Starting: August 5 1999
Showing in: Les Ambassades

Production Information

In Pleasantville, USA, there has never been any rain. There has never been hatred, aggression or tears. In Pleasantville, USA, there has never been a passionate kiss. There has never been a flat tire, a red rose or a work of art. Until now.

In Gary Ross’ daring modern fairy tale Pleasantville, an entire fictional town is granted a chance to experience the comedies. In  this fantastical adventure, two late 20th Century teenagers accidentally bring living color to a mysterious suburb trapped in a black-and-white 50’s utopia--and set of a revolution. 

For the first time, Pleasantville citizen are about to experience a world of sensuous delights, diverse desires, and frightening unpredictability. They will experience the 

Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon star as twin siblings from a typical, broken 90’s family. Through a mysterious chain of events, they find themselves trapped in an alternate reality where basketballs always go in, the thermometer always reads 72, the bathrooms have no toilets and sex just doesn’t exist. But the teenagers have also brought an unexpected-- and double-edged -- gift to Pleasantville: a sense of possibility that spreads like wildfire throughout the town. There can be no turning back once the citizen begin experiencing such strange wonders as sex, art, rain, and ideas.

Soon, the town undergoes an astonishing transformation, slowly turning from black-and-white to Technicolor. First, it is a red rose, a blade of green grass, a shiny new car. A tongue turns pink, eyes turn hazel... Flesh tones shock and with their beauty. Pleasantville becomes divided -- life for the first time with stark differences as it attempts to grasp the Kaleidoscopic new world before it.

With the creation of Pleasantville, filmmaker Gary Ross boldly turns the classic concept of Oz onto its head. The result is a unique cinematic experience that defies categorization. Pleasantville is a darkly serious comedy, a funny celebration of life, an intimate drama and an inventive fairy tale. 

Starring Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J.T. Walsh, and Reese Witherspoon, this New Line Cinema production marks the directorial debut of two-time Oscar - naminated screenwriter Gary Ross( Big Dave). 

To help him bring Pleasantville to life, Ross assembled an extraordinary creative team including production designer Jeannine Oppewell ( honored last year with an Oscar nomination for L.A. Confidential) cinematographer John Lindley; costume designer Judianna Makovsky, (who also worked on Big); and renowned American recording artist and composer Randy Newman providing an original score.

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