The Truman Show

Trivia: The name of Truman's boat is the "Santa Maria" - a ship sailed by Christopher Columbus. It is symbolic of going to a new land or a "new" place.

Trivia: The motto on the double archway in the Seahaven town center is UNUS PRO OMNIBUS, OMNES PRO UNO: "One for all, all for one" in Latin, thus fitting the premise of the Truman Show. (00:15:50)

Trivia: Visible on Truman and Meryl's kitchen table during an early scene, is a bottle of vitamin D which is needed for all those that do not have proper exposure to the sun.

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Trivia: There's a notable difference between the trailer and the final version of the movie. The change was made in the scene where the lamp falls down next to Truman. In the trailer, as Truman looks up, he sees a closing hole in the sky, but in the final version of the movie, this hole is replaced by a lamp post. (00:03:50)

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Trivia: The Moon is briefly illuminated by the "lightning", hinting that it's much closer that it should be.

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Trivia: Composer Phillip Glass reworked some of his compositions from an earlier film he worked on, Candyman, to fit this film.

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Trivia: The scene where Truman draws a picture of himself as an astronaut with a bar of soap was totally ad-libbed by Jim Carrey.

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Continuity mistake: When Marlon stocks the vending machine, the camera (inside the back of the machine) shows him stocking the 1st row with brown-wrapper candy bars. He starts stocking the 2nd row with yellow-wrapper bars; Truman interrupts him for a minute (during which Marlon doesn't touch the bars at all). When Marlon continues, the yellow bars have changed to something darker (it's not just a different camera view; even barcodes are different). After another brief interruption, Marlon continues again, and the yellow bars are back. (00:35:00)

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Truman Burbank: Good morning! And in case I don't see you, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!

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Question: Why didn't they just bring Sylvia/Lauren Garland back on set, to stop him finding out about Truman's true nature? It was Sylvia that Truman wanted to go off and go to Fiji with.

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Chosen answer: Because she would have revealed the truth to him. That's why she was removed from the set in the first place.

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