Pleasantville

The Resource Pleasantville
Label
Pleasantville
Statement of responsibility
New Line Cinema presents a Larger Than Life production ; written, produced and directed by Gary Ross ; produced by Jon Kilik, Robert J. Degus, Steven Soderbergh
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Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Twin siblings David and Jennifer couldn't be more different: she curses, smokes, and sleeps around; David is a prototypical nerdy outcast. Then, one dark and stormy night, they're sucked into the TV and Pleasantville: a perfect suburban Disneyland suffused with church-social niceness and Rotary Club boosterism. Jennifer despises it all. So, like a pint-size Lauren Bacall, she refuses to play the role of poodle-skirted good girl and introduces one of the boys to sex, after which this bland, black and white world magically begins changing into color. Through the combined forces of sex and rock 'n' roll, it becomes clear that the things that make life worth living--passion, knowledge, and love--are far removed from safety, stability, and bland sterility. Before too long, the whole town is wondering: what's outside Pleasantville?
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Awards note
Winner of a 1999 Young Hollywood Award for Breakthrough Performance - Female (Reese Witherspoon).
Cataloging source
MDK
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, John Lindley ; production designer, Jeannine Oppewall ; editor, William Goldenberg ; costume designer, Judianna Makovsky ; visual effects supervisor, Chris Watts ; color effects designer, Michael Southard ; music, Randy Newman
Intended audience
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for language, thematic elements emphasizing sexuality
Language note
In English with optional subtitles in English; closed-captioned
PerformerNote
Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J.T. Walsh, Don Knotts, Marley Shelton, Jane Kaczmarek, Reese Witherspoon
Runtime
124
Series statement
New Line platinum series
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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