Pleasantville

Pleasantville

7.3IMDb Score
Released:1998-09-17
Genre:Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
Duration:124 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Gary Ross
Actors:Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy, Joan Allen, Jeff Daniels
Production:New Line Cinema, Larger Than Life Productions, Juno Pix

Overview:

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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