Pleasantville
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David: Yeah, where's our lawyer?
Big Bob: Oh, I think we want to keep these proceedings as pleasant as possible.

Jennifer: I did the slut thing, David. It got kinda old.

TV Weatherman: Well, it looks like we're going to have another sunny day - high 72, low 72, and not a cloud in the sky.

Jennifer: I was thinking of wearing that red thing... it's not slutty... it's fun.

Jennifer: I knew you'd pay a price for this. I knew you couldn't be so hopelessly geek-ridden for so long without suffering some really tragic consequences.

Skip: Hiya, Bud.
David: Hiya, Skip.
Skip: Hiya, Bud.
David: Hiya, Skip.
Skip: Bud, can I ask you a question?
David: Sure.
Skip: Well, if I was to go up to your sister... What I mean is, if I was to go up to Mary Sue.
David: Oh my God... are we in that episode?

Big Bob: My friends, this isn't about George's dinner. It's not about Roy's shirt. It's a question of values. It's a question of whether we want to hold on to those values that made this place great. So, a time has come to make a decision. Are we in this thing alone or are we in it together?

Bill Johnson: ...Don't you think?
David: I think you should try not to think about that anymore.

Bill Johnson: Must be awfully lucky to see colours like that. I'll bet they don't know how lucky they are.

David: Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire... Cat?

Jennifer: Hello! I've got like three pounds of underwire on here.

Skip: I don't know if I ever told you this before, but I think you're just about the keenest girl in the whole school.
Jennifer: Oh, really Skip? The keenest?

Bill Johnson: It's just... where am I going to see colors like that?

Jennifer: This place gives me the creeps! Did you know that the books are blank?
David: What?
Jennifer: Yeah, I was in the library and I looked, and they have covers and there's nothing inside of them.
David: What were you doing in a library?
Jennifer: I got lost.

Jennifer: Hey, can I ask you a question?
David: Sure.
Jennifer: How come I'm still in black and white?
David: What?
Jennifer: I've had, like, ten times as much sex as the rest of these girls, and I still look like this. I mean, they spend, like, an hour in the back seat of some car and all of a sudden they're in Technicolor?
David: I don't know. Maybe it's not just the sex.

Factual error: You can see the 3 point line painted out on the basketball court, they never had 3 point lines in the 50s. (00:21:55)

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Trivia: When the TV technician is talking to the children through the TV, he is sitting in front of a test card with a picture of an Indian. The Indian's expression changes each time we see it (mentioned on the DVD director's commentary).

Neil Jones

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Question: What is the purpose of the initial TV montage?

Answer: To me it never looked like a montage. It was just someone flipping through the channels (channel surfing) until they got to "TV Time" where they stayed to watch the commercial for the PleasanTVille marathon. People (especially before DVRs) sometimes just flip through the channels looking for something to watch, especially if you don't know what's playing on each channel.

Bishop73

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