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** The hole he digs to escape his house is directly imitating the "rough climb to enlightenment" that exists in the cave in Plato's "The Allegory of the cave."

* [[Domed Hometown]]: The town's actually a major dome built in Hollywood - it's famous for being able to be seen from space.

* [[Dueling Movies]]: With ''[[EDtv]]''. Although fundamentally different to anyone who's seen both, the two were widely compared at the time due to their close release dates and (at the time, very unique) plots about a guy whose life is turned into a television show. The main difference: Truman's was set up before he was born, with actors playing the roles of family and friends, and Truman didn't know about any of it. Ed's was set up in his thirties(at his volunteering), involved all his real friends and family, and was completely in the open. Both were visibly prescient about (and arguably semi-responsible for) the forthcoming rise of reality television, with ''Truman'' being the groundbreaking speculative conclusion and ''Ed'' the more true-to-life concept.... for now.

** This film also dueled with ''[[Pleasantville]]''. Both movies presented idealized, televised (or from television) worlds juxtaposed against the cynicism of "reality".

* [[Easy Amnesia]]: Parodied. It's Christof's plan to explain away what happened to Truman's father.

* [[Enforced Method Acting]]: Part of the way Truman figures out something is wrong is when Truman starts acting wildly out-of-character and none of the actors improvise well at all to his behavior, especially his wife.