Pleasantville
Pleasantville is a 1998 American teen fantasy comedy-drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Gary Ross. It stars Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J. T. Walsh, and Reese Witherspoon, with Don Knotts, Paul Walker, Marley Shelton and Jane Kaczmarek in supporting roles. The story centers on two siblings who wind up trapped in a 1950s TV show, set in a small Midwest town, where residents are seemingly perfect.
Plot
High-schoolers David and his sister Jennifer lead very different lives: Jennifer is shallow while David spends most of his time watching Pleasantville, a black-and-white 1950s sitcom about the idyllic Parker family. One evening while their mother is away, David and Jennifer fight over the television, breaking the remote control.
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| author | Gary Ross |
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| director | Gary Ross |
| editor | William Goldenberg |
| genre | comedy-drama fantasy |
| keywords | book burning books are burned break broadcast cold feet color date even id learn living room modern art new life no escape nothing paint real world remote control sitcom soda fountain soda shop teenage boy than the tv repairman |
| musicBy | Randy Newman |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score Academy Award for Best Production Design |
| producer | Gary Ross Jon Kilik Robert J. Degus Steven Soderbergh |
| productionCompany | Larger Than Life Productions |
| publisher | New Line Cinema |
| recordedAt | Malibu |
| theme | magic realism satirical |