Pleasantville

1998 Gary Ross 2h 4m ★ 7.3
Fantasy Comedy Drama
Pleasantville

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,

Cast

Tobey Maguire Tobey Maguire David
Reese Witherspoon Reese Witherspoon Jennifer
William H. Macy William H. Macy George Parker
Joan Allen Joan Allen Betty Parker
Jeff Daniels Jeff Daniels Mr. Johnson
J. T. Walsh J. T. Walsh Big Bob
Paul Walker Paul Walker Skip
Don Knotts Don Knotts TV Repairman

Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with Pleasantville

The Truman Show
The Truman Show 1998
Escaping perfect fake worlds. Two 1998 films about choosing imperfect reality over comfortable fiction. Blast from the Past
Blast from the Past 1999
Time-displaced people between eras. Two films that love the past and the present without pretending either one is perfect.