The Truman Show (4/9) Movie CLIP - Driving Through Fire (1998) HD

The Truman Show movie clips: BUY THE MOVIE: Don’t miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: CLIP DESCRIPTION: Despite Meryl’s (Laura Linney) protests, Truman (Jim Carrey) drives over the bridge and through a line of fire, but a leak at the nuclear power plant finally cuts short his attempted escape. FILM DESCRIPTION: Peter Weir directed this comedy-drama, a commentary on all-pervasive media manipulation. Scripted by Andrew M. Niccol (Gattaca), the film plays like a combination of the British TV series The Prisoner and Paul Bartel’s The Secret Cinema. Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) is unaware that his entire life is a hugely popular 24-hour-a-day TV series. In this real-time documentary, every moment of Truman’s existence is captured by concealed cameras and telecast to a giant global audience. His friends and family are actors who smile pleasantly at Truman’s familiar catchphrase greeting, “In case I don’t