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The Truman Show
Movie The Truman Show (1998)

1/29/1967  · Peter Weir

On January 29, 1967, Truman Burbank is born live on television — the first person in history to be legally adopted by a corporation. Seahaven Island, a purpose-built set the size of a city, is already waiting for him. Thirty million viewers watch the birth; Truman watches nothing, knowing nothing, as Day 1 of the most-watched television program in history begins.