- HD 1080
- Runtime: 124m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Gary Ross
- Stars: Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy, Joan Allen, Jeff Daniels
- keywords: sibling relationship, dystopia, diner, satire, book burning, coming of age, racism, black and white, bathtub, tv show in film, masturbation, magic realism, alternative reality, color, 1950s, tv repairman
- Production_studio: New Line Cinema, Larger Than Life Productions, Juno Pix
- Slogan: Nothing is as simple as black and white.
- The Pleasantville is featured in the top rankings of 1998
- #19 in Top Comedy Movies of 1998
- #26 in Top Drama Movies of 1998
- #3 in Top Fantasy Movies of 1998
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.