| The Truman Show: The Shooting Script Shooting Script Edition Contributor(s): Niccol, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 1557043671 ISBN-13: 9781557043672 Publisher: Newmarket Press OUR PRICE: $21.84 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1998 Annotation: The only book tie-in to "the movie of the decade". -- Esquire Magazine. Includes the complete 107-page facsimile script, an exclusive 24-page color photo album with extensive captions written by Niccol, and "A Short History of The Truman Show" written by director, Peter Weir. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - Screenwriting - Performing Arts | Screenplays |
| Dewey: 791.437 |
| LCCN: 98195304 |
| Series: Newmarket Shooting Script |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 7.03" W x 9.23" (0.64 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Niccol, Andrew: - 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. |