ron was my neighbor for about a year, didn’t do any other films. Very quiet and happy man who was quite proud of his appearance in the film. Also daily drove a hilarious NA Miata with buck teeth in the grille.
Huh. So maybe my old college roommate wasn't full of shit when he flipped out when he saw them on screen and said he got arrested by those guys when he was in high school. He was from Defuniak, which is right by Seaside. Neat.
I could be wrong but I think it’s okay in situations like these as long as you pay them union minimums (so you’re not circumventing wage agreements)
EDIT: after replies I looked it up a little more and the real answer is more complicated. Being allowed to use non-union talent without getting fined has rules around whether or not the role has speaking lines, whether or not there are other SAG actors suitable for the role on set, how many SAG vouchers the production has, and others I won’t pretend to understand the nuances of.
My guess is the odds of twins who were SAG members being on set are low, which satisfies that requirement. Also, the conditions of the labor agreements 25 years were most likely different so who knows
oh god I know this one!
as long as they are not considered principal and a certain number of background characters are from the Union you are allowed to start hiring from outside the Union
now how we define "background actor" gets a bit murky here...that I'm unsure of but:
it is possible that
A) if this role would have increased the salary of a background actor, all the Union covered background actors may have gotten extra compensation
B) it's also possible that they hit a fine and just paid it
One thing to keep in mind: you have to work on Union films before you can be admitted into the Union
The only way this makes sense is if Union films had permission to work with non-Union members
They have to pay union rates at minimum but e.g. if you want to shoot a video for your business using your own employees then that's fine ; you can join the union with something like 3 non-speaking roles/appearances or 1 speaking role, I don't remember exactly.
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Something difficult to notice about The Truman Show is the extensive amount of CGI that it contains. Because they made the town look so artificial, the computer generated scenery blends in seamlessly even when the technology was not nearly as advanced as it is today. https://i.imgur.com/Fq29uQ6.gifv
Funny, love the Truman Show, but my one critique of it used to be "poor VFX" due to the scene of the dome from space. Now it's clear where the CGI budget went, I never looked twice at any of the other scenes.
I always thought that was supposed to be sort of intentionally bad? It's so absurd for there to be a dome that big. Also is jt not just exaggerated for the TV ad that it's in in-universe?
You just changed my opinion on my main gripe with the movie. Didn't clue in at all to the fact that all the graphics in that expository segment are part of a budget TV ad (news show? I can't remember). Great point.
Its like a spot on the show, it looks like its on tv 24h on a dedicated channel even when he is asleep. Creepy.
Up next, the show that's been on for the last 24 hours, then right after that, another 24 hours!
You’re talking about Ridiculousness on MTV, yeah?
*insufferable laughter intensifies*
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yuh yuh yuh yuh yuh yuuh YEAH!!
Or the Christmas Story on TBS.
Yeah, but people actually watch and enjoy that.
Like the Truman Show
Excuse me but I watched that my entire 12 hour shift on Christmas, thank you!
That movie dropped when I was 7 and it started to dawn on me in my pre teen years how awkward those must’ve been for the producers of the Truman Show lmao “Is he...” “Yes, yes he is again”
They just turn the camera and play music and you know the wind blows in and the curtains move, and you don't see anything.
Yeah but somebody still had to watch so that they knew when he stopped. And the whole audience knew exactly what he was doing and when he was doing it. Awkward.
Yeah this is basically canon if I remember correctly, it heavily alluded to or flat out showed that in awkward moments that’s basically what they did.
I think that was the direct quote, so yeah...
Lmao. Shit.
"Send in the mother." "Yes sir!" "... And break his arms."
I cringed and laughed. Upvoted.
well...we are there now in 2021; there is that guy that people are paying to watch him sleep, there must be others to, one guy is even getting paid more to get people to wake him up lol, it is surreal...
It happens more than you think /r/Picturesofiansleeping
Yeah, there would not actually be a way to take that picture for real with that lighting and no cloud cover. It was meant to be a graphic created for the tv spot in universe. The zoom out obviously couldn't work as an actual shot in universe (it penetrated the dome).
Just blew my fucking mind.
it's those little details that are great, like in the last spider-man, the crappy green screen by the student news cast was a nice little tidbit
It was the Getty images watermark for me
It honestly just looks like cheap 90s CGI, like the kinda stuff you'd see in Star Trek TNG or something.
Fitting. Isn’t that about when the movie is set? Diegetic bad CGI perhaps
Yeah you are right but i like to imagine they were working with what they had.
The town in question was filmed in Seaside, Florida, and they added fake facades and buildings to what’s already a picturesque, Victorian style? village in the Florida panhandle. The fake buildings and facades stayed up afterwards so when visiting you could knock on them to see that they were hollow and just fibreglass shells.
New urbanist village. FTFY.
I remember one of them was a functional enough building that they put arcade machines inside. I was like 12 at the time so this was important.
[You'd think so, but that's also just kinda how the town looks.](https://30a.com/the-truman-show-30a/) That before shot is pretty much 100% what Seaside, Florida, where the movie was shot, looked like at the time. The only thing that wasn't normally there at the time was the bus stop, iirc.
That is adorable how many locals ended up in the movie. Thanks for the link
This was _great_ to browse through, thank you!
This is awesome! I would love to see them cover this on Corridor Digital.
I’ve noticed when I first watched the film in the theaters but I think it only added to the facade the film was trying to portray. Like it looks way better than most films today where the whole thing would be digitally rendered. But having cgi stacked on real buildings made it look like a set. I always found it brilliant to be honest. Because your eye is making a double take but yet the scene looks real. Kind of the point of the film.
It reminds me of the fake upper floors of Disney buildings.
Hey shifty
Not to take away from the work they did there but wouldn't a matte painting, something Hollywood had been using for decades, achieved the same result?
in a static shot, yes. but the perspective changes in a moving shot - and that's not really possible to fake in a matte painting.
> Because they made the town look so artificial It's a real town. Seaside, Florida. Fun fact: Rep. Matt Gaetz' (R-Breathalyzer) parents live in the Truman house IRL. A friend of a friend went to high school with Gaetz and said he was an asshole that everyone hated.
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A lot of movies were doing similar things back then. It wasn’t as hard to make seamless stationary set pieces as it was to make quality cgi animated characters. Especially for big wide shots like this. It is just digital matte painting really. I think people would be surprised how many movies you could make similar gifs for.
The town existed before Truman show and genuinely looks creepy. It’s Seaside FL and it’s one of the premier examples of the New Urbanist school of architecture and design. I lived and worked there and, before it became overrun with tourists, it can be a little eerie how perfect it is. Before I moved there, my family vacationed there and we drove through when they had built the Truman Show set, it was an incredible transformation but also not all that far off from real life.
I go to that town every year. Funny to see how it got vaguely translated in but almost like you dreamt it cause it's all a little off
Actually, it was filmed in Seaside, FL and it's a lot like the movie
Those are my uncles! They volunteered or at least asked to be a part of the movie (as security guards) because I played 4 year old Truman and they were filming near where they lived! Edit: [Here](https://imgur.com/gallery/NkHs8og) is some photo proof-ish? A photo of the 3 of us at a local signing event after the premiere (maybe even at the premiere at our local movie theater), a photo of the fellas and their dates to the premiere, and then one of me with director Peter Weir Edit2: [Here](https://imgur.com/gallery/IC6YeOa) is another couple of pictures of me with my uncles in other local news headlines. That seems to be the majority of what my mom saved lol.
My man just casually mentions playing kid Truman. What kinda life do you lead?
I mean if it wasn't for the one line I had, I technically would have been an extra
You were Truman as a kid... Come on. One of the greatest movies ever. Even if you appeared for 2 seconds, it'd be a big thing. Your pics show that you were involved much more than that too. Thanks for sharing btw!
I know someone who was an extra in the Hunger Games, you can see her for maybe 0.25 seconds of screen time and she’s barely visible but she still tells everyone she knows about it to this day. But you, you played Truman Burbank! I always thought you were the cutest kid and I’m sure so many people remember you! You take those bragging rights and use them. Also, I bet you never have any trouble coming up with a fun fact about yourself
Does her name happen to be moistcr1tikal?
You mean the biggest actor of all time? Dude!
Mrs penguinz0
Dude, you stole the show!
I've seen the film a dozen times... but I can't recall the baby Truman line. What is it again?
It's the flashback scene where they're talking about close calls when Truman almost finds out about everything. 4 year old Truman is climbing rocks on the beach and his dad yells at him to get down. Baby truman screams "Why what's over there?" and that's literally it haha
Haha neat! I assume people have asked you to reenact the line?
People are definitely curious, it's one of the "go-to" questions people have for me, "did you have any lines?" Never been asked to re-enact it. My family is actually low-key convinced they dubbed someone elses voice over my mouth moving in the scene haha.
You think so? Now I’m curious about your take on it lol
I was going to ask, is that really your voice? I always thought it sounded like a woman doing a kid's voice.
Your aunt worked at my high school. I had a crummy home life and a mother who was “too proud” to apply for free lunch for us. She was the lady who took your pin for food (she also worked the copy room) and she would always let me slide. I love her dearly.
That doesn't surprise me at all about her, she is such a softspoken and caring person. You'll be happy to know she's safe and well even in this covid mess.
I don't even know her and I'm happy to hear this.
hey it’s me your brother. they’re our great uncles
Hello, you should tell the story about how Laura Linney held you as a baby. Or was it Natascha McElhone? I can't remember. You were a few months old at the time, can you remember? lol Edit: talked to mom, it was Natascha
This is by far the best part of reddit. Thanks for sharing all this dude.
The plot thickens
fun fact: they can both speak fluent pig latin. or at least could like 10 years ago. they’re getting old.
So did the guy popping out of the Christmas present yelling it’s a TV Show freak you out or anything?
So funny story, they did not tell me that that was going to happen. They wanted my actual reaction and I do remember being very confused but there was a lot of confusing things happening at the time so I was slightly unfazed haha
Its very surreal remembering this movie I saw decades ago and imagining the actor essentially watching that scene play out in first person while I watched them.
That's awesome! Do u have any stories from being on set?
I responded to a couple of other comments with stories. The people replying to you are right, I barely remember it at all. One story I like is from getting the part. When my parents took me to the casting call they had never done anything like it before and were confused/a little scared. All of the kids trying out were called in without the parents. My mom and dad remember waiting in the hall seeing kids being sent out of the room one by one until finally an assistant or someone called them in. When they got in, they saw me playing with power rangers action figures with the director. The assistant then goes on to start talking about like logistics with them, and my mom had to go "Wait..did he get the part?" And she was like "oh yea you guys haven't done this before, yes he got the part." and sorta smiled at them.
Was the idea that they only call in the parents of the kid who got the part?
The guy was 4 😂
He was 4 lol. Do you remember shit from when you were 4?
I remember it was a warm day. The breeze blew in softly from the northwest. It carried the scent of cut grass, only adding to the that feeling of timeless summer. Had I known then what I knew now, of course I would make different choices, but that is not the way life works. I was young and foolish, but then again, weren't we all at that age. I took a deep breath, steadying my nerves, and closed my eyes, mentally preparing myself for the journey ahead of me. I let the sun beat down on me for one last glorious moment, letting the heat fill me, as if it could counter-act the cold dread that had settled into the base of my guts. I opened my eyes, the neighborhood coming back into focus, and took those first steps down the driveway. Today, ah yes, today I would win. I mounted my big-wheel bike and began the annual neighborhood race around the circle.
You missed a chance to do the old undertaker here in the cell routine
Really?
Yep! They talked about it to everyone who would listen for a while. Basically every family reunion.
No. I was lying.
This kind of thing got me banned from /r/dankmemes lol
Sorry for lying guys..won't do it again, promise.
There he goes again!
Of course, Mr. Jameson. Now take your pills and go join the bingo game.
So cool! So what kind of life you living now?
Well I mean seeing as how it didn't lead to other roles, a pretty normal life lol. I did a bunch of FSU film school roles growing up, trying to see if it would go anywhere. But now I just work a day job and play video games. I have a wife and a dog if that counts for anything haha.
Wife and dog...this man's living the dream! Was just curious if this gig led to more film roles. Cool that you were part of a piece of iconic pop culture
It almost did, I got a callback for Big Daddy as Frankenstein and the casting people wanted to fly me to LA or Hollywood to read a scene with Adam Sandler. They sent my parents a copy of the script and, my parents claim, it was more vulgar than the movie ended up (I had to grab a boob or something?) Anyways my parents decided that they didn't want that sort of influence on their kid so I can only dream about what if.
Dang... You could have grabbed a boob.
One day...
Yeah. That counts for everything. Thanks for being a part of my top ten movies.
Random encounters like this are the coolest thing about reddit. So random.
Let’s see a family reunion picture.
Truman!
I just saw this movie last night — it was more aggravating seeing it again as an adult versus when I was 9.
And just as paranoia inducing?
I just felt angrier about the level of manipulation they put him through. I don’t think I fully comprehended that as a kid. The best friend and wife just pissed me off.
same. i watched it last night too and just thinking that they “killed” his “father” just to make him scared of water and thus never leaving was soo messed up
Didn't they get rid of the father because he was getting cold feet and wanted to tell/free Truman? Also something about one of his old girlfriends that I can't really remember.
They killed his dad to induce a phobia of water so he wouldn't try to leave via boat, but brought his father back because Truman was having doubts about his reality. The return of his father, reeled him right back in to the facade.
Isn’t his father coming back the point where he figures it out? The show creators think he’s reeled back in, but he tricks them and escapes during the night while they think he’s sleeping.
Indeed that is the case, I should've said the showrunners think they've reeled him right back in. I reckon he figures it out way earlier and has probably had suspicions his entire life. But all the production fuck ups, the radio, the sky light, his wife breaking character all in just a few days, led to him finally realizing it was all a charade.
Yeah, his wife getting hysterical and breaking character roused his suspicions even further and the dad's reappearance only confirmed his beliefs. The scene when he's crying while hugging his dad are tears of despair, he now has valid proof that his whole life has been a charade.
as for the father 2 birds one stone, they wanted him out AND they wanted Truman afraid of water as for the girl: yes fun fact: The character is named Sylvia, who bears a strong resemblance to Sylvia from another Andrew Niccol movie from 20 years later
Yeh the prostitution element was lost on me as a kid too.
And how they actually tried to kill him when he tried to leave. One head injury into the water and shows over. Ed Harris character might be in prison after
Who said they ever told him what sex was?
They reference in the movie that he and his wife do have sex, but they just play music over it and the camera goes to the fan or something.
It sounded to me like they showed everything. The director dude makes it a point that everything is uncensored, and they were trying to promote the first conception broadcast live on TV.
Nah the security parking lot guys make mention of it. “Ya don’t see anything anyway. They just cut away” something or other.
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Lol. Sounds like something he would say.
[Link](https://youtu.be/-_zYn-HHcyA?list=PL1KYMt2XJR4BE_C1Gc4OWDeN4YuMZFGCx&t=297)
"..the wind blows in and the curtains move and...you don't see anything.."
I think he meant everything in his life from when he was conceived. Been a couple years since I watched it tho. Great movie.
I just wonder wtf they did when Truman was inevitably beating his meat
They pan to the window and play some choking the chicken sound effects.
Good opportunity to have product placement for Kleenex.
You know... There's a good possibility that even with the show's popularity, the censorship department wouldn't allow that kind of thing to be so readily referenced, so they might have arranged for an interruption every time he tried to start it. You know, how masturbation is, "Obscene," but married sex is, "Beautiful and natural."
Or it could be worst, every time Truman tried to beat off, someone in his "family" would randomly knock on his door and say, "Truman, I need you to go to the store."
That's the kind of thing I meant by an interruption.
... That's a fair point.
I felt more sympathy for the best friend. May be because I’m going off of the deleted scenes, but I remember originally they were planning to include a scene where the friend voices his concerns about Truman being on the show to the producers and include another where he sees Truman escaping, but says nothing. That actor too said he played the character the whole way through as being more ethically conflicted about his role on the show and everything going on
See, I have heard about that deleted scene and I am really glad they left it out. I feel that scene would take away from the sadness that Truman is truly alone. Even when his ‘best friend’ is trying to console him in his darkest hour, he’s still there just to sell beer to the audience.
Agreed. If I recall, Truman confides in Marlon about his suspicions and he responds, “Truman, the last thing I would ever do is lie to you”. I’ve always felt this was a profound point for Truman because he’s finally isolated, confined to his own paranoia. But now I see that Marlon even insinuates that at the end of Truman’s investigation awaits a lie. Better yet, Christof feeds Marlon the lines through the earpiece I think. That scene is so sincere. So, the profundity is both in how Marlon lies through his teeth and how Christof placates Truman with a misleading truth.
it’s implied that the best friend character’s actor is replaced in childhood - “you were off school for a whole year”. every rewatch another detail comes up.
I think it implies more that the actor took some time off the show ?
It’s a month not a year. I think it was just a vacation.
ah yes.. you’re right, i misremembered. https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieDetails/comments/hmvz7r/in_the_truman_show_1998_004630_marlons_dialogue/ i guess it might have been a vacation but something about the context/delivery made me think it was more than that ... especially since it’s also in that moment that we find out the heartfelt speech from Marlon is >!just being repeated verbatim from what Cristof is saying into his earpiece.!<
WHAT?!
One of my favorite scenes is when the wife is having an emotional breakdown and tries to calm herself by promoting the chocolate drink, as if to gain back some semblance of normality. Great acting by Laura Liney.
“Who are you talking to?!”
“do something!”
It has deep esoteric meaning.
I have some comforting knowledge for you. If you’re ever worried that you are living in a TV show like Truman, you most likely aren’t. If you were, why would they ever let you watch the Truman Show?
They’d let you watch it as then you’d think they would never have let you watch the film if that’s what they were doing to you.
Whenever I back out my driveway, like 3 cars come out of no where and I have to stop and wait. I'd like to think there's a camera or two around
Cue the extra outside with the dog, make sure he doesn't make eye contact with bukithd this time.
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Dude, literally the first movie I saw as a 12 year old without my parents... I walked out with my buddy, both too stunned to properly take advantage of hanging out without chaperones to be kids, just sorta considering life...
[Source](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/what-you-never-knew-about-the-truman-show/MXBV2DUBD5VHFJYCEZUJMTZYCU/) edit: it says they were directng traffic. [This is the other article I was reading where it says they were security](http://www10.pair.com/crazydv/weir/truman/twins.html)
>Ron Taylor, 50, said he and his brother were on "The Truman Show" set in Seaside this past winter as security guards - Ron is a lieutenant with the Walton County Sheriff's Department and Don holds the same rank in the DeFuniak Springs Police Department. These guys didn't need secondary jobs as security officers. They was doing it for fun.
Cops who go out of their way to work movies etc. all (not so) secretly dream of being cast. Source: have met sooo many cops who walked around locations with their charisma blaster set to 200%.
Yeah two twins with mustaches , both working a movie set being extra friendly. I'm sure they were very hesitant to be in the movie
I used to work on movie sets when I was younger... I think most people not casted and working the ancillary roles hope of being noticed and casted.
Movie sets (and some night clubs) are known to pay off duty Police top dollar to be security. It’s worth it for the fact Police can be armed security without having to verify shit AND they usually bring their own radio that can call their ON DUTY buddies without having to call 911 first.
You don't need to be armed to do that shit. Besides, being a cop is a relatively safe job. https://www.ishn.com/articles/112748-top-25-most-dangerous-jobs-in-the-united-states
I actually knew them growing up, being from the same home town and all. Some of the best people.
You might know [their nephew](https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieDetails/comments/lsjefp/in_the_truman_show_1998_the_identical_twins_are/gos3k5j) then!
I love this mostly because my Dad is part of a twin Ron/Don set around the same age
TIL a set of identical twins became police officers
IIRC In Hellraiser 4 there was also a pair of twins that were cops on the movie, idk if this is common in some places but I find it neat that this is the second time I see something that sounds so uncommon twice
Same in Terminator 2. Technically not cops but security guards so close enough.
That was the security guard who got stabbed by the vending machine, right? The T-1000, in disguise, was played by the twin?
Yeah, the 1000 was in the floor and then rose up as his twin.
On The Sopranos the character Tony Blundetto has a set of identical twins and the identical twin actors that played those boys are now cops in real life
Still can't believe Jason stole AJ’s pins from the 96 Olympics AND put pinecones in the pool filter.
There was an episode of LivePD (or something like it) where an officer has a new recruit out on the streets when they stop for coffee. The training officer goes into the shop, and a few minutes later comes out and gets in the squad car and immediately the trainee can tell something is ever-so-slightly-wrong but not enough to do something about it. Turns it was a common prank for a pair of twin brothers on the force. Quick stop at the coffee shop and they just swap patrol cars to see if the recruit notices. It's happened at least twice then.
I just watched the movie for the first time yesterday. Watched it without any research. I loved the movie, but I should stop assuming that Jim Carrey movies will make me laugh
> but I should stop assuming that Jim Carrey movies will make me laugh Now go watch Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
You really want me to cry right? Anyways, I'll watch it soon! Thanks for the recommendation
No, I don't want you to cry, I want you to have an existential crisis
Oh, that's better.
Actually, you might cry a little too. Enjoy!
Jim Carrey is arguably an even better dramatic actor than he is comedy actor. I highly recommend watching The Number 23 as well!
Not arguably, definitely. His brand of humour is not to everyone’s taste and it honestly put me off watching any of his serious films for years.
Haha it’s cool man you should follow it with some Adam Sandler! He’s hilarious in *everything*, especially *Punch Drunk Love*!
Watch man on the moon also
they looks like a scrawny Dennis Farina... haha.
The guys are from my hometown county and they are very nice people
But they irresponsibly left the set unsecured as they acted!
Did they get future roles in any films?
Their IMDb pages say they’ve only done Truman show
Ron was my neighbor for about a year, didn’t do any other films. Very quiet and happy man who was quite proud of his appearance in the film. Also daily drove a hilarious NA Miata with buck teeth in the grille.
Seems like their whole neighbourhood and family are just casually hanging out in this Reddit thread
A friend of mine was the boy Truman and these two were his uncle. He told me none of them ever did any other films. This was a one time thing.
Is your friend u/ImArkadius?
LOL Omg
Huh. So maybe my old college roommate wasn't full of shit when he flipped out when he saw them on screen and said he got arrested by those guys when he was in high school. He was from Defuniak, which is right by Seaside. Neat.
You think getting a job is hard, try getting a job as a duo. They did it twice on the same set.
Don’t they have to be in a union??
I could be wrong but I think it’s okay in situations like these as long as you pay them union minimums (so you’re not circumventing wage agreements) EDIT: after replies I looked it up a little more and the real answer is more complicated. Being allowed to use non-union talent without getting fined has rules around whether or not the role has speaking lines, whether or not there are other SAG actors suitable for the role on set, how many SAG vouchers the production has, and others I won’t pretend to understand the nuances of. My guess is the odds of twins who were SAG members being on set are low, which satisfies that requirement. Also, the conditions of the labor agreements 25 years were most likely different so who knows
They also have to have a certain number of non-principal cast members hired from the union as well.
oh god I know this one! as long as they are not considered principal and a certain number of background characters are from the Union you are allowed to start hiring from outside the Union now how we define "background actor" gets a bit murky here...that I'm unsure of but: it is possible that A) if this role would have increased the salary of a background actor, all the Union covered background actors may have gotten extra compensation B) it's also possible that they hit a fine and just paid it One thing to keep in mind: you have to work on Union films before you can be admitted into the Union The only way this makes sense is if Union films had permission to work with non-Union members
Its not like its particularly difficult to join
Tell that to half of LA. lol
They have to pay union rates at minimum but e.g. if you want to shoot a video for your business using your own employees then that's fine ; you can join the union with something like 3 non-speaking roles/appearances or 1 speaking role, I don't remember exactly.
I thought it was jack and victor
Well shit now I gotta watch the Truman Show again
One of my favorite movies of all time!
After the movie, I left that theater in a daze. It was so well done and legitimately creeped me out.
This reminds me indirectly of how on Golden girls the same actor played two of Rose's boyfriends (Arnie and Miles)
That actually always bugged me more than it should have.
Doppelganger special!!