How the film "The Truman Show" was filmed: footage from the filming and 15 interesting facts about the film (11 photos)

Over the years, Peter Weir's picture becomes more and more relevant, and we explore its main features - from a fantastic idea and an unusual Jim Carrey to naked irony.





1. Filming was postponed for a whole year. And all because Jim Carrey was filming the movie “Liar Liar” at that time. And until he finished working on this film, no one started filming The Truman Show.

2. It was no coincidence that Truman received his name. The first syllable "True" is pronounced the same as the word "True" in English. And the word "Man" is a person or a man. Thus, the creators seemed to hint that only Truman is an honest person living his life, while everyone around him is a complete liar, including his best friend, mother and wife.



Still from the film "The Truman Show"

But the surname Burbank (not to be confused with Sberbank) is the name of the city in California, where the main pavilion scenes took place.

3. The director of the film was Peter Weir, although it was originally planned that screenwriter Andrew Niccol would sit in the director's chair. But Niccol asked for a simply gigantic sum for the director’s work, so the bosses began to look for a new director.





Peter Weir and Jim Carrey

And if screenwriter Andrew Niccol had sat in the director’s chair, then perhaps we would not have seen Jim Carrey in this film, since Niccol saw exclusively Robin Williams in the role of Truman, while Peter Weir, on the contrary, decided that this role was simply created for Jim Kerry.

4. By the end of the 90s, Jim Carrey's fees grew to $20 million, which was a lot, especially for a comedian. I talked about how Jim Carrey’s fees skyrocketed for his successful films in my article about how the film “Dumb and Dumber” was filmed. Be sure to read it.

But since Jim Carrey had never acted in a drama before, and this film was essentially the first in his dramatic career, he decided to drop his fee to 12 million.



By starring in this film, Jim wanted to prove to everyone that he was a real actor and not a grimacing fool. He tried to give 100%, so all members of the crew were forbidden to remember previous films with Kerry, and especially to quote them.

5. Ed Harris, who played a TV show producer named Christophe, never crossed paths with Jim Carrey on the set. Although according to the original plan, Truman was supposed to attack Christophe with his fists. But later this idea was abandoned.



Ed Harris as Christophe

6. As Jim Carrey himself said, thanks to the constant “hunt” of the paparazzi for him, he was able to feel his hero more deeply.

7. Truman had a very narrow outlook, since he did not receive news from the outside world. This is why classical music is always played on the radio, since Truman does not know modern music. But the studio (in the film) saved modern musicians on royalties, which they would have to pay if they stuffed the radio with modern songs.



8. According to the script, Truman Burbank should be only 20 years old, but due to the fact that Jim Carrey was cast in the main role, the screenwriter had to change not only the actor’s age, but also, in principle, his life, in particular, add his wife, job and much more. .

9. When Truman's "mother" shows her "son" a photo album, we can see Truman as a child, sitting in his crib dressed as a clown. Here the creators hid two metaphors. The clown costume means that Truman is simply entertaining the audience, but the bed with bars, of course, means that he is as if he is in prison.



10. Jim Carrey loved to improvise during filming, which at first irritated the director a little. For example, drawing with soap on a mirror was not written into the script.



11. The filmmakers approached their work very responsibly. For example, on the table you can find a jar of vitamin D, which should also be taken by those who are notreceives the required amount of sunlight. And as you know. Truman lives under a dome, so there is no question of any sunshine.



12. The script included a scene where Truman sees an attempt to rape a girl right on the street, but does nothing, but simply leaves, which leads all members of the film crew to bewilderment. But in the end it was decided to abandon this scene.

13. With a budget of $60 million, the film grossed $264 million, making it a box office success.

14. Remarkable moment. As Truman begins to increasingly suspect that something is wrong with his life, we see a crew member already looking for a new job as he realizes that the show is likely to be canceled.



15. The Truman Show is watched all over the world. But just look at this newspaper headline. Well, really, couldn’t we have been better prepared? Moreover, his last name will not be spelled as Burbank, but as Burbank. However, Americans often distort words.