[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Patrick

Our R.E Teacher showed us This Truman Show, and then I had to go to counseling half way through and didnt get to see the end

Whats it actually about?
It seemed really weird.

A man called Truman is being filmed by hidden cameras all over a fake 'town' where he's been brought up - he's told his father died at sea so he has a fear of the ocean, and as such no sense of exploration.

However, he begins to notice that everything isn't 'real', ie. background characters appear on a loop, he sees his dad as an 'extra', and tries to escape from the town.

At every escape attempt the producers conjure up something to stop him - like traffic, bus breakdowns, forest fires, a nuclear meltdown...

Basically it's about completely exploiting this one man for entertainment. A number of people begin a 'Free Truman' campaign to scrap the show [which is watched by billions nationwide apparently ]...I won't spoil the ending.