Pleasantville

Theatrical - Wide 1998-10-23

Cast Tobey Maguire Reese Witherspoon Joan Allen Jeff Daniels J.T. Walsh
Directed by Gary Ross
Written by Gary Ross

Box Office Gross: $49,800,000

Running Time: 124 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: New Line Cinema, Larger Than Life Productions, Juno Pix

Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy

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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... See more peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.

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