The Truman Show (1998)

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The Rewatchables' awards

From ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan (2025-11-04):

Double feature

  1. pick Gattaca: It is the other Andrew Niccol film, which Bill had earlier said the writer saw as closely related to this one.
    “I would go, uh, Gattica, underscene, other Andrew Nichol, he directed that one pretty cool.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:34:14
  2. pick The Game: Offered as a second pick alongside Gattaca, with another host calling it a good call.
    “I'd go to the game, the game.”
    unknown · 1:34:20
  3. pick The Running Man: Glen pitches his own upcoming movie, which comes out November 14th, as the pairing.
    “Honestly, guys, great double feature.”
    Glen Powell · 1:34:28

Most rewatchable scene

  1. pick Truman putting it all together: discovering the set, the bus stop and the revolving door, with the triumphant score behind it.
    “I think that scene, I think that scene is the most rewatchable scene is him putting it all together.”
    Glen Powell · 0:41:53
  2. floated The opening: the show-within-the-movie interview with Christoph.
    “Most rewatchable scene is the start.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:38:19
  3. floated Truman's flashback to the girl he loved in high school, and the way she looks at him.
    “Um, Truman's flashback to being in love with the other girl in high school.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:38:44
  4. floated Truman starts to figure it out with the radio frequency in the car.
    “Um, Truman starts to figure it out with the radio frequency in the car.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:39:13
  5. floated The Moko Coco scene with Meryl.
    “Quickly, the Moko Coco scene when he's like, great.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:39:32
  6. floated The big reveal of the crew and the whole universe watching, about 50 minutes in.
    “Big reveal.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:39:53
  7. floated Truman crying when he sees his dad.
    “Truman's crying when he sees his dad.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:40:10
  8. floated Truman's sailboat adventure, with Christoph going Old Testament, and the end of the world.
    “Truman's sailboat adventure.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:40:39
  9. runner-up Truman says goodbye at the end.
    “Yeah, certainly, I think Truman says goodbye.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:41:02

Ebert Review · Reading what Roger Ebert wrote about the movie.

  1. pick The Truman Show: Four stars. Bill also notes that Siskel and Ebert gave it two thumbs up and apologized on air to Jim Carrey after saying he would never have a movie career following Ace Ventura.
    “So Ebert, 4 stars, uh, absolutely loved it, talked about, um, how it brought in focus, the new values that technology is forcing on humanity,”
    Bill Simmons · 0:37:09

The Most 1998 Thing · The thing in the movie that is most 1998.

  1. pick the travel agent: Glen's answer, tied to a bad travel agent experience he had that day.
    “I think the travel agent?”
    Glen Powell · 0:42:55
  2. pick reality television as a novel idea: In 1998 the premise would have seemed far-fetched.
    “Reality television being like a novel idea.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:43:14
  3. pick Paul Giamatti as control room staffer: Seeing young Giamatti puts him in the mid-1990s, from Private Parts and My Best Friend's Wedding.
    “I had young Paul Giamari.”
    unknown · 0:43:31

What Aged the Best · What in the movie has aged the best.

  1. pick adult actors convincingly playing high schoolers in flashbacks: He believed Laura Linney and Carrey as high schoolers.
    “I like movies when adults play high school kids in flashbacks and I actually feel like they're in high school.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:44:13
  2. pick the world's product placement and recap shows: The movie predicted a world of buyable products and postgame shows; another host says it predicts Amazon.
    “I think they sort of nailed, like they just, they kind of brushed it under the rug of the, the, the product place about how many, how the entire world was.”
    unknown · 0:44:37
  3. pick the movie poster: He calls it one of the best posters of the decade and cites its artist and the $75,000 price.
    “The poster, which I think is one of the best posters from this decade.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:47:34
  4. pick the ending, the bow and the wish fulfillment: The laugh-cry of Truman leaving and the audience's reaction.
    “I just think I think I think the bow at the end, the wish fulfillment of it.”
    Glen Powell · 0:48:26
  5. pick a discovery every ten minutes: the screenplay structure: Something important happens roughly every ten minutes, which keeps the viewer engaged.
    “This movie passes the Raiders of the Lost Arc screenplay test that I'm inventing, not inventing, but it's like, I think every 10 pages or 10 minutes of this movie, something really important happens and it makes you so engaged like on a kind of almost subconscious level with it.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:48:57
  6. pick the 1950s sock hop cover of T. Rex's 20th Century Boy: A glam rock song played as a 1950s sock hop number says something about Truman's cultural world.
    “I had them doing T-Rex, 20th century boy, as like a 1950s sock hop jam, because like, you know, what is music in this world and like how would they have, like, what does he know about like rock and roll or whatever? Or is time stop in the 50s?”
    Chris Ryan · 0:50:34
  7. pick the dance: He flagged it as one of the best directed scenes in the movie.
    “You know what's funny, though, is I actually flagged that scene is actually, I think, one of the best directed scenes in the whole movie.”
    Glen Powell · 0:51:13
  8. pick death-at-sea scenes in movies: Offered as a favorite kind of scene; the speaker said he nearly listed his all-time best.
    “Oh, I think are always riveting, and I was, I almost wanted to do like my, my top tier, best ones ever, and then I thought that'd be super weird.”
    unknown · 0:51:39

Big Kahuna Burger Award · Best use of food and drink in the movie.

  1. pick Moko Coco coffee: He says it should come back; Glen later calls it maybe the most iconic.
    “Big Kahuna burger where best use of food and drink, the moco cocoa coffee.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:52:39
  2. pick the Chef's Pal dicer, grater and peeler
    “I had chefs, pal.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:52:43

Best Shot · Most cinematic shot.

  1. pick Truman going through the revolving door, or the last shot of him walking into the black doorway
    “Truman going through the revolving door, like, with the kind of, like, realization that something is changing or the last shot of the movie of him walking into the black, black doorway.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:53:02
  2. pick the over-the-bow shot when the storm stops and the sun comes up
    “And they go, the, the, over the bow shot, and he's like this, and you don't know if he's dead or not, and then, I don't know, I just thought that looked cool, the sun come up.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:53:16
  3. pick Ed Harris touching Truman's face on the screen: He sees it as summing up the creator and creation father-son dynamic.
    “I loved Ed Harris touching his face on the screen.”
    Glen Powell · 0:53:25

Best Character Name · The best name in the movie.

  1. winner Ed Harris as Christoph: It is a douchey one-name name for a man who plays God.
    “Christoph's really good.”
    unknown · 0:53:47
  2. nominee Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank: Glen thinks it could have used a second draft and Bill compares it to a Jaguars left tackle.
    “Truman Burbank is pretty good though.”
    unknown · 0:53:59

Best Quote or Exchange · Chris Ryan's flex category, in honor of Heat: the best quote or exchange.

  1. pick Truman's "you never had a camera in my head" line: He likes the idea that surveillance should have a limit, as a grace note to go out on.
    “The one that sticks with me the most because it gets overridden by Truman redoing, uh, good afternoon, good evening, and if I don't see a good night or whatever, I love when he's like, you never had a camera in my head.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:54:42
  2. pick the two security guards cutting away as the couple gets intimate: A favorite way of getting plot out.
    “The, my, my, my favorite was with the 2 security guys where, where, um, you see them like, you know, they're about to, you know, the husband and wife are about to get intimate and you basically cut to the security guards.”
    unknown · 0:55:07

Ed Norton Reverse Dunk Award · Where the movie needed a random sports scene.

  1. pick a double-A baseball or fake sports league storyline for Truman: The hosts riff on whether Truman got fake scores or a made-up league; Glen floats lacrosse.
    “The Ed Norton Reverse Dunk Award for this movie need a random sports scene.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:55:43

Butch's Girlfriend Award · The weak link of the film.

  1. pick Truman's dad: Glen expected others to say Marlon but he finds the dad storyline the weaker one, and wanted someone like Hanks or Hopper.
    “I think I could have been better in my in my in my personal opinion.”
    Glen Powell · 0:57:30
  2. pick no true weak link: He has no weakest link and only agrees about the dad casting.
    “Uh, I don't have a weakest link really.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:58:28
  3. pick the show's appeal as a 24-hour broadcast: He wonders what was fun about watching Truman's ordinary days.
    “I had, I don't know what was fun about watching this TV show for 24 hours a day.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:59:16

What Aged the Worst · What in the movie has aged the worst.

  1. pick the CGI for the Princess Diana wedding shots
    “I'll say this, the CGI to pull off the Princess Diana wedding shots to establish the outside world.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:00:02
  2. pick the CGI of the bubble and the cutbacks to the real world: He wants more ripple effects of the real world interacting.
    “I personally think that the, what's age the worst is like, number one, the CGI of the actual bubble.”
    Glen Powell · 1:00:09
  3. pick the missing ethical and legal fallout: The movie could have gone further into the legal entanglements of a child born to a corporation.
    “I honestly, even in, even in 1998, like, it would have been cool if they got a little bit more into the ethical and legal entanglements that this thing would have inevitably.”
    unknown · 1:00:39
  4. pick Laura Linney as Meryl: Questions what her career looks like after a fake marriage on camera.
    “Merrill, Laura Linney's character.”
    unknown · 1:02:30

Saul Rubinek Award · The overacting award.

  1. winner Philip Baker Hall as the network president: He makes the most of a small turn as the network president.
    “I, filmmaker Hall makes the most out of it.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:03:22

Hottest Take Award · A hot take about the movie.

  1. pick Tom Hanks as Truman: He loves Carrey but thinks Hanks as a true everyman would have made a different, engaging movie.
    “My hot take is I do think this movie could have potentially been really good with Tom Hanks.”
    Glen Powell · 1:03:45
  2. pick Brian De Palma as director: The first director attached; he would love to see the paranoid cutting-up-magazines version.
    “The 1st director attached, this movie was Brian DePalma.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:05:34
  3. pick 1998 as the greatest checking-all-the-boxes movie year: He then runs through a movie for each genre box from 1998.
    “I think 1998 is in the running for the greatest checking all the boxes movie year we've ever had.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:06:05

Casting What-Ifs · Almost-castings and recasts.

  1. pick Dennis Hopper as Christoph: Bill reads that Hopper was fired after about two days of scenes, then Jack Nicholson was approached and passed.
    “Um, Dennis Hopper was supposed to be Christoph and was Christoph in film 2 days of scenes, and then they talked to Ed Harris about this.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:11:39
  2. pick Samuel L. Jackson as Truman: Bill read it from research but doubts it; Gary Oldman was also mentioned for screen tests.
    “There's some stuff about they talked to Sam Jackson about.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:11:27
  3. pick Samuel L. Jackson as Marlon: He wanted something volatile and some doubt about whose side Marlon is on.
    “As Marlon, can I, can I test drive Sam Jackson for you guys?”
    Glen Powell · 1:14:18
  4. pick Philip Seymour Hoffman as Marlon: He imagines Marlon played like Freddie Miles in The Talented Mr. Ripley.
    “What if it was Marlon, but he played it exactly like Freddie and Count Mr. Ripley?”
    Chris Ryan · 1:21:50

Best That Guy · The best that-guy actor in the movie.

  1. winner the bad guy from The Karate Kid Part II, in a small role here: Giamatti is excluded because he is now Paul Giamatti. The hosts do not name the actor.
    “It can't go to Giamatti because he's now Paul Giamatti, but the Asian guy from Karate Kid 2.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:12:23

Dion Waiters Award · A small role with a big impact.

  1. winner Paul Giamatti as control room staffer: In about four scenes; grounded even if he shot two days on a sound stage.
    “No, this goes to Giamatti.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:12:58
  2. nominee the woman next to Giamatti in the control room (Chloe): Shot as important in climactic moments but never says anything.
    “Chloe, I think her name is.”
    Glen Powell · 1:13:28

Christoph Truman Show Award · The opposite of the Vincent Chase award: a character who is unbelievably good at their job.

  1. winner Ed Harris as Christoph: Craig's flex category; Christoph ran a perfect game for 35 years, 24 hours a day.
    “I want to I want to nominate the opposite award.”
    Craig Horlbeck · 1:15:02

Picking Nits · Nitpicks of a movie they love.

  1. pick how big the place was, with the water, electricity and no accidents
    “Yeah, I mean, this was obviously the biggest nitpick.”
    unknown · 1:15:54
  2. pick why the cracks in Truman's world start happening now: The movie could use some external pressure to explain the timing.
    “Well, also, one of my nitpicks was that, I was like, or, or, or lights falling from the sky or, or isolated thunderstorms happening, or, or the frequency things happening, is why is this happening now?”
    Glen Powell · 1:16:13
  3. pick the new love interest storyline: A rare case where he would add ten more minutes to a movie.
    “I could have taken 10 more minutes.”
    Craig Horlbeck · 1:24:08
  4. pick Christoph going full Old Testament with no one stopping him: He wanted more chaos to show a creator desperate to keep his creation alive.
    “I thought I thought it felt too calm up in the in the movie.”
    Glen Powell · 1:24:40
  5. pick Truman hitting the wall of the set calmly: The reverse of the overacting award: after a lifetime on TV he should freak out at the drywall.
    “Uh, speaking of that, my one picking it, it's basically the reverse of the overacting award.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:25:57

Sequel, Prequel, Prestige TV · The sequel, prequel or prestige TV show they would make.

  1. pick The Truman Show: Calls it untouchable, though prestige TV might work.
    “Prestige TV maybe, but I think this is an untouchable.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:27:09
  2. pick a sequel where Truman's baby with Laura Linney is born into the real world and he infiltrates to get him out: Bill likes it and jokes Glen has signed on.
    “Can I pitch you on a sequel?”
    Chris Ryan · 1:27:15

Oscar Pick · If only one person from the movie could win an Oscar, who.

  1. pick Peter Weir: He thinks Weir has the best case; the film feels ahead of its time.
    “I have Weir.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:30:42
  2. pick Andrew Niccol: For one of the great original screenplays of the decade.
    “Andrew Nichol, only just because I just think this is one of the great original screenplays of that decade,”
    unknown · 1:31:00

Unanswerable Questions · Questions the movie leaves open.

  1. pick Ed Harris as Christoph: Was Christoph actually evil? Leaning yes, but maybe deranged.
    “Unanswerable questions was Christoph Evil, I think, is a good one.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:31:27
  2. pick Truman's next 24 hours after leaving: The hosts joke about Burbank, Hollywood Boulevard and California Pizza Kitchen.
    “What what happened, what were Truman's next 24 hours like?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:32:46

Memorabilia · A piece of memorabilia they would want from the movie.

  1. pick Christoph's beret
    “I'm going Christoph Beret.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:33:32
  2. pick the Chef's Pal dicer, peeler and grater
    “Uh, I guess I would take the, the, the dicer peeler greater that that Lenny had.”
    unknown · 1:33:37
  3. pick the original prototype poster: He considered Christoph's ring but prefers the original poster the artist made.
    “I was thinking his ring, but actually what I would want is the original poster that the guy made.”
    unknown · 1:33:43

Coach Finn Stack Award · The best life lesson in the movie.

  1. pick "What else is on?" - change the channel after 35 years
    “What else is on?”
    unknown · 1:33:58
  2. pick just because you're paranoid doesn't mean people aren't out to get you
    “Cool. Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean people aren't out to get me.”
    unknown · 1:34:04

Apex Mountain · Where this role sits on the star's career mountain.

  1. pick Jim Carrey as Truman: Third act of his seven-year run; his first well-received drama and he is arguably the most powerful actor in Hollywood.
    “I think this is right in the middle of this crazy run that he had.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:19:27
  2. pick Laura Linney as Meryl: Not yet; probably the early 2000s with You Can Count on Me.
    “Probably somewhere in the early 2000s, though, right?”
    unknown · 1:20:07
  3. pick Ed Harris as Christoph: Probably early 90s.
    “Probably early 90s.”
    unknown · 1:20:21
  4. pick Peter Weir: He thinks the vision of this movie is more complex than Dead Poets Society.
    “I think the vision of this movie is way more complex than Dead Fox.”
    Glen Powell · 1:20:56
  5. pick Noah Emmerich as Louis Coltrane: Probably still Beautiful Girls.
    “Uh, Noah Emrek, probably still beautiful girls.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:21:14

Who Won the Movie · Who won the movie.

  1. winner Jim Carrey: He asks whether there is a Peter Weir case.
    “I think Carrie.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:34:31
  2. winner Jim Carrey: Weir needed this one, but Carrey won it.
    “It's Carrie.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:34:50

Who talked about it

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The Rewatchables

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Alfred Hitchcock: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ The Truman Show (the host's read). Same line: the premise is Frank Capra crossed with Hitchcock.
    “you basically take Frank Capra and Alpha Hitchcock and you put it together, and that's what this movie is.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Frank Capra: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Frank Capra ⇒ The Truman Show (the host's read). Nichol's idea is described as Capra plus Hitchcock combined.
    “you basically take Frank Capra and Alpha Hitchcock and you put it together, and that's what this movie is.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Survivor: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. industry (industry): The Truman Show ⇒ Survivor (the host's read). Truman Show weirdly kicked off reality TV, predating Survivor by a year or two.
    “This kind of weirdly kicked it off, like this predated by a year or two.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:12:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Connected to

Peter Weir: 4 lines craft ×2 industry ×1 verdict ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Truman Show → Peter Weir. The pairing of Weir and Carrey is what makes the film timeless despite earlier script and casting permutations.
    “something about Peter Weir and Jim Carrey and what they chose to do with it, you're like, that's timeless.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:08:25 · Glen Powell (0.80 sure it was them)

Jim Carrey: 3 lines craft ×1 career ×1 verdict ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Truman Show → Jim Carrey. Carrey and Weir knew to play off the weirdness comedically and move on so the audience would not marinate on it.
    “not let it not let it marinate too long because then the audience is going to marinate on it too.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:24:07 · Glen Powell (0.80 sure it was them)

The Running Man: 3 lines programming ×2 theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): The Truman Show → The Running Man. Powell sees comps between being watched in Truman Show and his own film Running Man.
    “I really like there's a lot of comps between the Truman show and running man”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:02:51 · Glen Powell (0.90 sure it was them)

Gattaca: 2 lines theme ×1 programming ×1

  1. theme (theme): The Truman Show → Gattaca. Nichol saw Truman Show and Gattaca as two films about what technology will do to humanity.
    “these these 2 movies are basically related for me.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:42 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Game: 2 lines programming ×1 unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (same concept): The Game → The Truman Show. Truman Show, a year later, is a different version of the same concept.
    “Truman shows a year later, which is sort of a different version of this same concept.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 1:52:24 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

7 Up (Michael Apted series): 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): The Truman Show → 7 Up (Michael Apted series). Like Apted's series, lives play out inside a film framework, but Truman does not know he is participating.
    “the crucial thing about Truman is that he doesn't know he's participating in something that everybody else does.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:13:31 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Truman Show → Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. The rhino gag defended as one of the greatest physical gags, a dumb premise that works through full commitment.
    “I think is still one of the greatest physical gags of all time.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Alfred Hitchcock: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Truman Show → Alfred Hitchcock. Same line: the premise is Frank Capra crossed with Hitchcock.
    “you basically take Frank Capra and Alpha Hitchcock and you put it together, and that's what this movie is.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Armageddon: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): The Truman Show → Armageddon. In the 1998 genre roster, Truman Show is the sci-fi entry and Armageddon the action entry.
    “Sci-fi Truman show.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:06:54 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Barbie: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Truman Show → Barbie. Linney studied 1950s Sears catalogs for her poses, as Gerwig consulted for Barbie.
    “Greta Irwig consulted where for Barbie because she wanted to create that world”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:17:27 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Brian De Palma: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): The Truman Show → Brian De Palma. De Palma was the first director attached, which would have meant sex-drenched paranoia.
    “The 1st director attached, this movie was Brian DePalma.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:05:34 · Chris Ryan (0.90 sure it was them)

Dead Poets Society: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): The Truman Show → Dead Poets Society. The vision of Truman Show is argued to be more complex than Dead Poets; Weir apex.
    “I think the vision of this movie is way more complex than Dead Fox.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:20:56 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Death Wish: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): The Truman Show → Death Wish. The original darker Manhattan script had a subway attack, like Death Wish.
    “which is, well, Truman show Death Wish, kind of like that.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:18:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Dennis Hopper: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): The Truman Show → Dennis Hopper. Hopper was cast as Christoph and fired after two days of scenes.
    “Dennis Hopper was supposed to be Christoph and was Christoph in film 2 days of scenes”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:11:39 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Ed TV: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): The Truman Show → Ed TV. Ed TV, a similar-premise film with McConaughey, was being made at the same time.
    “And they were making Ed TV at the same time with the McConaughey.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:13:19 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): The Truman Show → Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Powell prefers Truman and says Eternal Sunshine is an emotional premise while Truman is a higher tightrope for an actor.
    “I think Eternal Sunshine is a brilliant premise that's like a really emotionally driven premise.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:34:46 · Glen Powell (0.60 sure it was them)

Frank Capra: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Truman Show → Frank Capra. Nichol's idea is described as Capra plus Hitchcock combined.
    “you basically take Frank Capra and Alpha Hitchcock and you put it together, and that's what this movie is.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Jury Duty: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Truman Show → Jury Duty. The TV show Jury Duty, with everyone in on it except one guy, is the modern Truman Show.
    “That's modern Truman show.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:14:43 · Glen Powell (0.60 sure it was them)

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (shared-motif): Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World → The Truman Show. Asked how the studio sold a Weir boat movie, the hosts note the poster could not say 'from the director of The Truman Show' but both films have sailing scenes.
    “They do both have sailing scenes.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 0:16:54 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Minority Report: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): The Truman Show → Minority Report. A Cruise Truman would become a paranoid thriller like Minority Report.
    “you don't want it to feel like a paranoid thriller.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:04:08 · Glen Powell (0.70 sure it was them)

Noah Emmerich: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (filmography): Noah Emmerich → The Truman Show. Emmerich is not a 'that guy' because he has done real work like Truman Show.
    “because he's Truman show, like he's done a lot of good stuff.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:52:55 · Chris Ryan (0.55 sure it was them)

Ordinary People: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Truman Show → Ordinary People. Death-at-sea scenes: Ordinary People, Perfect Storm and Titanic are cited alongside Truman Show's.
    “Because ordinary people has a great one.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:51:47 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Peter Bizzoo: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Peter Bizzoo → The Truman Show. Asked who shot The Truman Show, a speaker offers 'Peter Bizzoo' as the answer.
    “Such a good question might be. Peter Bizzoo.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 1:26:50 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Philip Glass: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Truman Show → Philip Glass. The triumphant score under Truman putting it together trains the audience to root for him rather than feel paranoid.
    “But I just thought it was a really brilliant musical cue because it trains the audience to root for him”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:41:40 · Glen Powell (0.80 sure it was them)

Philip Seymour Hoffman: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): The Truman Show → Philip Seymour Hoffman. Hoffman as Marlon playing it like his Freddie Miles in Ripley.
    “What if it was Marlon, but he played it exactly like Freddie and Count Mr. Ripley?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:21:50 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Raiders of the Lost Ark: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Truman Show → Raiders of the Lost Ark. Truman Show has a major plot beat every ten minutes, passing an invented Raiders-style screenplay test.
    “This movie passes the Raiders of the Lost Arc screenplay test that I'm inventing”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:48:57 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Rob Silverman: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Truman Show → Rob Silverman. The poster, by artist Rob Silverman, is praised as one of the decade's best.
    “The poster, which I think is one of the best posters from this decade. It was done by an artist named Rob Silverman.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:47:34 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Robin Williams: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): The Truman Show → Robin Williams. The lead is called the most Robin Williams part he never played; he was circled before Carrey.
    “It really was the most Robin Williams part ever that he didn't do.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:08:33 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Roger Ebert: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → The Truman Show. Ebert gave Truman Show four stars and wrote about the values technology forces on humanity.
    “So Ebert, 4 stars, uh, absolutely loved it”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:09 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Samuel L. Jackson: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): The Truman Show → Samuel L. Jackson. Proposed recast: Jackson as Marlon, for volatility and a question of whose side he's on.
    “As Marlon, can I, can I test drive Sam Jackson for you guys?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:14:18 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Saving Private Ryan: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): The Truman Show → Saving Private Ryan. Weir was nominated that year but Spielberg won for Private Ryan.
    “Spielberg won for Private Ryan.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:35:01 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Survivor: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): The Truman Show → Survivor. Truman Show weirdly kicked off reality TV, predating Survivor by a year or two.
    “This kind of weirdly kicked it off, like this predated by a year or two.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:12:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

T. Rex: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Truman Show → T. Rex. The film's sock-hop band number is T. Rex's "20th Century Boy" reworked as 1950s jam, read as a way to keep Truman in a frozen culture.
    “I had them doing T-Rex, 20th century boy, as like a 1950s sock hop jam”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:50:34 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Terry Gilliam: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): The Truman Show → Terry Gilliam. Gilliam and Sonnenfeld were also circled as directors.
    “Yeah, Terry Gilliam and Barry Sonefeld.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:12:15 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Batman: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Batman → The Truman Show. The submerged water-tank photography against a painted backdrop looks like The Truman Show.
    “I was about to reference the Truman show.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:45:42 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

The Mask: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): The Truman Show → The Mask. Carrey took it down 5% so the performance does not turn into the Mask.
    “so that it doesn't turn into the mask at any moment”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:24:40 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

The Matrix: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): The Truman Show → The Matrix. Double-feature suggestion put to the table, with Gattaca and The Game also chosen.
    “The Matrix?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:34:11 · Glen Powell (0.40 sure it was them)

The Razor's Edge: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): The Truman Show → The Razor's Edge. Truman is Carrey's version of the comedian who does a serious turn, a Hollywood staple.
    “The comedian who doesn't want to be a comedian for a movie movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:17:17 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

The Real World: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): The Truman Show → The Real World. Reality TV timeline: Real World (92) and Road Rules (95) preceded Truman Show in 98.
    “Real World was 92.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:12:59 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Shawshank Redemption: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Truman Show → The Shawshank Redemption. The basement escape scene is a little Shawshank-ish.
    “A little Shawshankish.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:40:34 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

The Sixth Sense: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): The Truman Show → The Sixth Sense. The film gives its premise away early; played as a Sixth Sense twist it would be a different thing.
    “if you just have it play like a 6th sense twist.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:50:10 · Glen Powell (0.50 sure it was them)

Titanic: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): The Truman Show → Titanic. Release slipped from 1997 to 1998 because Titanic was coming for everybody; better Oscar chances.
    “It was supposed to be 97 and then the Titanic literally was this big boat coming for everybody”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:48:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Tom Cruise: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): The Truman Show → Tom Cruise. With Cruise it turns into Minority Report, a paranoid thriller; also a running scene over the bridge.
    “No, no, the thing with Cruz, it turns into the, you know, minority report.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:04:01 · Glen Powell (0.80 sure it was them)

Tom Hanks: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): The Truman Show → Tom Hanks. Powell's hot take: Hanks as an everyman realizing he represents something would make a different, more subtle movie.
    “My hot take is I do think this movie could have potentially been really good with Tom Hanks.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:03:45 · Glen Powell (0.90 sure it was them)

Top Gun: Maverick: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): The Truman Show → Top Gun: Maverick. Powell contrasts the first AD's nightmare on Truman Show with Top Gun: Maverick, the biggest people-count movie he made, with Navy briefs.
    “Top Gun Maverick was probably the that was probably the biggest, most amount of people movie you made.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:15:31 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Jim Carrey → The Truman Show. Carrey's 94-to-2000 run with Truman Show in the middle is called the best run any comedian has had.
    “Carries the star, obviously, and carries in this heater from 94 to 2000.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:27:23 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. career (filmography): Noah Emmerich → The Truman Show. Emmerich is not a 'that guy' because he has done real work like Truman Show.
    “because he's Truman show, like he's done a lot of good stuff.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:52:55 · Chris Ryan (0.55 sure it was them)

contrast (7)

  1. contrast (contrast): The Truman Show → 7 Up (Michael Apted series). Like Apted's series, lives play out inside a film framework, but Truman does not know he is participating.
    “the crucial thing about Truman is that he doesn't know he's participating in something that everybody else does.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:13:31 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): The Truman Show → Top Gun: Maverick. Powell contrasts the first AD's nightmare on Truman Show with Top Gun: Maverick, the biggest people-count movie he made, with Navy briefs.
    “Top Gun Maverick was probably the that was probably the biggest, most amount of people movie you made.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:15:31 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): The Truman Show → The Mask. Carrey took it down 5% so the performance does not turn into the Mask.
    “so that it doesn't turn into the mask at any moment”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:24:40 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. contrast (contrast): The Truman Show → Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Powell prefers Truman and says Eternal Sunshine is an emotional premise while Truman is a higher tightrope for an actor.
    “I think Eternal Sunshine is a brilliant premise that's like a really emotionally driven premise.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:34:46 · Glen Powell (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. contrast (contrast): The Truman Show → The Sixth Sense. The film gives its premise away early; played as a Sixth Sense twist it would be a different thing.
    “if you just have it play like a 6th sense twist.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:50:10 · Glen Powell (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. contrast (contrast): The Truman Show → Minority Report. A Cruise Truman would become a paranoid thriller like Minority Report.
    “you don't want it to feel like a paranoid thriller.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:04:08 · Glen Powell (0.70 sure it was them)
  7. contrast (contrast): The Truman Show → Death Wish. The original darker Manhattan script had a subway attack, like Death Wish.
    “which is, well, Truman show Death Wish, kind of like that.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:18:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (12)

  1. craft (craft): Peter Bizzoo → The Truman Show. Asked who shot The Truman Show, a speaker offers 'Peter Bizzoo' as the answer.
    “Such a good question might be. Peter Bizzoo.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 1:26:50 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): The Truman Show → Peter Weir. The pairing of Weir and Carrey is what makes the film timeless despite earlier script and casting permutations.
    “something about Peter Weir and Jim Carrey and what they chose to do with it, you're like, that's timeless.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:08:25 · Glen Powell (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): The Truman Show → Peter Weir. Powell reads Weir's production design and hidden Easter eggs, like a Latin 'all for one, one for all' arch, as intentional and unforegrounded.
    “Peter Weir especially is just very good with production design and like the little Easter eggs”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:11:46 · Glen Powell (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. craft (craft): The Truman Show → Jim Carrey. Carrey and Weir knew to play off the weirdness comedically and move on so the audience would not marinate on it.
    “not let it not let it marinate too long because then the audience is going to marinate on it too.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:24:07 · Glen Powell (0.80 sure it was them)
  5. craft (craft): The Truman Show → Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. The rhino gag defended as one of the greatest physical gags, a dumb premise that works through full commitment.
    “I think is still one of the greatest physical gags of all time.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. craft (craft): The Truman Show → The Shawshank Redemption. The basement escape scene is a little Shawshank-ish.
    “A little Shawshankish.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:40:34 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. craft (craft): The Truman Show → Philip Glass. The triumphant score under Truman putting it together trains the audience to root for him rather than feel paranoid.
    “But I just thought it was a really brilliant musical cue because it trains the audience to root for him”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:41:40 · Glen Powell (0.80 sure it was them)
  8. craft (craft): The Truman Show → Rob Silverman. The poster, by artist Rob Silverman, is praised as one of the decade's best.
    “The poster, which I think is one of the best posters from this decade. It was done by an artist named Rob Silverman.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:47:34 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  9. craft (craft): The Truman Show → Raiders of the Lost Ark. Truman Show has a major plot beat every ten minutes, passing an invented Raiders-style screenplay test.
    “This movie passes the Raiders of the Lost Arc screenplay test that I'm inventing”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:48:57 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  10. craft (craft): The Truman Show → T. Rex. The film's sock-hop band number is T. Rex's "20th Century Boy" reworked as 1950s jam, read as a way to keep Truman in a frozen culture.
    “I had them doing T-Rex, 20th century boy, as like a 1950s sock hop jam”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:50:34 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  11. craft (craft): The Truman Show → Ordinary People. Death-at-sea scenes: Ordinary People, Perfect Storm and Titanic are cited alongside Truman Show's.
    “Because ordinary people has a great one.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:51:47 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  12. craft (craft): The Batman → The Truman Show. The submerged water-tank photography against a painted backdrop looks like The Truman Show.
    “I was about to reference the Truman show.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:45:42 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (6)

  1. industry (marketing-problem): Peter Weir → The Truman Show. Posters could not say 'from the director of The Truman Show' because audiences could not connect that to a Russell Crowe sailing epic; Weir has no genre.
    “it would just look weird for this poster with Russell Crowe's to then be like, from the director of the Truman show.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 0:16:37 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): The Truman Show → Survivor. Truman Show weirdly kicked off reality TV, predating Survivor by a year or two.
    “This kind of weirdly kicked it off, like this predated by a year or two.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:12:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. industry (industry): The Truman Show → The Real World. Reality TV timeline: Real World (92) and Road Rules (95) preceded Truman Show in 98.
    “Real World was 92.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:12:59 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. industry (industry): The Truman Show → Ed TV. Ed TV, a similar-premise film with McConaughey, was being made at the same time.
    “And they were making Ed TV at the same time with the McConaughey.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:13:19 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. industry (industry): The Truman Show → Saving Private Ryan. Weir was nominated that year but Spielberg won for Private Ryan.
    “Spielberg won for Private Ryan.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:35:01 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. industry (industry): The Truman Show → Titanic. Release slipped from 1997 to 1998 because Titanic was coming for everybody; better Oscar chances.
    “It was supposed to be 97 and then the Titanic literally was this big boat coming for everybody”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:48:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (4)

  1. lineage (lineage): The Truman Show → Jury Duty. The TV show Jury Duty, with everyone in on it except one guy, is the modern Truman Show.
    “That's modern Truman show.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:14:43 · Glen Powell (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): The Truman Show → Frank Capra. Nichol's idea is described as Capra plus Hitchcock combined.
    “you basically take Frank Capra and Alpha Hitchcock and you put it together, and that's what this movie is.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage): The Truman Show → Alfred Hitchcock. Same line: the premise is Frank Capra crossed with Hitchcock.
    “you basically take Frank Capra and Alpha Hitchcock and you put it together, and that's what this movie is.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage): The Truman Show → Barbie. Linney studied 1950s Sears catalogs for her poses, as Gerwig consulted for Barbie.
    “Greta Irwig consulted where for Barbie because she wanted to create that world”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:17:27 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

programming (6)

  1. programming (programming): The Truman Show → The Running Man. 1998 is praised as the year that checked every genre box, with Truman Show as sci-fi, a model for movie-year variety and Powell's Running Man.
    “I think 1998 is in the running for the greatest checking all the boxes movie year we've ever had.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:06:05 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): The Truman Show → Armageddon. In the 1998 genre roster, Truman Show is the sci-fi entry and Armageddon the action entry.
    “Sci-fi Truman show.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:06:54 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. programming (programming): The Truman Show → The Matrix. Double-feature suggestion put to the table, with Gattaca and The Game also chosen.
    “The Matrix?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:34:11 · Glen Powell (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. programming (programming): The Truman Show → Gattaca. Double feature: Gattaca, the other Andrew Nichol film.
    “Gattica, underscene, other Andrew Nichol”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:34:14 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. programming (programming): The Truman Show → The Game. Double feature: The Game.
    “I'd go to the game, the game.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:34:20 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. programming (programming): The Truman Show → The Running Man. Powell's double-feature answer is his own movie.
    “Glenn's like, I'll go the running man.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:34:23 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (4)

  1. theme (shared-motif): Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World → The Truman Show. Asked how the studio sold a Weir boat movie, the hosts note the poster could not say 'from the director of The Truman Show' but both films have sailing scenes.
    “They do both have sailing scenes.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 0:16:54 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): The Truman Show → The Running Man. Powell sees comps between being watched in Truman Show and his own film Running Man.
    “I really like there's a lot of comps between the Truman show and running man”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:02:51 · Glen Powell (0.90 sure it was them)
  3. theme (theme): The Truman Show → The Razor's Edge. Truman is Carrey's version of the comedian who does a serious turn, a Hollywood staple.
    “The comedian who doesn't want to be a comedian for a movie movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:17:17 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. theme (theme): The Truman Show → Gattaca. Nichol saw Truman Show and Gattaca as two films about what technology will do to humanity.
    “these these 2 movies are basically related for me.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:42 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (same concept): The Game → The Truman Show. Truman Show, a year later, is a different version of the same concept.
    “Truman shows a year later, which is sort of a different version of this same concept.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 1:52:24 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (4)

  1. verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → The Truman Show. Ebert gave Truman Show four stars and wrote about the values technology forces on humanity.
    “So Ebert, 4 stars, uh, absolutely loved it”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:09 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): The Truman Show → Dead Poets Society. The vision of Truman Show is argued to be more complex than Dead Poets; Weir apex.
    “I think the vision of this movie is way more complex than Dead Fox.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:20:56 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): The Truman Show → Peter Weir. Weir has the best Oscar case of the film's three nominations.
    “I think I actually think there was the best case for him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:30:43 · Glen Powell (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. verdict (verdict): The Truman Show → Jim Carrey. Who won the movie: Carrey, though Weir needed this one.
    “I think it is Carrie, but I think the Peter Weir, like he needed this one.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:34:37 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (8)

  1. what-if (what-if): The Truman Show → Robin Williams. The lead is called the most Robin Williams part he never played; he was circled before Carrey.
    “It really was the most Robin Williams part ever that he didn't do.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:08:33 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): The Truman Show → Tom Hanks. Powell's hot take: Hanks as an everyman realizing he represents something would make a different, more subtle movie.
    “My hot take is I do think this movie could have potentially been really good with Tom Hanks.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:03:45 · Glen Powell (0.90 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): The Truman Show → Tom Cruise. With Cruise it turns into Minority Report, a paranoid thriller; also a running scene over the bridge.
    “No, no, the thing with Cruz, it turns into the, you know, minority report.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:04:01 · Glen Powell (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (what-if): The Truman Show → Brian De Palma. De Palma was the first director attached, which would have meant sex-drenched paranoia.
    “The 1st director attached, this movie was Brian DePalma.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:05:34 · Chris Ryan (0.90 sure it was them)
  5. what-if (what-if): The Truman Show → Dennis Hopper. Hopper was cast as Christoph and fired after two days of scenes.
    “Dennis Hopper was supposed to be Christoph and was Christoph in film 2 days of scenes”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:11:39 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  6. what-if (what-if): The Truman Show → Terry Gilliam. Gilliam and Sonnenfeld were also circled as directors.
    “Yeah, Terry Gilliam and Barry Sonefeld.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:12:15 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. what-if (what-if): The Truman Show → Samuel L. Jackson. Proposed recast: Jackson as Marlon, for volatility and a question of whose side he's on.
    “As Marlon, can I, can I test drive Sam Jackson for you guys?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:14:18 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  8. what-if (what-if): The Truman Show → Philip Seymour Hoffman. Hoffman as Marlon playing it like his Freddie Miles in Ripley.
    “What if it was Marlon, but he played it exactly like Freddie and Count Mr. Ripley?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:21:50 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about The Truman Show: Bill rewatched it for a week on pay-per-view reruns using an illegal cable box in Boston in the late 90s.
    “I had an illegal cable box in Boston in the late 90s”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:11:11 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about The Truman Show: Powell translated the Latin on an arch in the bus scene as 'all for one, one for all', the kind of Easter egg Weir doesn't foreground.
    “And it says, it's, it translates to all for one, one for all.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:12:07 · Glen Powell (0.85 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about The Truman Show: The film got only three Oscar nominations, none for Carrey.
    “Only three.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:33:19 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about The Truman Show: Cats absent in Sea Haven; Powell notes Sofia is overrun with dogs and Plovdiv with cats; Mallory Rubin will be furious.
    “I'm only saying this for Mallory Rubin because she works with us”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:46:56 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about The Truman Show: Release was pushed from 1997 to 1998 so as not to run into Titanic.
    “It was supposed to be 97 and then the Titanic literally was this big boat coming for everybody”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:48:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about The Truman Show: Screenplay beats land every ten minutes: boat, Lauren, set, wedding photo, name, dad.
    “20 minutes we meet Lauren.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:49:24 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about The Truman Show: T. Rex covered as 1950s sock hop prompts talk of how the world keeps Truman engaged with culture (or didn't pay the rights).
    “They just they just didn't want to pay for the rights.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:51:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about The Truman Show: Ryan picks as best quote: 'You never had a camera in my head.'
    “you never had a camera in my head.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:54:42 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  9. fun, about The Truman Show: The woman beside Giamatti (Chloe) is framed at pivotal moments but never speaks; Powell suspects a bad edit.
    “But she never says anything.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:13:38 · Glen Powell (0.60 sure it was them)
  10. fun, about The Truman Show: Filmed in Seaside, Florida, a master-planned community; Laura Linney studied 1950s Sears catalogs for her poses.
    “Laura Linney studied Sears catalogs from the 50s to develop her poses.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:17:20 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  11. fun, about The Truman Show: Before the boat stops, the sail shows 139, read as Psalm 139.
    “Before the boat stops, we see the number 139 on its sale, which is, uh, I guess, for some Psalm 139.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:17:33 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  12. fun, about The Truman Show: Truman Syndrome: people with a version of schizophrenia who believe their lives are reality TV; Nichol says you've made it when a disease is named after you.
    “there's this thing called Truman Syndrome.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:17:51 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  13. fun, about The Truman Show: Original script was set in Manhattan and far darker, with a subway attack and a platonic relationship with a prostitute.
    “the original script is set in Manhattan.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:18:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  14. fun, about The Truman Show: Nitpick: Truman hits drywall at the sea's edge and should be losing his mind.
    “If I have lived my entire life and found out that it's been a television show”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:26:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  15. fun, about The Truman Show: Powell's sequel pitch: Truman has a kid with Meryl before escaping; the son is born into the new world and Truman infiltrates to get him out.
    “The new baby is born into the new world and is now the new young Truman”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:27:25 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.