Pleasantville (1998)

6.9	Listal rating
7.5	IMDB rating

Directed by

Gary Ross

Starring (View all)

David

Jennifer

George Parker

Betty Parker

Bill Johnson

Big Bob

TV Repairman

Margaret Henderson

Written by

Gary Ross

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Pleasantly Surprised

6 years, 5 months ago at Dec 6 14:12

jasoncarulli

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Pleasantville is an interesting look into the cultural advancement of society with the introduction of modern life. The storyline (especially the ending) may be a bit trite, but the imagery and creativeness of the film's transition from black and white to color is pretty remarkable.

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1 year, 4 months ago at Jan 5 17:20

Rosemea MacPherson

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This movie reminded very much of "The Truman's Show" where everything is perfect but there is no freedom of choice. Every day is nothing but repetitiveness, acting, memorized scripts but nothing spontaneous. No insight into good and evil. I thought the idea of adding color to the scene every time a character had an insight or became aware of what was good and evil was brilliant. The movie is cleve... read more

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Description: Two modern American teenagers are sucked into their television set and end up living in a black-and-white fifties sitcom. Bewildered by their new world's naivete and innocence, they slowly start to add color and spice to the town's life. Eventually, however, they begin to question their influence, wondering if their advanced 90's atti ... (more)

Release date : 23 October 1998
UPC: 794043472824

Drama (27), Comedy (26), Fantasy (20), Romance (11), Black And White (9), 1998 (9), 1990s (8), Alternative Reality (5), High School (5), Television (4), Usa (4), Sex (4), Black & White (4), Teens (4), Basketball (4), Broken Window (3), Teenage Boy (3), Color (3), Mural (3), 1990's (3)

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