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The Truman Show, a review by Tom

Title: The Truman Show
Year: 1998
Director: Peter Weir
Rating: FSK-12
Length: 99 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Other: Dolby Digital 5.1, Other: Dolby Digital 3, Other: Dolby Digital 3
Subtitles: Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish

Stars:
Jim Carrey
Laura Linney
Noah Emmerich
Natascha McElhone
Holland Taylor

Plot:
Truman Burbank is a normal man, living in a normal town. He grew up to be a desk clerk for a insurance company, living an ordinary life, having an ordinary wife, an ordinary neighbour and an ordinary bud, who pops in from time to time with a sixpack. But Truman is not happy with his life. He wants to see the world. He wants to get away from his happy-happy, ever tidy, nice'n'shiny little island town at the seaside. In reality, Truman was an unwanted pregnancy. His 'father', Christof, a reckless TV-Producer whom he never met, made up the Truman Show - the greatest show on earth - a show in which life is live. So, everyone around poor Truman is an actor with a little headphone in the ear. One day, Truman accidentally bumps into a catering area backstage and gets pretty suspicious. His plan now is: Pretend to be sleeping and steal away...

Awards:

Academy Award	1998	Nominated	Best Director	Peter Weir
Academy Award	1998	Nominated	Best Supporting Actor	Ed Harris
Academy Award	1998	Nominated	Best Writing, Original Screenplay	Andrew Niccol
AFI	1998	Nominated	100 Years... 100 Cheers (2006)
ASCAP Awards	1999	Won	Top Box Office Films	Philip Glass, Burkhard von Dallwitz
BAFTA	1998	Nominated	Achievement In Special Visual Effects	Michael J. McAlister, Brad Kuehn, Craig Barron, Peter Chesney
BAFTA	1998	Nominated	Actor In A Supporting Role	Ed Harris
BAFTA	1998	Nominated	Cinematography	Peter Biziou
BAFTA	1998	Nominated	Film	Scott Rudin, Andrew Niccol, Edward S. Feldman, Adam Schroeder
BAFTA	1998	Won	Original Screenplay	Andrew Niccol
BAFTA	1998	Won	Production Design	Dennis Gassner
BAFTA	1998	Won	The David Lean Award For Achievement In Direction	Peter Weir
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	1999	Nominated	Favorite Actor - Drama	Jim Carrey
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	1999	Won	Favorite Supporting Actor - Drama	Ed Harris
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	1999	Nominated	Favorite Supporting Actress - Drama	Laura Linney
British Society of Cinematographers Awards	1999	Nominated	Best Cinematography Award	Peter Biziou
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	1999	Nominated	Best Picture
Costume Designers Guild Awards	1999	Nominated	Excellence in Costume Design for Film	Marilyn Matthews
Directors Guild of America	1999	Nominated	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures	Peter Weir
European Film Awards	1998	Won	Screen International Award (for a non-European film)
Golden Globe	1998	Won	Actor in a Leading Role - Drama	Jim Carrey
Golden Globe	1998	Won	Actor in a Supporting Role	Ed Harris
Golden Globe	1998	Nominated	Director	Peter Weir
Golden Globe	1998	Won	Original Score	Burkhard Dallwitz, Philip Glass
Golden Globe	1998	Nominated	Picture - Drama	Edward S. Feldman, Andrew M. Niccol, Scott Rudin, Adam Schroeder
Golden Globe	1998	Nominated	Screenplay	Andrew M. Niccol
Hugo Award	1999	Won	Dramatic Presentation
MTV Movie Awards	1999	Won	Best Male Performance	Jim Carrey
MTV Movie Awards	1999	Nominated	Best Movie
National Board of Review Awards, USA	1998	Won	Best Supporting Actor	Ed Harris
Online Film Critics Society Awards	1999	Nominated	Best Director	Peter Weir
Online Film Critics Society Awards	1999	Nominated	Best Film
Online Film Critics Society Awards	1999	Won	Best Screenplay, Original	Andrew Niccol
Online Film Critics Society Awards	1999	Nominated	Best Supporting Actor	Ed Harris
Satellite Awards	1999	Won	Best Art Direction	Dennis Gassner
Saturn	1998	Nominated	Best Actor	Jim Carrey
Saturn	1998	Nominated	Best Director	Peter Weir
Saturn	1998	Won	Best Fantasy Film
Saturn	1998	Nominated	Best Supporting Actor	Ed Harris
Saturn	1998	Won	Best Writing	Andrew Niccol
Writers Guild of America Awards	1999	Nominated	Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Andrew Niccol
Young Artist Awards	1999	Nominated

Extras:
Scene Access
Trailers

This is my favourite Jim Carrey movie. This movie was released before there was Big Brother. At the time this seemed a little like Science Fiction, but not long after people voluntarily did go on TV shows with being filmed 24 hours a day.
It is sad to think that Truman had to go through this fake life. The most disturbing is that his best friend since he was seven is the one most responsible to hide the reality from Truman.
The ending always gets to me

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on April 11th, 2010)

Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith, a review by dfmorgan

Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith

A part of

Star Wars: The Complete Saga

Year: 2005
Director: George Lucas
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen
Overview: The STAR WARS saga is now complete on DVD with Episode III REVENGE OF THE SITH. Torn between loyalty to his mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and the seductive powers of the Sith, Anakin Skywalker ultimately turns his back on the Jedi, thus completing his journey to the dark side and his transformation into Darth Vader. Experience the breathtaking scope of the final chapter in spectacular clarity and relive all the epic battles including the final climactic lightsaber duel between Anakin and Obi-Wan.

Watched: 2nd. Oct 2011
My Thoughts: The final part of the prequel trilogy. I enjoyed this a lot more than the earlier 2. In this they really set up the original trilogy with the 4 births - The Empire, Darth Vader, Luke and Leia.

My Rating: I found this to be enjoyable and so a 4



(From Dave's DVD/Blu-ray Reviews on October 2nd, 2011)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

ALF: Season One (1986/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Lions Gate Home Entertainment (United States) Length: 552 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Plot:
ALF, the impetuous alien who plummeted from outer space into the Tanner family garage back in '86 is now crash-landing on DVD! Earth has just not been the same without this cosmic superstar and his wisecracking antics!

Catch ALF in all 25 out-of-this-world episodes from the complete first season of his award-winning primetime TV hit.

ALF
1.01 ALF Pilot
Writer: Tom Patchett (Writer)
Director: Tom Patchett
Cast: Max Wright (Willy Tanner), Anne Shedeen (Kate Tanner), Andrea Elson (Lynn Tanner), Benji Gregory (Brian Tanner), Paul Fusco (ALF (voice, uncredited)), Liz Sheridan (Raquel Ochmonek), John La Motta (Trevor Ochmonek), Frank MC Carthy)

I loved watching this show when growing up. It is still fun to watch from time to time. Too bad that the US releases (which I own) contain the cut syndicated versions of the episodes. At least in this pilot it was very noticable.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on March 25th, 2011)