The Trueman Show: The Shooting Script (NHB Shooting Scripts S.) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1854594176 ISBN 13: 9781854594174

Publisher: Nick Hern Books, 1998

Synopsis

Jim Carrey is Truman Burbank, the most famous face on television, only he doesn't know it. He is the unwitting star of a nonstop, 24-hour-a-day documentary soap opera called The Truman Show, with every moment of his life broadcast to a worldwide audience. Everyone around him is an actor. He is a prisoner in a made-for-TV paradise. This is the story of his escape.

Rarely has a first-time collaboration between a writer and director produced such a stunning result. In this book, both Niccol and Weir's lively talents and creative force come to light, as each contributes some highly original material to amplify the brilliant107-page shooting script, reproduced here in facsimile. Niccol has given us another version of The Truman Show, in photos and captions--in effect, our very own photo album. For his contribution, Peter Weir chose to let us in on the intricately detailed, often hilarious "backstory," which he wrote as part of his preparation, and eventually shared with the cast and crew during production. Also included are complete cast and crew credits.

About this title

About the Author

Andrew Niccol, a New Zealander, wroteThe Truman Show before turning his hand todirecting. Gattaca, also an original screenplayby Niccol, was his feature film directingdebut--a science fiction drama about geneticdiscrimination.

Academy Award(R) nominee Peter Weir previouslydirected Witness, Dead Poet's Society, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Gallipoli, The Year ofLiving Dangerously, The Mosquito Coast, andFearless. He lives in Australia.

Synopsis

Presents the script for the film about a young man whose entire life, from before his birth, has been created as a television show in which he unknowingly stars.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1854594176
• ISBN 13: 9781854594174
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176