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Pleasantville

Pleasantville
‘Pleasantville’ was written and Directed by Gary Ross. It was produced by Jon Kilik, Robert J. Debus, Steven Soderbergh and Gary Ross. The cast includes: Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J.T Walsh, Don Knotts, Marley Shelton and Jane Kaczmarek It was filmed in 1998 and has a running length of 1 hour 56 minutes. It is rated PG-13 (Mature themes, sexual situations, mild profanity). “Pleasantville” is a medium paced comedy-drama.
Welcome to a world where Father knows best, where Mother cooks dinner, and where Sister and Brother's small missteps are treated with stern-but-kind lectures. It's a realm where everyone is nice to one another, where neighbours greet each other with a kind word, and where there's never any sign of lingering ill will.
The central characters are teenage twins David and Jennifer (Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon) in a stereotype nineties family where the parents are divorced and don't seem to h...

Posted by: Leonard Herriman

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