Shearer directed the 2002 film Teddy Bears ' Picnic and appeared in several films, including A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration, The Simpsons Movie, The Truman Show, and Godzilla among many others.

* Won: The Truman Show ( 1999 )

The music from Anthem: Part 2 was used in the 1998 film The Truman Show and several film trailers, including Dead Man Walking.

* The Truman Show ( 1998 ) is a film about a man ( Jim Carrey ) who discovers that his entire life is being staged and filmed for a 24-hour-a-day reality TV show.

* The Truman Show

After playing a leading role in the Australian New Wave cinema with his films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave and Gallipoli, Weir directed a diverse group of American and international films — many of them major box office hits — including the Academy Award nominees Witness, Dead Poets Society, Green Card, The Truman Show and Master and Commander.

After five years, Weir returned to direct his biggest success to date, The Truman Show ( 1998 ), a fantasy-satire of the media's control of life.

The Truman Show was both a box office and a critical success, receiving positive reviews and numerous awards, including three Academy Award nominations: Andrew Niccol for Best Original Screenplay, Ed Harris for Best Supporting Actor, and Weir himself for Best Director.

They were beaten by The Truman Show and " The Prayer " from Quest for Camelot respectively.

* Truman Burbank, the main ( fictional ) character in The Truman Show.

Carrey received critical acclaim for his chameleonic performance and won a Golden Globe — his second win in a row after receiving an award for The Truman Show previously.

Giamatti began his career as a supporting actor in several films produced during the 1990s including Private Parts, The Truman Show, Saving Private Ryan, The Negotiator, and Man on the Moon before earning lead roles in several projects in the 2000s including American Splendor, Sideways, Cinderella Man, The Illusionist, John Adams, Cold Souls, Barney's Version, and Win Win.

Giamatti appeared in a number of supporting roles in the 1998 big-budget films including The Truman Show, Saving Private Ryan, and The Negotiator.

The film The Truman Show starring Jim Carrey had a similar plot as well.

Seaside is now a tourist destination and appeared in the movie The Truman Show.

He is a three-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Apollo 13, The Truman Show and The Hours, along with an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination for the title role in Pollock.

The film opened in second place at the box office behind The Truman Show, taking $ 16, 615, 704 during its first weekend.

* The Truman Show, a comedy movie starring Jim Carrey

The Truman Show is a 1998 American satirical comedy-drama film directed by Peter Weir and written by Andrew Niccol.

The genesis of The Truman Show was a spec script by Niccol, inspired by an episode of The Twilight Zone called " Special Service ".

Truman Burbank ( Jim Carrey ) lived his entire life, since before birth, in front of cameras for The Truman Show, although he is unaware of this fact.

During the 30th year of " The Truman Show ", Truman begins to notice certain aspects of his near-perfect world that seem out of place, such as a falling spotlight from the artificial night sky constellations that nearly hits him ( quickly passed off by local radio as an aircraft's dislodged landing light ) and Truman's car radio accidentally picking up conversation between the show's crew.

Mr. Truman has only to recall the `` hopeless '' campaign of 1948 to remember what a loyal partisan he was and the first experience of Mr. Kennedy with Congress would have been sadder than it was had not Mr. Sam been there.

Ramsey has stoked up Harry Truman, Henry Cabot Lodge, the King of Morocco, Clement Atlee and other shiny characters.

The bow has a ground floor double staircase leading to a Ionic colonnaded loggia ( with the Truman Balcony at second-floor level ), known as the south portico.

* July 26 – The Potsdam Declaration demands Japan's unconditional surrender ; Article 12 permitting Japan to retain the reign of the Emperor has been deleted by President Truman.

* January 7 – President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb.

Without hesitation, Truman picked Marshall, adding " I don't think in this age in which I have lived, that there has been a man who has been a greater administrator ; a man with a knowledge of military affairs equal to General Marshall.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough has written that Humphrey probably did more to get Truman elected in 1948 than anyone other than Truman himself.

They have two sons: Chester, or " Chet " ( who has a small part as a student in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and released a rap single in 2011 ), and Truman.

Since its inception under Harry S. Truman, the function of the Council has been to advise and assist the president on national security and foreign policies.

During that time, Soviet imperialism in Eastern Europe, its delayed withdrawal from Iran, and the breakdown of Allied cooperation in Germany provide the backdrop of escalating tensions for the Truman Doctrine ; the U. S. response has been much debated by historians.

The Park ’ s grandeur has attracted millions, included among them are names known around the world such as the Kennedy family, Harry Truman, General Omar Bradley, Winston Churchill, and J. P. Morgan.

Not only the first postmaster, Kirk was also the first to own a hotel and a tavern in Kirksville ( contrary to popular belief, the name of the city has no connection to John Kirk, onetime president of Truman State University ).

Welch has been the celebrated location of an annual Veteran's Day Parade which over the decades has attracted a distinguished list of speakers, including Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson.

The University also has produced 30 Goldwater Scholars, 19 Truman Scholars, 5 members of USA Today's " All &# 8209 ; USA College Academic First Team ", and 2 winners of the Morris K. Udall Undergraduate Scholarship.

Whilst Lee has downplayed autobiographical parallels in the book, Truman Capote, mentioning the character Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird, described details he considered biographical: " In my original version of Other Voices, Other Rooms I had that same man living in the house that used to leave things in the trees, and then I took that out.

The Gold Medal has been given to former Austrian chancellor Franz Vranitzky, and former U. S. presidents Harry S. Truman, Gerald R. Ford and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

To prevent Truman from discovering his false reality, Christof has invented means of dissuading his sense of exploration, including " killing " his father in a storm while on a fishing trip to instill in him a fear of the water, and making many news reports and ' adverts ' about the dangers of travelling, and featuring television shows about how good it is to stay at home.

However, despite Christof's control, Truman has managed to behave in unexpected manners, in particular falling in love with an extra, Sylvia ( known to Truman as Lauren ), instead of Meryl, the character intended to be his wife.

They find that Truman has managed to overcome his fear of the water and has been sailing away from the town in a small boat named Santa Maria ( the name of the largest of the three ships with which Christopher Columbus sailed to the New World ).