Movie connections for
The Truman Show (1998)

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References

Show Me the Way to Go Home (1932)
"I Love Lucy" (1951)
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
 -  Main character sings a song from the Pirate movie.
Moby Dick (1956)
A King in New York (1957)
Persona (1966)
"The Prisoner" (1967)
Chinatown (1974)
 -  When Truman coughs to conceal that he is ripping a page from the fashion magazine in his office, this references when Gittes coughs to conceal that he is ripping a page out of book with a list of the names of the grove owners in the valley.
The Howling (1981)
The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
"Red Dwarf" (1988)
Powaqqatsi (1988)
Groundhog Day (1993)
True Romance (1993)
Louis 19, le roi des ondes (1994)
Forrest Gump (1994)

Referenced in

Dark City (1998)
2nd Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review (1998) (TV)
 -  Characters talk about this movie
Pleasantville (1998)
"This Morning with Richard Not Judy: (#2.10)" (1999)
 -  Referenced by name
The Muse (1999)
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000) (TV)
Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
"Futurama: Leela's Homeworld (#4.5)" (2002)
 -  Leela: "Is this some sick Truman Show to you?!"
Iris TV (2003) (TV)
Bruce Almighty (2003)
 -  the scene on the water with God
This Girl's Life (2003)
 -  A man is hired to have sex with a woman and have it broadcast live over the internet. She tells him it'll be "sorta like 'The Truman Show.'"
Andra sidan (2003)
"HBO First Look: The Making of 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World' (#10.19)" (2003)
 -  mentioned once
The Making of 'Lord of War' (2006) (V)
 -  mentioned once
Shrek the Third (2007)
 -  As the stage production is beginning, a voice says, "Cue the sun!"

Featured in

2nd Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review (1998) (TV)
 -  features clips from this film
The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1999) (TV)
 -  clips
The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999) (TV)
Faux Finishing: The Visual Effects of 'The Truman Show' (2005) (V)
 -  clips shown
How's It Going to End? The Making of 'The Truman Show' (2005) (V)
 -  many clips shown
"Getaway: Found 2 (#15.31)" (2006)
 -  Some clips from this movie are shown in a story about its location, Seaside, Florida.
"20 to 1: 50 to 01: Great Movie One Liners (#4.10)" (2007)
 -  Some clips from this movie are shown in a segment on the line "Good morning ... good afternoon, good evening and good night."

Spoofed in

The Qui-Gon Show (1999)
"Family Guy: Fore, Father (#2.21)" (2000)
 -  Christof seen after Peter says the world may have been created just for him
Johnny English (2003)
The Even Stevens Movie (2003) (TV)
The Trumouse Show (2003)
 -  The title is an obvious reference to this film.
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
 -  Tv news announcer Kent Brockman says "Day 37 under the Dome!" on Moe's Bar television set. This brief sequence actually spoofs the way Truman's days of his life tick away on the reality Tv show, which in Peter Weir's movie is being watched by many people in a similar bar.

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