Pleasantville

Pleasantville

Movie |

Tv Show In Film | Sibling Relationship

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  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Gary Ross
  • Cast(s): Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy, Joan Allen, Jeff Daniels See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 2h 4min
  • Music: Randy Newman,James Flamberg,Bruno Coon,Jay B. Richardson,Bonnie Greenberg
  • Award(s): OFCS 1999 (Won)
    Oscar 1999 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Descendants: The Rise of Red, IF
  • Story:
    Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.
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7.5/10
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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.
Ratings

7.5/10

IMDb

AWARDS

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Won
OFCS Award

Best Original Score | 1999 | Randy

Best Supporting Actress | 1999 | Joan

Top Ten Films of the Year | 1999

Nova Award

Most Promising Producer in Theatrical Motion Pictures | 1999 | Gary

Golden Satellite Award

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | 1999 | Joan

Best Screenplay Original | 1999 | Gary

OFTA Film Award

Best Music Adapted Song | 1999 | Paul

Young Hollywood Award

Breakthrough Performance Female | 1999 | Reese

Saturn Award

Best Supporting Actress | 1999 | Joan

Best Performance by a Younger ActorActress | 1999 | Tobey

SEFCA Award

Best Supporting Actress | 1999 | Joan

BSFC Award

Best Supporting Actor For and | 1998 | William H.

Best Supporting Actor | 1998 | William H.

Best Supporting Actress | 1998 | Joan

LAFCA Award

Best Supporting Actress | 1998 | Joan

Best Production Design | 1998 | Jeannine

Critics Choice Award

Best Supporting Actress | 1999 | Joan

CDG Award

Excellence in Costume Design for Film | 1999 | Judianna

DFWFCA Award

Best Supporting Actress | 1999 | Joan

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Nominations
Oscar Award

Best Art DirectionSet Decoration | 1999 | Jeannine

Best Costume Design | 1999 | Judianna

Best Music Original Dramatic Score | 1999 | Randy

OFCS Award

Best Cinematography | 1999 | John

Best Editing | 1999 | William

SIYAD Award

Best Foreign Film | 2000

OFTA Film Award

Best Visual Effects | 1999 | Corinne

Best Makeup and Hairstyling | 1999 | Susan A.

Best ComedyMusical Picture | 1999 | Gary

Best Cinematography | 1999 | John

Best Music Original ComedyMusical Score | 1999 | Randy

Best First Feature | 1999 | Gary

Best ComedyMusical Actress | 1999 | Joan

Best Supporting Actress | 1999 | Joan

Golden Satellite Award

Best Cinematography | 1999 | John

Best Original Score | 1999 | Randy

Best Costume Design | 1999 | Judianna

Best Art Direction | 1999 | Jeannine

Best Film Editing | 1999 | William

Best Director | 1999 | Gary

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | 1999 | Jeff

Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | 1999 | Bob

Teen Choice Award

Film Funniest Scene | 1999 | Reese

Film Choice Drama | 1999

SEFCA Award

Best Picture | 1999

Saturn Award

Best Fantasy Film | 1999

Best Writer | 1999 | Gary

Best Costumes | 1999 | Judianna

American Comedy Award

Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | 1999 | William H.

Excellence in Production Design Award

Feature Film | 1999 | Dianne

Artios Award

Best Casting for Feature Film Drama | 1999 | Debra

CFCA Award

Best Supporting Actress | 1999 | Joan

Chlotrudis Award

Best Cinematography | 1999 | John

Best Supporting Actress | 1999 | Joan

Hugo Award

Best Dramatic Presentation | 1999 | Gary

Critics Choice Award

Best Picture | 1999

ACCA Award

Best Achievement in Art Direction | 1998 | Jay

Best Actress in a Supporting Role | 1998 | Joan

Best Cinematography | 1998 | John

Best Costume Design | 1998 | Judianna

Best Visual Effects | 1998

Best Original Score | 1998 | Randy

Best Cast Ensemble | 1998

FMCJ Award

Best Original Score for a Drama Film | 1998 | Randy

BSFC Award

Best Cinematography | 1998 | John

BOX OFFICE

Budget 60,000,000 USD

Box Office Collection 49,805,462 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

At one point, when Jennifer tries to use a bathroom there aren't any toilets. This is a clever reference to an FCC ruling during the 1950's, which stated that toilets (or any reference to their use, such as the sound of flushing) could not be presented on television. While this continued on broadcast television well in to the late seventies, the barrier in movies fell in 1960 (two years after the Pleasantville scenario) when Alfred Hitchcock persuaded the film censors to allow the flushing of a toilet in Psycho (1960) because it was integral to the iconic shower scene.

Since every scene from the middle of the movie on had to be in some way digitally changed to have black and white characters interact with characters who are in color, technically this film had the most digital effects shots until Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999).

Writer and director Gary Ross acknowledges these cinematographic homages: The scene of J.T. Walsh in front of the bowling alley scorecard recalls Patton's speech in front of the American flag in Patton (1970), and the courtroom segregated into black-and-white characters downstairs and "colored" characters upstairs recalls To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).

For the sequence where Bud is applying the gray make-up to his mother, the color of the make-up was actually green. When they had to "black-and-white" the scene, the green tones were utilized in the same way a green screen is, except it created a mask for applying desaturation rather than replacing the area with an image. Conversely, when Betty first visits the soda shop, she is in full gray make-up, which meant that Joan Allen was shot wearing full green make-up, that is subsequently removed by Bill Johnson (Jeff Daniels).

The Native American in the test pattern behind Don Knotts changes from having no expression to angry and then sad as the movie progresses.

Popular Dialogues

"David: David: [panicked] David: Fire! Fire! Fire! [gets to the fire station] David: Fire! Fire! Fire! [finds the firemen] David: Fire! [nobody moves] David: Fire! [they look weirdly at him] David: FIRE! [still no movement] David: Cat...? [everybody gets on their feet]"

"George Parker: Where's my dinner?"

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