Pleasantville

Pleasantville

  • Director: Gary Ross
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: October 23, 1998
  • Runtime: 2h 4min
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Плезентвіль
  • "Pleasantville" is a fantasy film directed by Gary Rose, starring Tobey Maguire , Reese Witherspoon , William H.Macy , Joan Allen, etc. The film was released in the United States on October 23, 1998   .
    The film tells the story of David and Jennifer's accidental transition from the real world into the black-and-white TV series "Pleasantville"   .

    Details

    • Release date October 23, 1998
    • Filming locations Petaluma, California, USA
    • Production companies New Line Cinema, Larger Than Life Productions

    Box office

    Budget

    $60,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $40,584,421

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $8,855,063

    Gross worldwide

    $49,805,462

    Movie reviews

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    • By Ryley 2021-11-16 08:01:26

      Essential love

      I like this kind of story that gets more and more profound.

      Black and white is the tone of the older brother David. He likes peace and quiet. Color is the tone of Jennifer. Adventure love is all perfect, and it feels very light at the beginning.

      However, the more you look at it, the more it tastes. The black and white town is like a bubble paradise. The people here follow the steps, ignoring desires and responsibilities. "Life" is just life, like a peaceful landscape, beauty is...

    • By Howell 2021-11-16 08:01:26

      A little color for one person

      Because David and his sister Jennifer came to a black and white world: Model City, they became Huazi and Mary Su and started living in Model City. For a long time after that, the pictures were all black and white, without color, the importance of light and shadow became prominent.
      What impressed me was that when my father George returned home, he found that his wife was not at home and had not prepared dinner. This unreasonable behavior disturbed George, and he went to the bowling...

    • By Dolly 2021-11-16 08:01:26

      What is the definition of joy?



      A pair of siblings living in a broken family, the older brother's thinking is a bit conservative, yearning for a carefree life in the 50s black and white TV series Happy Valley.
      The younger sister, Jennifer, is a bit trendy and looks avant-garde and open.
      Suddenly, two people inexplicably substituted into the black and white TV series Happy Valley. In the utopia of this TV series, everything seems to be a set program. There is no color, all the colors are black, white, and...

    • By Dawn 2021-11-16 08:01:26

      There is a ville where called pleasanville

      David, played by Tobey Maguire, is a boy who has an incomplete family in real life and is timid and afraid to talk to a girl he likes. In his eyes, the pleasantville is perfect, and he yearns for the life inside. But his sister Jenniffer is bold and open and even bitching.

      When they lived in Pleasantville for a period of time, they changed their original lives more or less. David was able to soak up girls, Jennifer changed from a little elder sister to a lady; and pleasantville also...

    • By Clemens 2021-11-16 08:01:26

      Happy Valley

      When I commented on "Golden Jade League", I said that the movies of that era believed in pure love, and today we no longer do such silly things. Even if we want to do it, we can’t do it. We don’t believe anyone is so innocent. In a movie, if there is only pure love, then we must feel that it is pretending to be a wolf with a big tail. Therefore, the director of "Night Sleep in Seattle" said that his movie was a tribute to the love in the movie.

      What about the earlier silent...

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    • By Ivah 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      Simple metaphor, but beautifully...

    • By Sherwood 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      People should live a more colorful life, express themselves bravely, and pursue what they think in their hearts. It's not a joy to have everything on track. The subject matter of this movie is so...

    • By Freddy 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      Reese Witherspoon is so...

    • By 晓雪 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      Good idea, flippant ending. It seems to be the director's...

    • By Nola 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      Dystopian movies. Too-perfect personalities or too-perfect worlds are indeed either scary or boring. The meaning of life lies in its unpredictable and controllable future, and there is hope and pursuit because of the unknown. There are many familiar faces in this film, and the young Paul Walker makes people feel sad. But Reese Witherspoon is such a disaster that I can't bear to stare at her every time she comes...

    Movie plot

    In an accident, the introverted brother David (Toby Maguire) and the hot sister Jennifer (Reese Witherspoon) came to a black and white world-Happy Valley. This is the scene of the TV series that David has loved for a long time-there is no color, and people live a peaceful life without waves and thrills. The life of the residents is very much like a set of established procedures, and every day goes well without any surprises. The...
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    Evaluation action

    "Happy Valley" is cleverly conceived and executed well. It is a provocative, complicated plot, and unexpectedly anti-nostalgic fable, dressed in a charming coat of commercial high-concept comedy. Director Gary Rose was ambitious in his directorial debut, although he occasionally blurred his intentions and weakened the irony in his story.
    With impolite impulse and unpleasant passion, the director gradually subverted the closed fantasy...
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    Movie quotes

    • TV Repairman: Well, I better get going. Your show's almost on.

    • [after waiting two seconds after knocking on the door]

      Mark Davis: Bitch...

    • Betty Parker: [Betty is in color, George is still black & white] George, look at me. Look at my face. That meeting is not for me.

      George Parker: You'll put on some make-up.

      Betty Parker: I don't want to put on make-up.

      George Parker: It'll go away. It goes away.

      Betty Parker: [firmly] I don't want it to go away.