Pleasantville - Zu schön, um wahr zu sein

Originaltitel: Pleasantville

1998
6
2 Std. 4 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,5/10

138.447

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

4.064

Pleasantville - Zu schön, um wahr zu sein (1998)

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Zwei Geschwister im Teenageralter finden sich plötzlich aus den 90er-Jahren in eine Sitcom versetzt, die in den 50ern spielt, wo ihr Einfluss bald beginnt, diese selbstgefällige Welt tiefgre... Alles lesenZwei Geschwister im Teenageralter finden sich plötzlich aus den 90er-Jahren in eine Sitcom versetzt, die in den 50ern spielt, wo ihr Einfluss bald beginnt, diese selbstgefällige Welt tiefgreifend zu verändern.Zwei Geschwister im Teenageralter finden sich plötzlich aus den 90er-Jahren in eine Sitcom versetzt, die in den 50ern spielt, wo ihr Einfluss bald beginnt, diese selbstgefällige Welt tiefgreifend zu verändern.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,5/10

138.447

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

4.064

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Für 3 Oscars nominiert
- 18 Gewinne & 45 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
At one point, when Jennifer tries to use a bathroom there aren't any toilets. This is a clever reference to an FCC ruling during the 1950's, which stated that toilets (or any reference to their use, such as the sound of flushing) could not be presented on television. While this continued on broadcast television well in to the late seventies, the barrier in movies fell in 1960 (two years after the Pleasantville scenario) when Alfred Hitchcock persuaded the film censors to allow the flushing of a toilet in Psycho (1960) because it was integral to the iconic shower scene.

Patzer
Various inconsistencies and plot holes (stopped clocks, phantom opposing basketball teams) with the real world are consistent with Pleasantville being a TV world, and hence consistent with the movie.

Zitate
David: David:
[panicked]
David: Fire! Fire! Fire!
[gets to the fire station]
David: Fire! Fire! Fire!
[finds the firemen]
David: Fire!
[nobody moves]
David: Fire!
[they look weirdly at him]
David: FIRE!
[still no movement]
David: Cat...?
[everybody gets on their feet]

Crazy Credits
The New Line logo plays in complete silence.

Verbindungen
Featured in Fiona Apple: Across the Universe (1998)

Soundtracks
Across the Universe
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Performed by Fiona Apple
Produced by Jon Brion
Courtesy of Clean Slate/The WORK Group

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8/10

cute gimmick turns funny turns profound

David (Tobey Maguire) is a geek in high school. Real life is diminishing expectations, family divorce and no female companionship. He's obsessed with an old TV show Pleasantville. While watching a Pleasantville marathon, he has a fight with his twin sister Jennifer (Reese Witherspoon) and they break the TV remote. TV repairman (Don Knotts) shows up and give them a special remote which sends them into the show. They become George (William H. Macy) and Betty Parker (Joan Allen)'s kids Bud and Mary Sue. She's not happy until she sees her new boyfriend Skip Martin (Paul Walker). Bud is working at Bill Johnson (Jeff Daniels)'s soda shop. He falls for Margaret Henderson (Marley Shelton). The kids' interactions start changing the strange purity of Pleasantville and colors seeps into the world.

At first, this is a gimmick that has some cute aspects. Don Knotts adds to that sense of a cheap laugh. It has some good fun with Maguire and Witherspoon budding head. Then the deeper profound message seeps into the movie. It is gentle and yet undeniable. A couple of times, I feared the movie would push too hard like calling the people "color". It manages to maintain some distance and follow through on the message without overpowering it. This is quite a film.