TY - GEN AB - 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? AU - Ross, Gary, AU - Kilik, Jon. AU - Degus, Robert J. AU - Soderbergh, Steven, AU - Maguire, Tobey, AU - Daniels, Jeff, AU - Allen, Joan, AU - Macy, William H., AU - Walsh, J. T. AU - Knotts, Don, AU - Shelton, Marley. AU - Kaczmarek, Jane. AU - Witherspoon, Reese, AU - Lindley, John AU - Newman, Randy. AU - Apple, Fiona. AU - Anderson, Paul Thomas. CN - PN1997 CN - PN1997 CY - New York, NY : DA - c1999. ID - 706333 KW - Teenage boys KW - Teenage girls KW - High school students KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Television and teenagers KW - Nineteen fifties KW - Culture conflict LA - In English with optional subtitles in English; closed-captioned. N1 - Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1998. N1 - Special features: Audio commentary by writer/director Gary Ross; Isolated score with commentary by composer Randy Newman; Storyboard gallery [slides]; Featurettes: The art of "Pleasantville" (32 min.); Fiona Apple music video directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (4 min.); Original theatrical trailer (2 min.); Cast and crew [text feature]; Color television tune up (1 min.); DVD-ROM features [requires a DVD-ROM drive, Internet access, Web browser]. N2 - 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? PB - New Line Productions : PB - Distributed by New Line Home Entertainment, PP - New York, NY : PY - c1999. SN - 0780625374 SN - 9780780625372 T1 - Pleasantville TI - Pleasantville ER -