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Pleasantville (New Line Platinum Series) DVD

PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) :: New Line Home Video :: Released: 2004-06-01

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Pleasantville (New Line Platinum Series) Summary Life Imitates Art When Two Modern-day Teenagers Get Sucked Into The Too-perfect Black-and-white World Of A 1950s Sitcom. Trapped And Trying To Find A Way Home The Two Find Themselves Bringing Color To The Lives Of Pleasantvilles Rigid Naive Townspeople. Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 12/11/2007 Starring: Tobey Maguire Joan Allen Run Time: 124 Minutes Rating: Pg13

Fantastical writer Gary Ross (Big, Dave) makes an auspicious directorial debut with this inspired and oddly touching comedy about two '90s kids (Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon) thrust into the black-and-white TV world of Pleasantville, a Leave It to Beaver-style sitcom complete with picket fences, corner malt shop, and warm chocolate chip cookies. When a somewhat unusual remote control (provided by repairman Don Knotts) transports them from the jaded real world to G-rated TV land, Maguire and Witherspoon are forced to play along as Bud and Mary Sue, the obedient children of George and Betty Parker (William H. Macy and Joan Allen). Maguire, an obsessive Pleasantville devotee, understands the need for not toppling the natural balance of things; Witherspoon, on the other hand, starts shaking the town up, most notably when she takes basketball stud Skip (Paul Walker) up to Lover's Lane for some modern-day fun and games. Soon enough, Pleasantville's teens are discovering sex along with--gasp!--rock & roll, free thinking, and soul-changing Technicolor. Filled with delightful and shrewd details about sitcom life (no toilets, no double beds, only two streets in the town), Pleasantville is a joy to watch, not only for its comedy but for the groundbreaking visual effects and astonishing production design as the town gradually transforms from crisp black and white to glorious color. Ross does tip his hand a bit about halfway through the film, obscuring the movie's basic message of the unpredictability of life with overloaded and obvious symbolism, as the black-and-white denizens of the town gang up on the "coloreds" and impose rules of conduct to keep their strait-laced town laced up. Still, the characterizations from the phenomenal cast--especially repressed housewife Allen and soda-shop owner Jeff Daniels, doing some of their best work ever--will keep you emotionally invested in the film's outcome, and waiting to see Pleasantville in all its final Technicolor glory. --Mark Englehart

Pleasantville DVD Techincal Details Cast: Tobey Maguire, William H. Macy, Joan Allen, Jeff Daniels
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time: 124 mins
UPC: 794043472824
Binding: DVD
Studio: New Line Home Video
Release Date: 2004-06-01
Region Code: 1
Specs: AC-3, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Unknown - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Subtitled),