The site won't accept my correction to a goof, so I'm placing it on record here. Perhaps someone who has access will correct it.
SPOILER!!! The incorrect goof says "Factual errors: Near the end when Truman is on the boat, Christof uses some extreme weather conditions to try and stop Truman leaving. However, he is on a sail boat in an environment were the weather can be controlled, all Christof had to do was stop the wind or change its direction to go back to port; a sail boat goes were the wind goes."
Changing the wind's direction would not have helped: sailboats can sail to upwind destinations by tacking. See any standard reference on sailing for confirmation (such as the wikipedia article at en. wikipedia. org/ wiki/ Sailing#Sailing_upwind (spaces inserted in case urls are forbidden here)).
If Christoff had stopped the wind, Truman could have used the motor on the boat (which we see him trying to start at one point).
As for the movie? Genius. Jim Carrey's best, and (a much weightier accolade) probably Peter Weir's best.
SPOILER!!! The incorrect goof says "Factual errors: Near the end when Truman is on the boat, Christof uses some extreme weather conditions to try and stop Truman leaving. However, he is on a sail boat in an environment were the weather can be controlled, all Christof had to do was stop the wind or change its direction to go back to port; a sail boat goes were the wind goes."
Changing the wind's direction would not have helped: sailboats can sail to upwind destinations by tacking. See any standard reference on sailing for confirmation (such as the wikipedia article at en. wikipedia. org/ wiki/ Sailing#Sailing_upwind (spaces inserted in case urls are forbidden here)).
If Christoff had stopped the wind, Truman could have used the motor on the boat (which we see him trying to start at one point).
As for the movie? Genius. Jim Carrey's best, and (a much weightier accolade) probably Peter Weir's best.