Pleasantville with Tobey Maguire: DVD Cover

    Pleasantville Director: Gary Ross Cast: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy

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    • DVD Release Date: 03/23/1999
    • Original Release: 1998
    • Rating: Rated PG13
    • Sales Rank: 13,718

    Viewer Rating: (19 ratings)

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    Features

    Widescreen version; Audio commentary by writer/director Gary Ross; Isolated score with commentary by composer Randy Newman; "The Art of Pleasantville," a behind-the-scenes original featuette; Fiona Apple's music video "Across the Universe" directed by Paul Thomas Anderson; Storyboard gallery; Original theatrical trailer; Color television set-up; Enhanced features for PC: Script-to-screen access, storyboards; Cast and crew information; Trivia, web links, web access

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    Scene Index

    Side #1
    0. Scene Selections
    1. New Line Cinema Logo/Opening Credits [:33]
    2. Pleasantville Marathon [1:24]
    3. "Once Upon A Time" [3:57]
    4. Trivia [1:52]
    5. That Night [2:03]
    6. "We'll Fix You for Good" [2:45]
    7. "We're in Pleasantville?!" [4:18]
    8. "Good Morning Kids" [2:57]
    9. "Stuck in Nerdville" [2:59]
    10. The Undefeated Pleasantville Lions [3:39]
    11. Go With the Program [1:33]
    12. The Soda Shop [3:59]
    13. Lover's Lane [2:03]
    14. "Do You Want Some Cookies?" [2:15]
    15. A Red Rose [1:38]
    16. With the Universe [4:46]
    17. The Barber Shop [3:31]
    18. Betty Takes a Bath [1:57]
    19. "Fire! Fire! Cat?" [2:25]
    20. Take Five [3:12]
    21. Kind of Blue [1:47]
    22. "Stand up for What's Right!" [2:10]
    23. What's a Mother to Do? [2:33]
    24. A Book of Art [2:27]
    25. "Those Are Not Your Cookies, Bud!" [2:49]
    26. "At Last" [4:46]
    27. From the Tree of Knowledge [2:41]
    28. Rain [3:33]
    29. A Question of Values [4:01]
    30. Caught in the Storm [5:23]
    31. A Lovely Shade of Blue [5:38]
    32. Code of Conduct [4:05]
    33. Civil Disobedience [6:10]
    34. TheTrial [6:58]
    35. Farewell [4:03]
    36. "Across the Universe" [3:26]
    37. End Credits [7:54]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Gary Ross, Oscar nominated for his Dave and Big screenplays, made his directorial debut with this comedy. The cheerful '50s TV sitcom "Pleasantville" is revived in the '90s for a loyal cable audience. One devoted fan is shy suburban teen David Wagner (Tobey Maguire), who has an almost obsessive interest in the series. Living with his divorced mother (Jane Kaczmarek), David sometimes has disputes with his ultra-hip twin sister Jennifer (Reese Witherspoon). She wants to watch MTV just when a Pleasantville marathon is about to begin. They struggle over the remote control, and it breaks. A strange TV repairman (Don Knotts) supplies their new remote, a potent high-tech device which zaps David and Jennifer inside Pleasantville, where their new sitcom parents are businessman George Parker (William H. Macy) and wife Betty (Joan Allen). As "Bud" and "Mary Sue," the teens take up residence in a black-and-white suburbia where sex does not exist and the temperature is always 72 degrees. Life is always pleasant, books have no words, bathrooms have no toilets, married couples sleep in twin beds, the high school basketball team always wins, and nobody ever questions "The Good Life." David revels in Pleasantville's Prozac-styled peacefulness. He fits right in, but Jennifer's 1990s attitude upsets the blandness balance, painting parts of Pleasantville in "living color." Repressed desires surface, cracks appear in the '50s lifestyles, and the Pleasantville populace finds their lives changing in strange, wonderful ways. It's liberating -- but there's also a darker side. This film breaks an all-time record with more than 1700 special effects shots. Shown at the 1998 Toronto Film Festival. Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

    Customer Reviews

    Clever allegorical tale of changing society.by Anonymous

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    August 11, 2003: This film serves chiefly as a metaphor for the changing values of latter 20th century American life. The seemingly-utopian contentedness portrayed in 50s shows is contrasted with the dysfunctional, sexually and personally liberated family unit of today. The 50s, with the onset of TV, the growth of rock'n'roll, feminism, the rise of the modern novel (note The Catcher in the Rye references) and the decline of McCarthyism. The book-burning, Lynch mobs, kangaroo-courts, rejection of literature and anti-progress sentiment were features of the McCarthy period. The 2 kids bring a level of liberation and self-awareness to the town, exposing the repressed emotions beneath the placidity of everyday life, and guiding the characters towards more fulfilling and sustainable existence.

    Pleasantly complexby Anonymous

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    May 24, 2003: The importance of one's lifestyle is relevant only to the beholder, but in this film many things are brought about.. Pleasantville's monotonous lifestyle was anything but arduous or complex. When David (Toby Maguire) and Jennifer (Reece Witherspoon) are accidently thrown into the TV world of Pleasantville, things start to change. The functioning utopia begins to disspate. Authority is questioned, materialism is emphasized, and the comforting phrase to so many, ''ignorence is bliss'', is suddenly a dream once more. Although David liked the utopia, Jennifer saw the potential of variety in the lives of the Pleasantville citizins. This is a great movie. Once someone can see past the simple things, a film can really shine as this one does.


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