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Pleasantville

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...

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Main Author: Newman, Randy (Composer)
Corporate Authors: New Line Cinema Corporation, Larger Than Life (Firm), New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Ross, Gary, 1956- (Screenwriter, Director, Producer), Kilik, Jon (Producer), Degus, Robert J. (Producer), Soderbergh, Steven, 1963- (Producer), Maguire, Tobey, 1975- (Actor), Daniels, Jeff, 1955- (Actor), Allen, Joan, 1956- (Actor), Macy, William H., 1950- (Actor), Walsh, J. T. (Actor), Knotts, Don, 1924-2006 (Actor), Shelton, Marley (Actor), Kaczmarek, Jane (Actor), Witherspoon, Reese, 1976- (Actor), Lindley, John (John W.) (Cinematographer), Apple, Fiona (Performer), Anderson, Paul Thomas (Director)
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : New Line Productions : Distributed by New Line Home Entertainment, Ã1999.
Series:New Line platinum series.
Subjects:
Teenage boys > Drama.
Teenage girls > Drama.
High school students > Drama.
Interpersonal relations > Drama.
Television and teenagers > Drama.
Nineteen fifties > Drama.
Culture conflict > Drama.
United States > Drama.
Feature films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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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?
Item Description:Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1998.
Special features: Audio commentary by writer/director Gary Ross; Isolated score with commentary by composer Randy Newman; Storyboard gallery [slides]; Featurettes: The art of "Pleasantville" (32 min.); Fiona Apple music video directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (4 min.); Original theatrical trailer (2 min.); Cast and crew [text feature]; Color television tune up (1 min.); DVD-ROM features [requires a DVD-ROM drive, Internet access, Web browser].
Physical Description:1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; Region 1; 5.1 Dolby digital surround, Dolby stereo surround; widescreen presentation preserving the 1.85:1 aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition, enhanced for widescreen televisions.
Audience:MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for language, thematic elements emphasizing sexuality.
Awards:Winner of a 1999 Young Hollywood Award for Breakthrough Performance - Female (Reese Witherspoon).
Production Credits: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.
ISBN:0780625374
9780780625372

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