Pleasantville Character: Jennifer Wagner / Mary Sue Parker Year: 1998 Release Date September 17, 1998 (Toronto Film Festival), October 23, 1998 Directed By: Gary Ross Screenwriter: Gary Ross Genre: Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction/Fantasy MPAA Rating: PG-13 Cast Highlights: ...Tobey Maguire ...William H. Macy ...Joan Allen Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA Pasadena, California, USA Glendale, California, USA + more

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Set in the 1990s, two teenage siblings, twins, who couldn’t be more different - David (Tobey Maguire), a serious student and dedicated fan of the 1950s TV sitcom, Pleasantville and Jennifer (Reese Witherspoon), a rebellious and the sarcastic ‘cool girl’ at school. One evening when the one TV in the house is wanted by both siblings at the same time, they are both holding and arguing over the remote control when it breaks. Out of no where a TV repair man (Don Knotts) arrives with a remote like they had never seen before. When used, it sucks them into the sitcom, Pleasantville and they have no way of getting out or back home. While David tries to keep their world unchanged, Jennifer’s antics bring colour and what they consider abnormalities into their world of black and white. The TV repair man will only let Jennifer and David back into their world on the condition they change everything back to how it was but it now seems too late. Colour is appearing at every turn, love is in the air and books now contain writing. Jennifer is changing as well and on a journey of self discovery. Eventually the town’s people, including the TV repair, man are able to see that the change is for the best and lives are left changed forever.

• When Jennifer enters Pleasantville, she becomes a character named Mary-Sue. "Mary-Sue" is a term that originated in fan fiction to describe a character who comes into the character's lives and completely solves all of their problems. It is also a fan-fiction term for when the author (usually female) inserts herself (as a character) into the story.

• “The cool side of the uterus." • “This place gives me the creeps! Did you know that the books are blank?” • “No, David. Nobody's happy in a poodle skirt and a sweater set.” • “Ohhh. Hmm. Well, you know Mom, there are ways to enjoy yourself without Dad.”

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