Pleasantville

~Nothing is as simple as black and white.

Overview

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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General Information

Release Date: 1998-09-17
Budget: $60000000
Revenue: $49800000
Runtime: 124 min

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