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Pleasantville
1998
· Movie
· 124 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1238
- IMDb #1055
- Google retired #1207
- Rotten Tomatoes #1415
- Metacritic #1281
- Letterboxd #1453
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1576
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1722
- Metacritic Critics #1384
- Metacritic Audience #1212
- Criticker #1210
- Douban #518
- Kinopoisk #607
- AlloCiné #1863
- Trakt #1060
Every rating
55–90
out of 100
Two modern teenagers are magically transported into a black-and-white 1950s television sitcom where life is perfectly simple and orderly. Their contemporary attitudes and knowledge begin to disrupt the serene town, introducing concepts like art, literature, and emotion. This awakening causes color to spread through the community, leading to tension between the transformed citizens and those clinging to the old ways.
Details
- Director
- Gary Ross
- Writer
- Gary Ross
- Released
- 17 September 1998
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $60.0M
- Box office
- $49.8M
- Awards
- 18 wins, 35 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 53 →2 major awards won · 18 wins from 53 nominations across 21 ceremonies
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 1998 | Best Supporting Actress | Joan Allen | Winner |
| Producers Guild of America Awards 1998 | Most Promising Producer in Theatrical Motion Pictures | Gary Ross | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1998 | Best Original Dramatic Score | Randy Newman | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1998 | Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall ; Set Decoration: Jay Hart | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1998 | Best Costume Design | Judianna Makovsky | Nominee |
| Art Directors Guild Awards 1998 | Excellence in Production Design for a Feature Film | Jeannine Oppewall | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 1998 | Best Picture | Nominee | |
| American Comedy Awards 1998 | Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | William H. Macy | Nominee |
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Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Joan Allen | Winner |
| Best Picture | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Most Promising Producer in Theatrical Motion Pictures | Gary Ross | Winner |
Academy Awards
3 nominations
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall ; Set Decoration: Jay Hart | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Judianna Makovsky | Nominee |
| Best Original Dramatic Score | Randy Newman | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Production Design for a Feature Film | Jeannine Oppewall | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
5 nominations, 3 won
| Best Fantasy Film | Winner | |
| Best Performance by a Younger Actor/Actress | Tobey Maguire | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Joan Allen | Winner |
| Best Costumes | Judianna Makovsky | Nominee |
| Best Writing | Gary Ross | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
10 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Joan Allen | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Gary Ross | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Jeff Daniels | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Jeannine Oppewall and Jay Hart | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | John Lindley | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Judianna Makovsky | Nominee |
| Best Director | Gary Ross | Nominee |
| Best Editing | William Goldenberg | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| Best Original Score | Randy Newman | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Original Score | Randy Newman | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Joan Allen | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | John Lindley | Nominee |
| Best Editing | William Goldenberg | Nominee |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Supporting Actor | William H. Macy (also for A Civil Action and Psycho ) | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Joan Allen | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | John Lindley | Nominee |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Production Design | Jeannine Oppewall | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Joan Allen | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
9 nominations, 1 won
| Best Adapted Song | " Across the Universe " Music and Lyrics by John Lennon and Paul McCartney ; Performed by Fiona Apple | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | John Lindley | Nominee |
| Best Comedy/Musical Actress | Joan Allen | Nominee |
| Best Comedy/Musical Picture | Jon Kilik, Gary Ross, and Steven Soderbergh | Nominee |
| Best Comedy/Musical Score | Randy Newman | Nominee |
| Best First Feature | Gary Ross | Nominee |
| Best Makeup | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Joan Allen | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Nominee |
Costume Designers Guild Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Excellence in Costume Design for Film | Judianna Makovsky | Winner |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Joan Allen | Winner |
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Joan Allen | Winner |
Young Hollywood Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Female Breakthrough Performance | Reese Witherspoon | Winner |
Chlotrudis Awards
2 nominations
| Best Cinematography | John Lindley | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Joan Allen | Nominee |
Teen Choice Awards
2 nominations
| Choice Movie – Drama | Nominee | |
| Most Funniest Scene | Reese Witherspoon and Joan Allen | Nominee |
American Comedy Awards
1 nomination
| Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | William H. Macy | Nominee |
Artios Awards
1 nomination
| Best Casting for Feature Film – Drama | Ellen Lewis and Debra Zane | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Joan Allen | Nominee |
Hugo Awards
1 nomination
| Best Dramatic Presentation | Gary Ross | Nominee |
International Film Music Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Score for a Drama Film | Randy Newman | Nominee |