Pleasantville
“Nothing is as simple as black and white.”
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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Cast
50 people
Tobey Maguire
David
Known for
Spider-Man
The Great Gatsby
Reese Witherspoon
Jennifer
Known for
Monsters vs Aliens
Sing
William H. Macy
George Parker
Known for
Shameless
Fargo
Joan Allen
Betty Parker
Known for
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Room
Jeff Daniels
Mr. Johnson
Known for
The Martian
Dumb and Dumber
J.T. Walsh
Big Bob
Known for
Breakdown
A Few Good Men
Paul Walker
Skip
Known for
The Fast and the Furious
Eight Below
Don Knotts
TV Repairman
Known for
Chicken Little
Three's Company
Marley Shelton
Margaret Henderson
Known for
Planet Terror
Rampage
Jane Kaczmarek
David's Mom
Known for
Malcolm in the Middle
Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair
Giuseppe Andrews
Howard
Known for
Detroit Rock City
Cabin Fever
Jenny Lewis
Christin
Known for
Foxfire
A Very Murray Christmas
Gary Ross Director · Randy Newman Composer John Lindley Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $50M · Budget $60M · United States release October 23, 1998
Box office
Budget
$60,000,000
Worldwide gross
$49,800,000
Gross vs. budget
0.8×
Production
New Line Cinema
Production · Studio
Larger Than Life Productions
Production
Juno Pix
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 17, 1998
Theatrical
United States · October 23, 1998
Theatrical
United States · March 5, 1999
Physical · VHS
United States
March 23, 1999 · Physical · DVD
February 1, 2011 · Physical · Blu-ray
Australia
February 25, 1999 · Theatrical
Czechia
February 25, 1999 · Theatrical
France
February 17, 1999 · Theatrical
Germany
March 4, 1999 · Theatrical
February 21, 2000 · Physical · VHS
Hungary
May 20, 1999 · Theatrical
Italy
April 16, 1999 · Theatrical
South Korea
April 10, 1999 · Theatrical
Spain
February 5, 1999 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 19, 1999 · Theatrical
March 9, 2011 · Physical · Blu-ray
United Kingdom
March 12, 1999 · Theatrical
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