Pleasantville (1998)

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PG-13 | 2 hr 4 mins | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Period | Released: 10/23/1998 |Box Office Total: $40.5M

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Pleasantville is a 1950s sitcom enjoying cult status on a contemporary cable channel. David loves it, but his sister Jennifer is too hip. When a mysterious TV repairman gives them a new remote control, the pair are transported into the world of Pleasantville like it or not. They find themselves trapped in an alternate reality where the town exists in black and white--in a white bread world without passion or violence. 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 citizens begin experiencing such strange wonders as sex, art, rain, and ideas. First it is a red rose, a blade of green grass, eyes turn hazel... flesh tones shock and anger with their beauty. Gradually, the infection spreads Pleasantville becomes divided--rife for the first time with stark differences as it attempts to grasp the kaleidoscopic new world before it.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
10/23/1998

Director	Credit
Gary Ross	Director
Cast	Credit
William H. Macy	George
Joan Allen	Betty
Jeff Daniels	Mr Johnson
Tobey Maguire	David
Reese Witherspoon	Jennifer/Mary Sue
J.T. Walsh	Big Bob
Don Knotts	TV Repairman
Paul Walker	Skip
Natalie Ramsey	Mary Sue
Kevin Connors	Bud
Heather McGill	Girl in School Yard
Paul Morgan Stetler	College Counselor
Denise Dowse	Health Teacher
McNally Sagal	Science Teacher
Jane Kaczmarek	David's Mom
Giuseppe Andrews	Howard
Marissa Ribisi	Kimmy
Jenny Lewis	Christin
Justin Nimmo	Mark
Kai Lennox	Mark's Lackey No 1
Jason Behr	Mark's Lackey No 2
Robin Bissell	Commercial Announcer
Harry Singleton	Mr Simpson
John Ganun	Fireman No 1
Dawn Cody	Betty Jean
Maggie Lawson	Lisa Anne
Andrea Taylor	Peggy Jane
Lela Ivey	Miss Peters
Jim Patric	Tommy
Marc Blucas	Basketball Hero
Stanton Rutledge	Coach
Jason Maves	Paper Boy
Gerald Emerick	TV Weatherman
Charles C Stevenson Jr	Dr Henderson
Nancy Lenehan	Marge Jenkins
Weston Blakesley	Gus
Patrick Thomas O'Brien	Roy
Jim Antonio	Ralph
Danny Strong	Juke Box Boy
Kristin Rudrud	Mary
Laura Carney	Bridge Club Lady
Daniel Gillies	Fireman No 2
Marley Shelton	Margaret
Erik MacArthur	Will
Adam Carter	Boy in Soda Shop
David Tom	Whitey
Johnny Moran	Pete
Jeanine Jackson	Woman
J Patrick Lawlor	Thug
James Keane	Police Chief Dan
Production Credits	Credit
Michael de Luca	Executive Producer
Gary Ross	Producer
Robin Bissell	Associate Producer
Allen Alsobrook	Co-Producer
Allison Thomas	Co-Producer
Jon Kilik	Producer
Mary Parent	Executive Producer
Robert J Degus	Producer
Gil Gagnon	Executive Producer
Edward Lynn	Co-Producer
Steven Soderbergh	Producer
Andy Borowitz	Co-Producer
Janet Yale	Producer
Susan Borowitz	Co-Producer
Carrie Holecek	Producer
David Hays	Producer - film producer
Production Companies	Credit
Larger Than Life Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
New Line Records	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Entertainment Film Distributors, Ltd.	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
New Line Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Metropolitan Filmexport	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Writer	Credit
Gary Ross	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Rachel Prentiss	Production Accountant
Marybeth Martin	Assistant Accountant
Kristi Kasubaski	Accountant - accounting clerk
Linda C Azevedo	Accountant - consruction accountant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Kathleen Clements	Animal Trainer
Lara Deakin	Animal Trainer
Mark A Echevarria	Animal Trainer
Thomas L Gunderson	Animal Trainer
Gary Mui	Animal Trainer
Art Department	Credit
Mindi R Toback	Set Designer
Frank Romero	Art Department - police station wall mural creator
Jeannine Oppewall	Production Designer
Scott Bailey	Lead Person - leadman
Jay R. Hart	Set Decorator
Len Morganti	Storyboard Artist
Stephanie Cooney	Scenic Artist - paint decorator gang boss
Joe Couillard ('Mojo')	Sign Writer - Sign Supervisor
Lisa Clampitt	Art Assistant - art department production assistant
Ashley Burnham	Art Department Coordinator
Max Brehme	Swing Gang
G Roger Abell	Set Dresser
William David Arnold	Art Director
Peter Allen	Set Decorator - paint decorator
Mark Poll	Set Designer
Leslie N Beattie	Set Dresser
Dennis R Bianchi	Sign Writer
Bill Coffen	Art Department - inferno artist
Will Grant	Swing Gang
Dianne Wager	Art Director
Antonio Shntelli	Scenic Artist - paint decorator gang boss
Douglas Sieck	Swing Gang
Max Harris	Art Department - inferno artist
Michael Driscoll	Set Dresser
Timothy Cleary	Sign Writer
Randy Wilkins	Set Designer
Tim Donelan	Swing Gang
Chris Grantz	Set Dresser
Connie Gage	Sign Writer
Don Lee	Art Department - inferno artist
Dawn Snyder	Set Designer
Sean Hood	Set Dresser
Robert Patrick McGee	Swing Gang
John A Gomez	Sign Writer
Julia Levine	Set Designer
Jack Kerner	Sign Writer
Tim Wiles	Swing Gang
John J Slatsky	Set Dresser
Troy Peters	Set Dresser - on-set dresser
Dan Schulz	Swing Gang
Danielle M Simpson	Set Dresser - set dressing buyer
Casting	Credit
Terri Taylor	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Barbara Harris	Voice Casting
Ellen Lewis	Casting
Judy Cook	Extras Casting
Jane DeVries Cooper	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Debra Zane	Casting
David Anthony	Extras Casting
Vivian Lynn Hansbrouk	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Lisa Hayden	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Craft Services	Credit
Ray Bulinski	Craft Service
Susan B Krevtz	Craft Service
Josh Mott	Craft Service
Nancy Mott	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
George Callins	Lighting - lighting recorder operator
Arron Bryson	Projectionist - projectionist/loader
Mark Burnett	Video - video engineer
Ozzie Carmona	Color Correction - digital color correction
Douglas A DeGrazzio	Video Playback
Paul Planette	Assistant Camera Operator - "B" camera 1st assistant camera
Baird Steptoe	Camera Assistant - "A" camera 1st assistant
Kevin Schwab	Lighting Technician - lighting recorder supervisor
Michael Southard	Color - color effects designer
Ralph Nelson	Photography - still photographer
John Young	Camera - camera loader
John Lindley	Director of Photography
Roger Johnson	Video Assist/Playback - video assist
Ken Ferris	Camera Operator - "A" camera operator
Lola Feiner	Color Timer
David Emmerichs	Steadicam Operator
Shannon Koczera	Dailies - dailies telecine
Mark Marcum	Video Playback
Jim Passon	Color Timer
Hugo Dominguez	Color - digital color artist
Alain Germain	Lighting - lighting recorder operator
Bruce Halstead	Color Correction - digital color correction
Wilma Wong	Camera - camera loader
Steve Shea	Dailies - dailies coordinator
Art Schwab	Assistant Camera Operator - "B" camera 1st assistant camera
Ted Chu	Camera Assistant - "A" camera 1st assistant
Vicki Collins	Video - video color artist
Mathias Aschkynazo	Video Assist/Playback - video assist
Rob Sweeney	Director of Photography (2nd Unit)
Henry Cline	Camera Operator - "B" camera operator
Jason Adams	Lighting - lighting recorder operator
Joseph Antczak	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Brent Lon Hershman	Camera Assistant - "A" camera 2nd assistant
Lawrence Karman	Camera Operator - "B" camera operator
Janet Freedland	Color - digital color artist
Ken Estes	Video Playback
Brad Edallston	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Timothy Keller	Color - digital color artist
Glen Gustafson	Lighting - lighting recorder operator
Michael Shugrve	Video Playback
Kristopher Vanover	Camera Assistant - "A" camera 2nd assistant
Malcolm Brown Jr	Camera Operator
Floyd Burks	Lighting - lighting recorder operator
Karel Beck	Color - digital color artist
Amelia Vincent	Camera Operator
Raul Colletta	Video Playback - video playback operator
John Young	Camera Assistant - "B" camera 2nd assistant
Gregory Irwin	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Jason Dost	Lighting - lighting recorder operator
Nicholas McLear	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Wilma Wong	Camera Assistant - "B" camera 2nd assistant
Glenn Clyatt	Color - digital color artist
Jerry Clyatt	Color - digital color artist
Brian T Pitts	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Carl Jacobson	Lighting - lighting recorder operator
Dawn Gates	Color - digital color artist
Diego Quemada-Dizz	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Steve Hurson	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Mark Hopper	Color - digital color artist
Marvin F Jones	Color - digital color artist
Daniel Wagner	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Stanton Rutledge	Color - color effects software consultant
James Apted	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Richard Cassel	Color - Spirit Datacine colorist
Steve Craft	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Camille Freer	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Josie Keys	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Michael Martinez	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Daniel Moder	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Bradley Richard	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Rodney Sandoval	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Paul Santoni	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Thomas Vandermillen	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Management	Credit
Barbara Rider	Manager - general manager
Music	Credit
Lisa Brown	Music Coordinator
Don Davis	Music Arranger - orchestrator
Randy Newman	Music
Bonnie Greenberg	Music Supervisor
John Lennon	Song
Sandy DeCrescent	Music Contractor
Christopher S Brooks	Music Editor
Fiona Apple	Song Performer
Dana Sano	Music - music executive
Esquivel	Song Performer
Bruno Coon	Music Editor
Sir Paul McCartney	Song
Jon Brion	Song - song producer
Jim Flamberg	Music Editor
Diamond Slim	Song Performer
Lori Silfen	Music - music business affairs executive
Mark S. Kaufman	Music - music clearances executive
Mister Jones	Song Performer
Rafael Hernandez Marin	Song
Dennis Sands	Music - music scoring mixer
Bernardo Sancristobal	Song
B-Side	Song Performer
Robert & Johnny	Song Performer
Walter Donaldson	Song
The Four Aces	Song Performer
George Whiting	Song
John Seely	Song
Pat Boone	Song Performer
Bissell & Bourgeouis & Coon	Song Performer
William Loose	Song
Gene Vincent	Song Performer
Robin Bissell	Song - songs
Jinsoo	Song
Larry Williams	Song Performer
Talkback	Song Performer
Lordikim Allah	Song
Dave Brubeck Quartet	Song Performer
Brendan Brown	Song
Miles Davis	Song Performer
Ali Theodore	Song
Elvis Presley	Song Performer
Johnny Mitchell	Song
Etta James	Song Performer
Robert Carr	Song
Buddy Holly	Song Performer
Ben Ryan	Song
Dewayne Blackwell	Song
Gene Vincent	Song
Tex Davis	Song
Lloyd Price	Song
Bruno Coon	Song
Paul Desmond	Song
Miles Davis	Song
Kal Mann	Song
Bernie Lowe	Song
Mark Gordon	Song
Harry Warren	Song
Norman Petty	Song
Bill Tilghman	Song
Sunny West	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Ernie Orsatti	Stunt Coordinator
Noon Orsatti	Stunts
Eddie Yansick	Stunts
Jacob Chambers	Stunts
Christopher R O'Hara	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Ric Keeley	Post-Production Supervisor
Kenneth Hunter	Location Scout
Susan Fuller	Production Manager - digital color production manager
Ken Lavet	Location Manager
Steve Kornacki	Assistant Production Coordinator
Barbara Tuss	Script Supervisor
Jay Vinitsky	Post-Production Coordinator
Lauralee Wiseman	Facilities Supervisor - facility manager
Diana Zock	Production Coordinator
Allen Alsobrook	Unit Production Manager
Suzanne Bornstein	DGA Trainee
Yudi Bennett	Assistant Director
Scott Devereaux	Assistant Location Manager
Jennifer Weinberg	Production Manager - digital color production manager
Emily Glatter	Production Coordinator - in-house production coordinator
Gabriela Rios	Assistant Production Coordinator
Rusty Mahmood	DGA Trainee
Jonathan S McGarry	Assistant Director
Diane Friedman	Location Manager
Nancy P Townsend	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Publicity	Credit
Deborah Wuliger	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Sly West	Rerecording - recording coordinator
Michael Dressel	Foley Editor
Ken Mantlo	Boom Operator
Dan Lipe	Sound - sound cableman
Matthew C May	Assistant Sound Editor
Joe Mayer	ADR Editor
Bruce Stambler	Sound Editor
Robert Anderson Jr	Sound Mixer
Lance Brown	Sound Designer
Gary Bourgeois	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Paul Aulicino	Assistant Sound Editor
Jay Nierenberg	Sound Editor
Lance Laurienzo	ADR Editor - assistant ADR editor
Scott Curtis	Foley Editor
Shawn Sykora	Foley Editor
Steve Nelson	Sound Editor
Gary Alexander	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Bradley Clouse	Assistant Sound Editor
Glenn Hoskinson	Sound Editor
Kim Secrist	Sound Editor
Gary Blufer	Sound Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Chris Watts	Visual Effects Supervisor
Bronwyn Waddington	Effects Coordinator - visual effects coordinator
James Valentine	Rotoscope Animator - rotoscope artist
Tom Smith Sr	Effects Supervisor - digital effects supervisor
Eric Rylander	Special Effects Coordinator
Jack Johnson	Visual Effects - illustrator
Melissa Hagman	Graphics - director of graphics
Michael Gaspar	Special Effects - special effects key
Lisa Kshatriya	Rotoscope Animator - rotoscope artist
Curtis T Allen Jr	Special Effects - special effects technician
Carl Aldana	Visual Effects - illustrator
Jim Bandsuh	Visual Effects - illustrator
Philip D Bartko	Special Effects - special effects technician
Karen Klein	Rotoscope Animator - rotoscope supervisor
Estee Chandler	Visual Effects - visual effects producer
Noel Butcher	Special Effects - special effects technician
Jeff Bresin	Special Effects - special effects technician
Ron Kallesen	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Angela Angove	Visual Effects - scaning/recording producer
Gary D'Amico	Special Effects - special effects technician
Michael Duenas	Special Effects - special effects technician
Jessica Trento	Visual Effects - digital effects producer
Joe Dubs	Visual Effects - digital artist
Dan Gaspar	Special Effects - special effects technician
Erin Hennessey	Special Effects - special effects technician
Susana Slaughter	Visual Effects - digital artist
David Jackson	Special Effects - special effects technician
Andrew Goldstein	Visual Effects - digital artist
Mike Frevert	Visual Effects - digital artist
Tom Knott	Special Effects
Gregory Lawderer	Special Effects - special effects technician
Julius Magodo	Visual Effects - digital artist
Lee Alan McConnell	Special Effects - special effects technician
Tim Gibbons	Visual Effects - digital artist
Bruce Minkus	Special Effects - special effects technician
Mark Lewis	Visual Effects - digital artist
Christine Onesky	Special Effects - special effects technician
Dan Levitan	Visual Effects - digital artist
Gilbert Gonzales	Visual Effects - digital artist
Louis A Perez	Special Effects - special effects technician
Anthony Salvaggio	Special Effects - special effects technician
Erin Cullen	Visual Effects - digital artist
Clark Templeman	Special Effects - special effects technician
George Edwin Oliver Jr	Visual Effects - digital artist
Tim Walkey	Special Effects - special effects technician
Travis Baumann	Visual Effects - digital effects artist
Stella Bogh	Visual Effects - digital effects artist
George M Zamora	Special Effects - special effects technician
Gary Zink	Special Effects - special effects technician
Matt Dessero	Visual Effects - digital effects artist
Susan Evans	Visual Effects - digital effects artist
Dave Fuhrer	Visual Effects - digital effects artist
Fortunato Frattasio	Visual Effects - digital effects artist
Mark Sullivan	Visual Effects - digital matte paintings
Mark Robben	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Wayne Shepherd	Visual Effects - previsualization compositor
Janette Shew	Visual Effects - visual effects producer
Nathan McGuinness	Visual Effects - digital compositing artist
Milt Alvarez	Visual Effects - Planet Blue producer
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Janice Alexander	Hair Stylist
Judianna Makovsky	Costume Designer
Jennifer M Bell	Hair Assistant - assistant hair
Susan A Cabral	Makeup Artist - key makeup artist
David Davenport	Costumes - men's key costumer
Richard Dean	Makeup - makeup consultant
Joe Hailey	Makeup Assistant - assistant make-up
Lisa Tomczeszyn	Assistant Costume Designer
Eric H Sandberg	Costume Supervisor
Bruce Hutchinson	Makeup Assistant - assistant make-up
Timothy G Jones	Hair Stylist
Carolyn L Elias	Makeup Artist - key makeup artist
Sharon Iris Crall	Costumes - women's costumer
Janice Alexander	Hair Assistant - assistant hair
Mel Berns	Makeup Artist
Cynthia Black	Costumes - women's key costumer
Violet Ortiz	Hair Stylist
Elaina P Schulman	Hair Stylist
Ivette Silberman	Costumes - costumer
Charles F Blackman	Makeup Artist
Elizabeth Besio	Costumes - costumer
Tommy Cole	Makeup Artist
Leland Kent Nelson	Hair Stylist
Arthur Haring	Makeup Artist
Dianne L Roberson	Hair Stylist
Charlene Amateau	Costumes - costumer
Vivian Ateer	Hair Stylist
Roberto M Carneiro	Costumes - costumer
Werner Keppler	Makeup Artist
Greg LaCava	Makeup Artist
Marina Marit	Costumes - costumer
Audrey Azures	Hair Stylist
Janice D Brandow	Hair Stylist
Toby Lamm	Makeup Artist
Kathy Monderine	Costumes - costumer
Michael Lorenz	Makeup Artist
C Parker Poole	Costumes - costumer
Janis Clark	Hair Stylist
Clare Corsick	Hair Stylist
Jerry M Ross	Costumes - costumer
Melanie Levitt	Makeup Artist
Dee Mansano	Makeup Artist
Shirley Dolle	Hair Stylist
Deborah Travis	Costumes - costumer
Dallas Dornan	Costumes - costumer
Stephen A Esbree	Hair Stylist
Ann Lee Masterson	Makeup Artist
Patricia Messina	Makeup Artist
Kathy Foley	Hair Stylist
Ricky Ford	Hair Stylist
Tim Miguel	Makeup Artist
Geneva Nash-Morgan	Makeup Artist
Paula Gene Griffin	Hair Stylist
Virginia G Hadfield	Hair Stylist
Robert Ostermann	Makeup Artist
Ann Pala	Makeup Artist
Virginia Kearns	Hair Stylist
Suzanna Kontonickas	Hair Stylist
Wynona Price	Makeup Artist
Robert R Romero	Makeup Artist
Dorothy Long MacKenzie	Hair Stylist
Mary Mastro	Hair Stylist
Nick Schillace	Makeup Artist
Ken Schoenfeld	Makeup Artist
Susan Zietlow-Maust	Hair Stylist
Nadege Schoenfeld	Makeup Artist
Renee Dipinto	Hair Stylist
Ellen Powell	Hair Stylist
Craig Smith	Makeup Artist
Elizabeth R Rabe	Hair Stylist
Dulcie E Smith	Makeup Artist
Cheri Ruff	Hair Stylist
Brad Wexkler	Makeup Artist
Barry Wittman	Makeup Artist
Susan Carol Schwary	Hair Stylist
Monty Westmore	Makeup Artist
Linda Leiter-Sharp	Hair Stylist
Danny Valencia	Hair Stylist

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