Pleasantville

Suburban streets, summer afternoons, a television hums. A perfect TV family lives in black and white, their smiles never fading, their lives predetermined. Gary Ross playfully subverts the idyllic sitcom trope.

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Pleasantville was released in 1998 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 124 minutes.