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Pleasantville

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Inventive fantasy comedy drama starring
Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon. After a fight over the TV remote control, teenagers Jennifer and David are transported to the black-and-white world of 1950s soap opera Pleasantville. Struggling to integrate themselves into this two-dimensional setting, the siblings discover that their modern sensibilities are having a strange effect on the other characters in the show. Review page 40.
Director Gary Ross (1998, 12) (Colour and BW) And Don't Miss .. : page 37

Contributors

Unknown:
Tobey Maguire
Unknown:
Reese Witherspoon.
Director:
Gary Ross
David:
Tobey Maguire
Jennifer:
Reese Witherspoon
Betty Parker:
Joan Allen
George Parker:
William H MacY
MrJohnson:
Jeff Daniels
Big Bob:
Jt Walsh
TV repairman:
Don Knotts
Skip:
Paul Walker
Margaret:
Marley Shelton
Mum:
Jane Kaczmarek
Howard:
Gulseppe Andrews
Kimmy:
Marissa Ribisi
Source: Radio Times

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