The movie "The Truman Show" was filmed in the small town of Santa Rosa Beach, which is located in Florida, on the Gulf of Mexico, USA. It is a sunny and cute town that really looks like the perfect town for a television show. At the planning stage, the crew thought that Truman would live in New York, but afterwards it was decided to change the rainy metropolis for something more cozy.
Tupelo Street
In movie
Scene where When Truman tries to be 'spontanious' and wants to drive to Atlantic City he winds up in a traffic jam so he can't leave Seahaven.
Real
Scene was shot Seaside is a small resort community in northwest Florida, on the Gulf of Mexico. It’s known for its late-20th-century New Urbanist design, as well as pastel-colored houses featuring porches and white picket fences. A series of striking pavilions mark the access points to the long sandy beach. Shops and restaurants cluster in the town center. Just west, Grayton Beach State Park has trails and a coastal dune lake.
Since Tupelo Street has nog junctions, the ‘sudden’ traffic must have came from the driveways of the houses along the street.
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Tupelo Street Gazebo
In movie
Scene where Truman finally realizes everyone is 'against' him so he decides to be 'spontaneous' and whirls around and around and around the roundabout in Seahaven with Meryl in the car.
Real
Scene was shot Seaside is a small resort community in northwest Florida, on the Gulf of Mexico. It’s known for its late-20th-century New Urbanist design, as well as pastel-colored houses featuring porches and white picket fences. A series of striking pavilions mark the access points to the long sandy beach. Shops and restaurants cluster in the town center. Just west, Grayton Beach State Park has trails and a coastal dune lake.
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Central Square
In movie
Scene where Truman Burbank runs to the super market to his friend Marlon.
Real
Scene was shot in a small central square in Santa Rosa.
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123 Quincy Cir
In movie
Scene where Truman doing his morning routine on his way to work.
Real
Scene was shot Seaside is a small resort community in northwest Florida, on the Gulf of Mexico. It’s known for its late-20th-century New Urbanist design, as well as pastel-colored houses featuring porches and white picket fences. A series of striking pavilions mark the access points to the long sandy beach. Shops and restaurants cluster in the town center. Just west, Grayton Beach State Park has trails and a coastal dune lake.
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Truman Burbank's house
In movie
Scene where The house where Truman Burbank lives and greets his neighbours by saying: "Good morning, and in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!"
Timing: 00:03:27
Real
Scene was shot in the small town of Santa Rosa Beach, located in Florida, on the Gulf of Mexico. Originally it was planned to shoot in New York, but then it was decided to find a small sunny town, and in the movie to present a fictional place. The crew made only a few changes to the house before filming. They painted the outside of it, put in different furniture and changed the house number above the door to 36. The owners believe this was done because 36 is visually more pleasing than 31. After the filming, the owners decided to leave the new number on the house, and after all these years, it's still there!
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Bridge
In movie
Scene where Truman drives around the city for a long time to find the cast of characters. He then decides it's time to leave town. He drives his car out of bounds, pulls up to a bridge, and sees a sign that says "You are now leaving Seahaven Island! Are you sure this is a good idea?", but decides to continue on his way and finds that the bridge is blocked and he is not allowed to drive on.
Timing: 00:49:59
Real
Scene was shot on a bridge just north of Panama City, the city where most of the movie was filmed. It was geographically accurate, and the bridge met all the director's requirements and was very close, which reduced the cost of filming.
