Seahaven

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Seahaven is a fictional town featured in the 1998 film, The Truman Show, starring Jim Carrey. It is depicted to be located inside a large fictional dome (stated to be the only man-made object that could be seen from space besides the Great Wall of China), which is in turn behind the Hollywood Sign.

Seahaven is a shore town with an un-finished bridge leading to a wildfire-prone area and a nuclear power plant; as a result, ferries had been depicted as an alternative method to travel in and out of town (although it is apparent that it isn't intended to provide actual service). It serves as the "film set" of Truman Burbank's life, which the inclusion of his home and workplace. The town has over 5,000 live cameras to capture Truman's every move, with numerous actors paid to play townspeople, friends and relatives of Burbank. The town is watched over by a giant window inside a moon in the dome; also inside the moon is a control room, where the cameras are viewed and managed. The whole of Seahaven is set in the 1950s, which were seen to be a prosperous time in American history. And indeed, in Seahaven, everyone appears to be happy, wealthy and trouble free. Peter Weir may have decided to set Seahaven in this era because it would appeal to the type of people that would "watch" the Truman show. They would look back on that period as "the golden years" and therefore enjoy watching someone who lived there.

Various shots of Seahaven were filmed in Seaside, Florida.