Pleasantville /

Twin siblings David and Jennifer couldn't be more different: she curses, smokes, and sleeps around; David is a prototypical nerdy outcast. Then, one dark and stormy night, they're sucked into the TV and Pleasantville: a perfect suburban Disneyland suffused with church-social niceness and R...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ross, Gary, 1956-, Maguire, Tobey, 1975-, Daniels, Jeff, 1955-, Allen, Joan, 1956-, Macy, William H., 1950-, Walsh, J. T.
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: United States : New Line Productions, 1998.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)
Description
Summary:Twin siblings David and Jennifer couldn't be more different: she curses, smokes, and sleeps around; David is a prototypical nerdy outcast. Then, one dark and stormy night, they're sucked into the TV and Pleasantville: a perfect suburban Disneyland suffused with church-social niceness and Rotary Club boosterism. Jennifer despises it all. So, like a pint-size Lauren Bacall, she refuses to play the role of poodle-skirted good girl and introduces one of the boys to sex, after which this bland, black and white world magically begins changing into color. Through the combined forces of sex and rock 'n' roll, it becomes clear that the things that make life worth living--passion, knowledge, and love--are far removed from safety, stability, and bland sterility. Before too long, the whole town is wondering: what's outside Pleasantville?
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture by Warner Bros., 1998.
Physical Description:1 online resource (video file (118 min.))
Audience:MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language, thematic elements emphasizing sexuality.
Production Credits:Director of photography, John Lindley ; production designer, Jeannine Oppewall ; editor, William Goldenberg ; costume designer, Judianna Makovsky ; visual effects supervisor, Chris Watts ; color effects designer, Michael Southard ; music, Randy Newman.