"Wentthrough the crack" "Ourtwelfth edition of the Psychic Friends Network" "Shea Stadium" "You're watching TV Time... the only network playing lots of old stuff... in nothing but black and white." "Why, it'sfun forthe wholefamily!" "TV Time-- remember,you're soaking in it." "This Friday on TV Time..." "Take the phone off the hook and the plastic off the couch." "That's right, it's the Pleasantville marathon!" "24 hours chockedfull of purefamily values." "Featuring the warm greeting..." "Honey, I'm home." "Proper nutrition..." "Do you want some more cookies?" "And, of course, safe sex." "Why, it's a scrapbook... of all yourfavourite Pleasantville memories." "There's "Trouble atthe Barbershop..."" ""Fireman For a Day..."" ""The Big Game..."" "And who couldforget "Bud Gets a Job"?" "So join all yourfavourites..." "Mary Sue, Bud, George, and Betty... and oh,yes, Mr. Johnson atthe soda shop." "Butwait,there's more!" "If you put yourthinking caps on... you could win $1,000 in our Pleasantville trivia contest... plus afree tripto the Pleasantville of your choice." "Flash-back to kinder, gentlertimes... on the Pleasantville marathon... this Friday only on..." "Hi." "I mean, hi." "Look, you probably don'tthink... I should be asking you this." "I mean, not knowing you well and all." "l--l mean, I know you." "Everybody knows you." "I just don't know you..." "technically." "Anyhow... I don't know whatyou're doing this weekend... but my mom's leaving town... and she's letting me borrow the car, so,you know..." "Okey-dokey, so just give me a call." "Let me know." "Bye." "Forthose of you going on to college nextyear... the chance offinding a good job... will actually decrease by the time you graduate." "The available number of entry-level jobs... will drop31% overthe nextfouryears." "Median incomeforthose jobs will go down as well." "Obviously, myfriends, it's a competitive world... and good grades are your only ticketthrough." "Infact, by the year 2000 chance of contracting hiv from a non-monogamous life... will climbto 1 in 150." "The odds of dying in an auto accident are only 1 in 2500." "Now, this marks a drastic increase from 14years ago when ozone depletion... was atjust 10% of its current level." "By the time you are 30 years old... average global temperature will have risen 2 1/2 degrees... causing such catastrophic consequences... as typhoons,floods, widespread drought, andfamine." "OK,who can tell me whatfamine is?" "Honey, I'm home." "Hello, darling." "How was your day?" "Oh, swell." "You know, Mr. Connell says... if things keep going the way they are... I might be seeing that promotion soonerthan I thought." "Oh, darling,that's wonderful." "I always knew you could do it." "Hey, pumpkin,what's that smell?" "is thatyour meat loaf?" "It might be." "It might be." "Oh, pumpkin, you sure know the way... to this man's heart." "No,thatwas notthe deal." "No,you have custody firstweekend of every month." "This is thefirstweekend." "No. I'm not gonna bail you out." "I'm going out of town this weekend." "La Costa." "Barry, if I wantto have a mud bath with my new boyfriend... that's my business, isn't it?" "Hey,where are those kids?" "Right behind you, Father." "Right behind you, Father." "Mother, Father, Bud has a little surpriseforyou." "What's that, Bud?" "First place in the sciencefair." "There were lots of swell projects." "I guess mine was justthe swellest." "Darling,that's wonderful... exceptthere's no such word as "swellest."" "Well, gee whiz, Mom, itwasn'tthe Englishfair." "No,that's notthe point." "The point is, you're supposed to see them." "Fine." "See them anothertime." "What's a motherto do?" "What's a motherto do?" "OK, in the veryfirst Pleasantville episode... whose window did Bud break... when he was playing with hisfather's golf clubs?" "Easy." "Mr. Jenkins." "Whatjob did Mr. Jenkins have?" "Salesman." "What did they name the cat theyfound in the gutter?" "Scout?" "Marmalade." "All right, all right." "Here's one." "Why did their parents come home early... from theirweekend atthe lake?" "'Cause Bud didn't answerthe phone... and they were worried about him." "Man...you're unbelievable." "You'll win this thingfor sure." "When is it on?" "Marathon starts at 6.30, contest is tomorrow at noon." "Thousand bucks, huh?" "And it's on all night?" "Of course." "That's why they call it a marathon." "Oh, my God, he is so pathetic." "I can't believe you're related to him." "Only on my parents' side." "Yeah, butyou guys are twins and stuff." "You must befrom the cool side of the uterus." "Oh, my God, here they come." "Oh, my God, just don't do anything." "What?" "Saw you atthe mall yesterday." "Yeah, I saw you,too." "So,you gonna watch the concert on MTV tonight?" "Yeah." "You?" "My mom's gonna be out of town." "Cool." "Cool." "Itwas so amazing, Daph." "I was, like, "My mom's gonna go out of town."" "And he was like, "Well, maybe we could..."" "And I was, "Yeah, sure." And he was, "Cool."" "I know." "He's so smart." "I'm thinking aboutthat red thing I got atthe mall." "It's not slutty." "It'sfun." "Well, hello, he's not coming overto study." "Yeah, I know." "Well, sometimes I'm jealous of you,too." "He's not homeless, Howard." "They don't say where he lives." "Well, it's a silly question." "Because nobody's homeless in Pleasantville." "'Cause that's just notwhat it's like." "Look, Howard, it's almost 6.30." "I gotta go." "What are you doing?" "What are you doing?" "Cut it out, David." "Mark Davis is gonna be here in minutes." "Great." "The Pleasantville marathon starts at 6.30." "I don't believe this!" "He's gonna be here!" "You can watch it upstairs." "Upstairs?" "!" "It doesn't have any stereo!" "Oh, my God." "Oh, my God!" "David, stop stressing." "You can turn it on normally." "No, I can't. lt's a new TV,Jen." "It doesn'twork without a remote." "Oh, my God, he's here!" "TV repair." "TV repair?" "Yeah." "TV busted?" "Well, here I am." "Holy cow, look atthat." "Had a little disaster, didn'tyou,fella?" "Well,yeah, sort of." "Well,we'll getyoufixed up in no time." "I know how I'dfeel if mine went out." "Almost like losing afriend." "You know, we didn't call any TV repair." "That makes it a lucky day for both of us, doesn't it?" "Do you think you could do this soon?" "lt's almost 6.30." "What's the hurry?" "Pleasantville marathon starts at 6.30." "Pleasantville?" "Gosh, I love that show." "Watched itforyears." "That's notthe reason." "I've got a date at 6.30." "Who did Muffin take to the masquerade ball... when her date came down with the measles?" "Herfather." "That's right." "And how'd she dress him?" "As Prince Charming." "Nice." "Rememberthe one where Bud lost his cousin... when he was supposed to be watching him?" "What department store did they go to?" "Mclntyre's." "McGinty's." "No." "Mclntyre's." "Remember?" "Forthe very best in men's attire" "Head right down to Mclntyre's" "That's right." "Listen..." "Why don'tyou take this remote instead?" "It's got a little more oomph in it." "Oomph?" "Sure." "Big beautiful set like that?" "You want something that'll putyou right in the show." "It's great." "We'll take it." "Thankyou." "Well, I better get going." "Your show's almost on... and it's almosttime foryour date." "Take care now." "Whether it's on the track at Indy... or driving around the block, only new Pennzoil..." "For program information..." "Honey, I'm home." "Great." "Let me see that." "No way." "Gee whiz, Mary Sue, why can't I borrow your radio?" "I promised Betty Jean she could use it." "Do you mind?" "This is only the most important moment of my life!" "Forget it,Jen!" "I've waited a yearforthis!" "Come on, David, just give itto me!" "Forget it!" "No way, Bud!" "Forget it, Mary Sue!" "Come on, Bud!" "It's mine!" "Give it back!" "Oh, my God." "What happened?" "l'm not sure." "Hi, Sport." "Hi, Muffin." "Better get a move on." "You'll be latefor school." "What did you do?" "l don't know." "Look at me!" "I'm pasty!" "Over here!" "Told you itwas your lucky day." "I betyou thought I was just afan or something." "What happened?" "A miracle." "Every time I thought I'dfound someone... they'd turn out to disappoint me." "They'd know the early episodes, but notthe later ones." "They'd know all about Muffin, but not about Bud." "Whatthe hell is going on?" "Can'ttalk like that here." "You're in..." "Well,you know." "Bud, Mary Sue, breakfast is on the table." "We're in Pleasantville?" "A dream come true, huh?" "Listen,this really isn'tfunny." "I have a very important date infive minutes!" "You don't have to worry aboutthat anymore." "Bitch." "You have gotto get us out of here!" "Why would I do that?" "Because we don't belong!" "Sure you do." "Mclntyre's department store... theirfather dressed as Prince Charming." "Thatwas gorgeous, Bud." "My name is David!" "Oh, God!" "This is a strange way of showing your appreciation." "Hey,we appreciate it." "We really do." "We justwantto go home now." "Butyou don't know how long l've lookedfor someone like you." "I'm very disappointed." "Infact, I'm starting to get a little upset." "No, don't get upset." "Well,wouldn'tyou?" "You lookfor someoneforyears." "You pouryour heart into it" "This is a privilege,you know!" "I don'tthink I'd bettertalk aboutthis now." "Where are you going?" "I don'tthinkwe should discuss this until I'm composed." "Wait a minute!" "Maybe in a while when I'm not so emotional!" "Give you a week ortwo to change your attitude!" "Come back!" "Come back!" "A week ortwo?" "Oh, God." "What's gonna happen?" "I don't know. lt's not possible." "is it possible?" "Bud, Mary Sue, your breakfast is getting cold." "It can't be possible." "Well, come on, kids." "You're not going to school without breakfast inside you." "Forward march." "I just love you in that sweater, Mary Sue." "It's soflattering." "Thanks." "Morning, kids." "Better get a move on, oryou'll be latefor school." "I don't believe this." "Neither do I." "Well, come on, dig in." "I put blueberries in them justthe way you like." "Well, come on, sweetie, it's getting late." "Actually, I'm not hungry." "Nonsense,young lady." "You're gonna startyour day off with a nice, big breakfast." "Here we go." "Sit down." "Here's some pancakes and eggs." "Sausage and some good crisp bacon." "And, of course, a ham steak." "You eat on up, then it's off to school." "Hurry, hurry." "I'm gonna hurl, David, I swearto God." "Justtake deep breaths." "It's all that animalfat." "I canfeel it in my pores." "I still don't see why we're doing this." "Because we're supposed to be in school." "We're supposed to be at home." "We're supposed to be in colour!" "Oh, God!" "Hello, Bud." "Hello, Mr. Simpson." "Hearyour dad's got a new car." "Oh,yeah." "A Buick. lt's swell." "Great." "Do you know that guy?" "Yeah." "He owns the hardware store." "You listen to me forjust a minute!" "I don't know whatyou've done, butyou betterfix it!" "I had a date with Mark Davis, and I even bought new underwear!" "We have to play along until that guy shows up again." "Play along?" "Yes!" "I am Bud Parker, and you are Mary Sue." "No. I'm not gonna do it." "If I don't dress like this for Mom... I'm sure not gonna do itforyou!" "We have no choice,Jen." "We are stuck here until that guy shows up again." "Why can'twe just explain it to somebody?" "To who?" "Go!" "Go!" "Go!" "Here, kitty." "Oh, God." "We are." "We're, like, stuck in Nerdville." "I knew you'd pay a price forthis." "I knew you couldn't be so hopelessly geek-ridden... for so long without suffering some really tragic consequences." "But it's just notfair." "I was getting really popular." "Debbie Russell transferred to another school... and my skin was really great since March." "Mark Davis wasfinally starting to come around." "Hello, Mary Sue." "What's all the commotion?" "Where's the cat?" "It's..." "Right." "I'll see you at school, Mary Sue." "Who's that?" "Skip Martin, captain of the basketball team." "Does he like me?" "As a matter offact, he does." "Those are myfriends?" "Peggy Jane, Lisa Anne, Betty Jean." "Can we do any better?" "I don'tthink so." "Lastweek, class,we discussed the geography of Main Street." "This weekwe're going to be talking about Elm Street." "Now, can anyone tell me the difference... between Elm Street and Main Street?" "Tommy." "It's not as long?" "That's right,Tommy." "It's not as long." "Also, it only has houses... so the geography of Main Street is different... than the geography of Elm Street." "Yeah." "What's outside of Pleasantville?" "I don't understand." "Outside of Pleasantville." "What's at the end of Main Street?" "Mary Sue,you should know the answerto that." "The end of Main Street is justthe beginning again." "Come on, men, let's go!" "That's it, men, keep it up." "Big game tomorrow." "Hiya, Bud." "Hiya, Skip." "Hiya, Bud." "Hiya, Skip." "Bud, can I askyou a question?" "Sure." "Well... lf l was to go upto your sister..." "What I mean is, if I was to go upto Mary Sue" "Oh, my God." "Are we in that episode?" "What?" "l don't believe this." "What's the matter?" "You wantto ask her outtonight and give heryour school pin." "Yeah." "How'd you know?" "Look, Skip, I don'tthink... it's a real good timeforthat right now." "What do you mean?" "Well,what I mean is..." "Mary Sue's a little different lately." "She won't go outwith me?" "No, hey, I didn't say that." "I don't know what I'd do if she wouldn't go outwith me." "Come here, guys." "Don'ttouch it." "Stay back." "I'm sure we'll work something out." "l thoughtyou liked him." "Yeah, but I don't know." "One date,Jen." "That's all I'm asking." "If you don't go out with this guy... we could throw theirwhole universe out of whack." "It's too weird, David." "This place gives me the creeps." "Did you know the books are blank?" "What?" "l went in the library." "They have covers and nothing inside of them." "Whatwere you doing in a library?" "I got lost." "Oh,wait, look atthis." "Know why thefiremen only rescue cats out of trees?" "Nothing burns around here." "Jen, stop!" "They don't even needfiremen!" "I could really use a cigarette!" "Jen, listen." "I will get us out of here." "I really will, but if we don't play along... we can alter theirwhole existence... and then we may never get home." "You really think anybody's gonna notice... if I don't have a chocolate maltwith this guy?" "You won't believe whatwe just heard!" "Skip's gonna askyou out!" "That's not all!" "He's gonna give you his pin!" "Are you sure I'm supposed to wearthis?" "I could kill a guy with these things." "It's in your closet." "I've worn kinky stuff before" "He won't notice anyway." "Why not?" "They just don't notice that kind of thing around here." "So what's the point?" "Jen, please." "Hello. I've gotthree pounds of underwire on here." "Just go with the program." "I'm lateforwork." "Work?" "Yeah, sorry." "I just had to help myfolks... and then I couldn'tfind my hat." "I didn't know whatto do." "What's wrong?" "Well, I always wipe down the counter... and then you set out the napkins and glasses... and then I make the Frenchfries." "Butyou didn't come so I just kept on wiping." "I'm sorry." "You know, if this ever happens again... you can make thefries... even if I haven't put out the napkins yet." "Thankyou." "There aren't any cheeseburgers." "What?" "Usually, I put outthe burger and youfinish with the lettuce." "OK, listen." "Do you have the lettuce?" "Have you cooked the burgers?" "Put on the lettuce, finish the burger... and pretend itwas me doing it the whole time." "You can do it, really." "I sure am glad you said you'd come outwith me tonight." "Well, gee whiz, Skip." "I sure am glad you asked me." "I don't know if I ever said this to you before... but I thinkyou're just about the keenest girl... in the whole school." "Really, Skip?" "The keenest?" "Oh,yeah." "What can I getyou two?" "I don't know, Bud." "I guess I'll have my usual cheeseburger and a cherry Coke." "I don't know, Bud." "I'll have a salad and an Evian." "Cheeseburger it is." "You see?" "The whole time we were in Civics together... I really wanted to come over and sit nextto you... butyou were always sat between Lisa Anne and Peggy Jane." "And you always seemed so smart and everything." "Like that reportyou did on ourtown hall." "Gosh. I didn't know what I'd talkto you about." "Yeah." "Well, sometimes talking's overrated." "Don'tyou think?" "Oh, right." "So I know I haven't been steady with anybody or anything... but I just don'twant to rush it." "There's kids that are even holding hands already... but lfigure there's plenty of timeforthat later on." "Can you excuse me forjust a second?" "Oh, God." "Oh, God." "Did he give itto you?" "l bet he did." "I don'tthink he knows how." "I bet he's gonna take her to Lovers Lane." "I bet he is." "I bet he's even gonna hold her hand." "So, anyhow, I really wanted to sit nextto you in Civics" "You wantto get out of here?" "What?" "Do you wantto go somewhere?" "Butwhere could we go?" "Lovers Lane." "Lovers Lane?" "Yeah, Lover's Lane." "You upfor it?" "Come on." "Come on." "Oh, shit." "Jennifer!" "Jennifer, stop!" "Stop!" "You can't do this,Jennifer!" "He doesn't exist!" "You can't do this to someone who doesn't exist!" "It sure is pretty." "Oh,yeah." "Gorgeous." "To be honest, Mary Sue, I didn'tthinkyou'd want... to come here until we'd been pinnedfor a little while." "Oh, Skip,you can pin me anytime you wantto." "Or maybe I should just pin you." "That's silly, Mary Sue." "How could you possibly pin me?" "Son,what's wrong?" "Have you seen Mary Sue?" "No." "She's still outwith Skip." "is something the matter?" "No." "I was justworried about her." "Bud,your sister's getting older now." "She'll naturally be going outwith boys." "But she's afine young woman." "She would never do anything for us to be concerned about." "Honest." "I think I better go home now, Mary Sue." "Why?" "I think I might be ill." "Something's happening to me." "That's supposed to happen." "It is?" "Yeah." "Trust me." "Do you want some more cookies?" "No,thanks. I'mfine." "How about some marshmallow rice squares?" "Those are swell." "No, I'mfine,thankyou." "Who could that be?" "l've got it." "Hi." "You took off so quick I wasn't sure you were OK." "No, I'mfine." "I just had to get home early." "You know how when we close up... I close the register, then you lowerthe blinds... and I turn outthe lights, and we both lockthe doors?" "Well,you weren't around this time... so I did the whole thing by myself." "Wow." "And I didn't even do it in the same order." "First I lowered the blinds, then I closed the register." "Hello, Betty." "Hello, Bill." "OK,well,that's great." "Thankyoufor stopping by." "I appreciate it." "I'll see you tomorrow." "Well, gee,thanks, Skip." "I sure had a wonderful time." "Me,too." "Night." "Hello, Mr. Johnson." "Oh, hello, Mary Sue." "What did you do to him?" "Nothing." "What do you mean, "nothing"?" "That's not nothing." "Why don'tyou relax, Bud?" "We had a nice time." "I am really sleepy, and I have to wake up... early in the morning to go to school." "Night." "Hi." "Looks like it's gonna be another beautiful sunny day." "High 72, low 72, not a cloud in the sky." "It's 8.00 in the morning." "Are you watching television?" "Oh, no." "Come on, men." "Let's get in positions." "We got a big game nextweek." "Let's go." "Come on." "Oh, my God." "You can't do this,Jennifer." "I warned you." "So what's the big deal?" "OK." "They're not good at basketball anymore." "Oh, my God." "What a tragedy." "You don't understand." "You're messing with theirwhole goddamn universe." "Maybe it needs to be messed with, David." "Did that ever occurto you?" "Hey, M.S., how you doing?" "Cool, P.J., how you doing?" "Cool." "Cool." "Cool." ""Cool"?" "What are you doing to these people?" "lf l don't,who will?" "Butthey're happy." "Nobody is happy in a poodle skirt and a sweater set." "You really like this, don'tyou?" "No, it's not like you think it'sfunny or dorky." "You, like, really like it." "No." "You have it all wrong." "I am personally mortified to be your sister." "You have no right to do this to them." "David, listen to me forjust a minute." "They don'twantto be geeks." "They wantto be attractive." "They have a lot of potential." "They just don't know any better." "They don't have that kind of potential." "Oh,yeah?" "Look atthat." "Wow." "What happened to your gum?" "I gotta go." "I'm gonna meet Skip attheflagpole." "Well, I don'tthink it's anything to worry about." "You cut down on greasy foods and chocolate." "You know,things like that." "It'll probably just clear up on its own." "Jesus Christ." "Do you thinkwe could have two cheeseburgers... and some cherry Cokes?" "I'll be rightwith you." "Thanks." "Two cheeseburgers, two cherry Cokes." "There aren't any cheeseburgers." "I thought we talked aboutthis." "What's the point, Bud?" "You make hamburgers." "That is the point." "No. I know I do." "It's always the same,you know?" "Grill the bun,flipthe meat, meltthe cheese." "It never changes." "It never gets better orworse." "OK,just listenfor a second." "The other nightwhen I closed by myself,thatwas different." "Forget aboutthat!" "I really liked it,though." "Come here." "Look." "You can't always like whatyou do." "Sometimes you just gotta do it because it's yourjob." "And even if you don't like it, you just gotta do it anyway." "Why?" "So they can have their hamburgers!" "I'm sorry." "You know what I really like?" "What's that?" "Christmas time." "See, every year on December3... I getto paintthe Christmas decorations in the window... and every year I getto paint a differentthing." "Here, I'll show you." "Wow." "That's pretty good." "Thanks, butthis morning I was thinking... and I realized that I look forward to it all year." "And then I thought, "Gee,that seems awfully silly." ""lt seems like a long time to waitforjust one moment."" "Don'tyou think?" "Well, don'tyou?" "I thinkthatyou should try not to think aboutthat anymore." "I'll try that,then." "Morning,Jim." "How are you, Bill?" "Have they ever lost before?" "Basketball?" "No,they sure haven't." "ltjustfeels wrong,that's all." "Maybe that's where they getthat saying..." ""You can'twin 'em all."" "That's a good point, Ralph." "They do have that saying." "Butthey do win 'em all." "They've always won 'em all." "Mr. Mayor, here." "Go ahead." "Don't be silly, Roy. I couldn't possibly take your spot." "What I wantto know is, if they've never lost before... and they've nevertied before, isn'tthatwinning 'em all?" "He's right." "That's whatyou call it." "Yeah,that's true." "He said itwould clear up on its own... if she just stayed away fromfriedfoods and sweets." "Except it's spread to her lips now,too." "Oh, I don't know." "And you say itwas just red?" "Well,you know, like real red." "I know whatyou mean." "That's like this car thatwas infront... of Bill Johnson's soda shop." "I was going by it and it looked green." "Real green." "Have you seen him lately?" "I was getting my sewing machine fixed across the street... and he was sitting in the window of his shopjust staring." "That is strange." "It's your bid, Betty." "What goes on up at Lovers Lane?" "What do you mean?" "Well,you hear these things lately" "Kids spending so much time upthere." "is it holding hands?" "That kind of thing?" "That and..." "What?" "It doesn't matter." "No. I wantto know." "Well...sex." "What's sex?" "You sure you wantto know this?" "Well..." "You see, Mom... when two people really love each othervery,very much... and they wantto share that..." "Are you OK?" "It's justthat... yourfatherwould never do anything like that." "Well,you know, Mom... there are otherways to enjoy yourself... without Dad." "Sweetie,you coming to bed?" "Yeah. I'm just going to take a bathfirst." "Oh, my goodness." "Oh, shit." "Oh, God." "Fire!" "Cat?" "OK, right here." "All right, stop." "Stop!" "Where is it?" "Whoa!" "Here, grabthe nozzle." "Butwhere's the cat?" "Just hold on tight." "Whoa!" "So that's whatthese things do." "In honour and in recognition of your heroism... and with great appreciationfrom the citizens of Pleasantville... I am pleased to presentyou with this special commendation... from the Pleasantville Chamber of Commerce." "That sure was swell." "Thankyou, Margaret." "I baked you some of my oatmeal cookies." "Oh, no." "You baked thoseforWhitey." "No. I baked themforyou." "No." "You baked themforWhitey." "l baked themforyou." "No" "No. I baked themforyou." "Thankyou." "Sure." "What's going on?" "I'm not sure." "They wantto askyou a question." "I didn't really know how to handle it." "How you doing?" "You wanted to ask me something?" "How'd you know aboutthefire?" "What?" "How'd you know how to put it out?" "Well,where l used to live, that's justwhatfiremen did." "And where's that?" "Outside of Pleasantville." "What's outside of Pleasantville?" "It doesn't matter." "It's not important." "What's outside of Pleasantville?" "There are some places... thatthe road doesn't go in a circle." "There are some places where the road keeps going." "Keeps going?" "Keeps going?" "Yeah, itjust keeps going." "It all keeps going." "Roads and rivers." "Like the mighty Mississippi?" "What?" "I thoughtthe books were blank." "They were." "This was not myfault." "When they asked me what itwas about... I didn't remember because I read it back in tenth grade." "When I told them what I did remember... that's when the pagesfilled in." "The pagesfilled in?" "But only up until the part with the raft... 'cause that's asfar as I read." "Do you know how it ends?" "Yeah, I do." "So how does it end?" "Well, OK." "Let's see, they were running away" "Huck and the slave." "They were going upthe river, trying to getfree." "And, in trying to getfree... they see that they're sort offree already." "Oh, my God." "What aboutthis one?" "Oh,yeah." "This is great." "This kid Holden Caulfield." "He's a really lonely kid." "He gets kicked out of boarding school." "Look at 'em." "It's spreadin' all overthe place." "Look at her books." "Look at her sweater." "Going upto that lake all the time is one thing... but now they're going to a library?" "What's next?" "You're right." "Somebody ought to do something aboutthat." "Soon." "You're probably wondering... why I asked to stop by and see you today." "I'm sure you've noticed the same things we all have." "Certain changes in the town." "You know what I mean by changes?" "Changes." "Changes." "And I'm notjusttalking about big stuff like thefire." "It's the little things." "Did you hear about Bill Miller?" "No." "What?" "Wife wants him to get one of those new beds." "One of those big beds?" "Oh, my gosh." "What's he gonna do?" "I don't know. lt's everywhere." "Bill Anderson's boy just quit his job atthe market." "Quit?" "Justtook his apron off right in the middle of an order... said, "l don'tfeel like it anymore."" "Groceries all overthe counter." "Took 'em three hours justto sort it out." "Everybody really likes you, George." "Well..." "No,they do." "Notjust 'cause you're a good bowler." "People respectyou." "Well,thankyou." "It's importantforthem to see someone they respect... stand upforwhat's right." "If you love a place, you can'tjust sit back... and watch this kind of thing happen, can you?" "No, of course not." "That is why I wantyou to be a member... of the Pleasantville Chamber of Commerce." "Oh, my gosh." "I hardly know whatto say." "It's just like yours." "It is exactly like mine, George." "You can start by saying yes." "And by getting me one of those swell pineapple kabobs." "Well, sure." "You bet!" "Betty, Bobwants to try... some of your great hors d'oeuvres." "I'll get her." "Are you OK?" "You all right?" "What am I going to do?" "I can't go outthere this way." "How can I go outthere this way?" "Look at me." "It's OK. lt's all right." "Have you got any makeup?" "In my handbag." "Honey,where are you?" "Here." "Give me your cheek." "Here." "Give me the other." "There." "That's good." "Now liftyour chin up." "ls itworking?" "Yes." "Here, look at me." "What?" "Does it look OK?" "Yeah. lt looks just like it did." "And they won't be able to tell?" "No,they won't be able to tell." "Betty, are you in there?" "Boy..." "Coming, sweetie." "Aren'tyou a little bit early?" "I broughtyou something from the library." "It's an art book." "Oh, my gosh, Bud." "Since you liked to paint, it might helpto..." "Gee whiz." "Who is..." "Titian?" "I'm not sure." "It's beautiful, Bud." "What's wrong?" "No, it's just... I'll never be able to do that." "Well,you just started." "I mean,you can't do it now." "That's not it." "Justwhere am I gonna see colours like that?" "Must be awful lucky to see colours like that." "I'll betthey don't know how lucky they are." "How you doing?" "Swell." "Look,you probably don'tthink I should be asking you this." "Will you go outwith me tonight?" "Hey, Mr. Simpson, your lawn looks great." "Well, come here,youngfella." "You know, I've been thinking." "I might have been a little hasty the other day... when you asked to come home." "ltjusttook me by such surprise,you know?" "So even though I can't make any promises... lfigured if you asked me real nice... I mightjust be willing to talk about it again." "l can't." "What?" "Talk about it right now." "I'll be honestwith you, Bud." "I'm getting concerned... aboutwhat I'm seeing on some of these reruns." "Reruns?" "Like when Margaret Henderson makes her cookiesforWhitey." "Those are notyour cookies, Bud." "I know they're not my cookies" "Those are Whitey's cookies, Bud." "They belong to him." "Then he eats them and asks her to go to Lovers Lane-- l would love to talk about all this right now... but I am really in a hurry." "I can't hearyou!" "It's really cruddy reception!" "We'll talk later!" "What's wrong?" "Listen..." "You're reading." "I can't believe you started such a dorkyfad." "It's D.H..." "Lawrence." "You ever heard of him?" "Yeah, I read a couple of pages." "Seemed kind of sexy." "It is." "Can I askyou a question?" "Sure." "How come I'm still in black and white?" "What?" "I've had 10 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?" "I don't know." "Maybe it's notjustthe sex." "Where is it?" "A little bitfarther, I think." "WKPV, the sounds of Pleasantville." "Here's a new onefor all you kids out at Lovers Lane." "Wow." "It's amazing, huh?" "We're closed right now." "Oh, I'm sorry. I..." "Hi. I justthoughtthat" "No." "Come on in." "It's beautiful." "Thanks." "I was justtrying to do one of these still lifes." "Kind of having a tough time." "I think it looks nice." "Well, here's what it's supposed to look like." "Oh, my." "Here." "Look atthis." "Where did you getthis?" "Bud brought itto me." "My Bud?" "Yeah." "Here's myfavourite." "What do you think?" "Isn't it great how she's resting like that?" "She's crying." "No, she's not." "Yes, she is." "Wait." "No. I've gotto go." "It's all right." "Let me see." "It's beautiful." "It's beautiful." "You shouldn't coverthat up." "Here." "Let me just..." "So what's it like?" "What?" "Outthere." "Well, it's... lt's louder, and... scarier, I guess." "And it's a lot more dangerous." "Soundsfantastic." "The other night, some kids came upto go swimming... and they took off all their clothes." "Do you want some berries?" "Some berries." "I picked them myself." "Really?" "Yeah,there's lots of stuff." "Like what?" "Here, I'll show you." "Here." "Go ahead." "Try it." "What are you doing?" "It's 6.30." "So?" "We were gonna..." "You know." "Oh, I can't." "Why not?" "l'm busy." "With what?" "l'm studying." "Good evening." "Good evening." "Evening." "George." "Good evening, Norm." "Honey, I'm home." "Honey, I'm home." "Whatwas that?" "l don't know." "What is that?" "What's going on?" "It's rain." "Real rain?" "You don't have rain either?" "Well, of course you don't." "It's OK." "Here, come on." "What's going on?" "It's rain." "It's OK. lt'sfine." "There's nothing to be scared of." "Here, I'll show you." "It's just rain. lt's OK." "It'sfine." "Come on out." "You see?" "Look!" "You see?" "Come on!" "Come on!" "It's cold." "Cool." "Honey, I'm home." "Where's my dinner?" "Where's my dinner?" "Where's my dinner?" "What happened?" "Are you all right?" "What is it?" "Rain." "Real rain?" "Oh, my God." "Are you all right?" "I came home like I always do... and I went in thefront door... and I took off my coat... and I put down my briefcase... and I said, "Honey, I'm home."" "Only there was no one there." "No wife." "No lights." "No dinner." "No dinner?" "I wentto the oven." "I thought maybe she had made me one of those TV dinners." "Yeah, sure." "She hadn't." "She was gone." "I looked and looked and looked." "She was gone." "It's gonna befine, George." "You're with us now." "What are we gonna do, Bob?" "Well,we're safefor now." "Thank goodness we're in a bowling alley." "But if George here doesn't get his dinner... any one of us could be next." "It could be you, Gus." "Oryou, Roy." "Or even you, Ralph." "That is real rain outthere, gentlemen." "This isn't some little virus that'll clear up on its own." "Something is happening to ourtown." "And I thinkwe can all see where it's comingfrom." "Why don'tyou show them whatyou showed me before?" "It's OK, Roy." "Come on up here." "I know, Roy." "Thanks." "He asked herwhat she was doing." "She said nothing." "She was justthinking." "Myfriends,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 wantto 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 ittogether?" "Together." "l told you where l was." "All night?" "I got caught in the storm." "You were gone all night,too." "Look..." "Let's justforget about it." "We'll just go to the meeting." "No. I told you, George, I'm not going to that meeting." "Sure you are." "No, I'm not." "Look at me, George." "Look at myface." "That meeting's notfor me." "You'll put on some makeup." "I don'twant to put on some makeup." "It goes away. lt'll go away." "I don'twant itto go away." "Now,you listen to me." "You're coming to this meeting." "You're going to put on some makeup." "You're going to be home at 6.00 every night... and you're going to have dinner ready on this table." "No, I'm not, sweetie." "I made you a meat loaf." "Put it in the oven and turn this little knob upto 350." "If you putthe pie in 40 minutes later... it'll be hot in timefor dessert." "I made a couple of lunches foryoufortomorrow... and putthem in brown paper bags." "I'm going to go now." "Where are you gonna go?" "I'm going to go now." "Don't go outthere like that." "They'll see you." "They'll see you!" "Betty, come back here!" "It's beautiful." "Can I open it?" "Sure." "Where'd you get it?" "Itwas a prop from the school play." "Thankyou." "Whitey." "Hey, Bud,why aren'tyou atthe town meeting right now?" "No reason." "How come you're not?" "We're supposed to go around and let everyone know about it." "I thought maybe itwas because you were too busy... entertaining your coloured girlfriend." "Why don'tyou guys getthe hell out of here?" "All right." "We'll do that." "Margaret,you can come over... and make those oatmeal cookies for me anytime you wantto." "People." "People!" "Roy Campbell's got a bluefront door." "lt's always been blue." "People." "People, please." "Please." "I thinkwe all know what's been going on here." "Up until now... everything around here has always been,well, pleasant." "Recently, certain things have become unpleasant." "Now, it seems to me... thatthefirstthing we have to do... is to separate outthe things that are pleasant... from the things that are unpleasant." "That's Betty Parker, isn't it?" "That is an outrage." "Whatthe hell do you thinkyou're doing?" "Get in here." "Now!" "You thinkthis is a toy?" "You think it's your own little goddamn colouring book?" "Itjust sort of happened." "A deluge doesn'tjust happen." "Bolts of lightning don'tjust happen." "I didn't do anything wrong." "Oh, no?" "Let me show you something." "Go on,try it." "Boom!" "Rightthere!" "What do you call that?" "You don't deserve this place." "You don't deserve to live in this paradise." "Where's the remote control I gave you?" "Why?" "Because you're coming home, you little twerp... and I'm gonna putthis place backthe way itwas." "I can't letyou do that." "I'm sorry." "I'm not gonna letyou do that." "Just give me the damn remote!" "I'm gonna go now." "You're not going anywhere." "You're gonna getthat remote and come home... and we're gonna make everybody happy again." "Where you going in such a hurry?" "That's not realfriendly." "Let's see if she looks like her picture." "You wantto befriendly, don'tyou?" "Why don'tyou show us what's underthat nice blue dress?" "Yeah, come on!" "Where you going?" "There's nowhere to go." "That is a lovely shade of blue." "Don'tyou think that's a lovely shade of blue?" "Get out of here!" "Go on!" "Get out of here!" "Are you OK?" "What?" "It's OK." "He's not in there." "It's OK." "All right?" "I'm gonna getyou out of here, all right?" "Are you OK?" "Keep 'em coming!" "No, Mary Sue, it's betterthis way." "This is the only book I've ever read in my whole life... and you're not gonna put it on thatfire!" "Just give me the book!" "It's me." "Let's go inside." "Justthought I'd try to tidy it up a bit." "It's OK. lt's OK." "Once we sweep it up, it'll be all right again." "He's right." "Let's..." "Help me with this,will you?" "Sure." "Good." "Putthis up in here." "People!" "People!" "This is notthe answer, people." "No matter how upset we may get... or howfrustrated we may be... we're not gonna solve our problems out in the street." "It's justthe wrong way to do it." "We have tofind a code of conduct... thatwe can all agree to live by." "I asked George and Ralph here to sketch out afew ideas... and I thinkthey've done a terrific job." "If we can all agree to these, we can take a vote... and I thinkwe can start off in the right direction." ""One--All public disruption and acts of vandalism..." ""are to cease immediately." ""Two--All citizens of Pleasantville..." ""are to treat each other..." ""in a courteous and pleasant manner."" ""Courteous and pleasant manner." That's nottoo bad." ""Three--The area commonly known as Lovers Lane..." ""as well as the Pleasantville public library..." ""shall be closed untilfurther notice."" ""Four--The only permissible recorded music..." ""shall be thefollowing:" ""Johnny Mathis, Perry Como, JackJones..." ""the marches of John Philip Sousa..." ""orthe Star-Spangled Banner." ""ln no event shall any music be tolerated..." ""that is not of a temperate or pleasant nature."" ""Five--There shall be no public sale of umbrellas..." ""or preparationfor inclementweather of any kind."" ""Six--No bedframe or mattress may be sold..." ""measuring more than 38 inches wide."" ""Seven--The only permissible paint colors..."" ""shall be black,white, or gray..." ""despite the recent availability of certain alternatives."" ""Eight--All elementary and high school curriculum..." ""shall teach the non-changeist view of history..." ""emphasizing continuity over alteration."" "Wow." "Hey... this thing still works." "Turn that off!" "You're not allowed to do that now!" "Sure you are." "Wow,this is good." "You just do it?" "Don'tworry." "We'll getyou a new one." "I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't paint anymore." "Maybe I have an idea." "You should be ashamed." "When are they gonna letthem out?" "Hey,what are you kids doing outthere?" "There's someone to see you, Bud." "is this a bad time?" "No, it'sfine." "Come on in." "I broughtyou something." "Thankyou." "Cocktail olives." "Everything else wasfrozen." "I didn't know how to-- l appreciate it." "Your mom went out." "Went out?" "Yeah." "She went outfor a little while." "When?" "Three days ago." "Jeez, everything is so cockeyed." "I didn't even know itwas Tuesday." "Tuesday we play bridge with the Jenkins." "There was no bridge. lt's" "Can I have one of those?" "Sure." "Yeah." "You hungry?" "Mrs. Benson was making meat loaf next door." "I almost climbed in her kitchen window." "What happened?" "One minute, everything'sfine." "The next..." "Whatwentwrong?" "Nothing wentwrong." "People change." "People change?" "Yeah, people change." "Can they change back?" "I don't know." "I think it's harder." "You OK?" "Yeah." "Notfair,you know?" "You get used to one thing and-- l know. lt's not." "Bud Parker,William Johnson... you are charged with desecration of a public building... and with the intentional use of prohibited paint colours... in violation of the Pleasantville code of conduct... and laws of common decency." "Do you admitthat on the night of May 1st... you did wilfully and consciously apply... thefollowing forbidden paint colours... to the north wall of the Pleasantville police station... red, pink,vermilion, puce, chartreuse... umber, blue, aqua, oxblood, green, peach, crimson... yellow, olive, and magenta?" "Yeah, I do." "Where's our lawyer?" "I thinkwe wantto keep these proceedings... as pleasant as possible." "I don'tthink a lawyer will be necessary." "Do youfurther admit thatthis unnatural depiction... occurred infull public view where itwas accessible to... and in plain sight of minor children?" "Itwas accessible to everyone." "Letthe record show that the defendants have answered... in the affirmative to all charges." "Do you have anything to say in your defence?" "No?" "Yeah, I do" "I didn't mean to hurt anybody." "Maybe if I painted something different." "Or maybe I could use less colours or something." "Or,you know, certain colours." "Or maybe I could" "You could pick out the colours beforehand... and then they wouldn't bother anybody." "l've got something to say." "Very well." "You don't have a right to do this." "I mean... I know you want it to stay pleasant around here... butthere are so many things... that are so much better." "Like silly or sexy... or dangerous or brief." "And every one of those things is in you all the time... if you just have the guts to lookforthem." "That's enough." "I thought I was allowed to defend myself." "You're not allowed to lie." "l'm not lying." "You see thosefaces upthere?" "They're no differentthan you." "They just see something inside themselves-- l said that's enough." "I'll show you." "Dad?" "Yeah, Bud?" "It's OK, Dad." "Just listenfor a sec." "I know you miss her." "I mean,you told me you did... but maybe it's notjust the cooking orthe cleaning... thatyou miss." "Maybe it's something else." "Maybe you can't even describe it." "Maybe you only know it when it's gone." "Maybe it's like there's a whole piece of you... that's missing,too." "Look at her, Dad." "Doesn't she look pretty like that?" "Doesn't she look just as beautiful... as thefirsttime you met her?" "You really want her back the way she was?" "Doesn't she lookwonderful?" "Now, don'tyou wish you could tell herthat?" "You're out of order." "Why am I out of order?" "I'm not gonna letyou turn this courtroom into a circus." "I don'tthink it's a circus." "I don'tthinkthey do, either." "This behaviour must stop at once." "That's justthe point." "It can't stop at once because it's in you... and you can't stop something inside you." "It is not inside me." "Sure it is." "No, it is not." "What do you wantto do to me right now?" "Come on." "Everyone is turning colours." "Kids are making out in the street." "No one is getting their dinner." "Hell,you could have aflood." "Pretty soon,the women could be going off to work... while the men stayed at home and cooked." "That is not going to happen." "But it could!" "No, it could not!" "Hey, look atthis!" "What an image." "Shut up." "You sure you don't wantto come home?" "Yeah. I gotta do this for a little while." "Besides,you think I even have a chance... of getting into college backthere?" "Honestly?" "Gotyour admissions letter?" "Right here." "I did the slutthing, David." "Got kinda old." "I'll come back and check on you soon." "You turned into a pretty cool guy." "How'd that happen?" "I don't know." "I'll see you." "Just don'tforget about me." "Even if you never come back." "I just don'twantyou toforget about me." "I couldn't do that." "Here." "What's this?" "Lots of stuff." "A meat loaf sandwich... and a hard-boiled egg... and some marshmallow rice squares." "There's somefried chicken in there,too." "Don't skip dinnerjust 'cause you're not here anymore." "I won't." "I thoughtyou weren't-- l had to come say good-bye." "Justwearthis on the trip... in case it gets cold." "It's a pretty shorttrip." "Still... I am just so proud of you." "Thanks." "I know." "I love you,too." "Well..." "Well... I guess you better stand back." "That concludes thefirst hour of the Pleasantville marathon." "Don'tforget... we'll be going all night long until noon tomorrow" "I thoughtyou went out of town." "Came back." "What's wrong?" "I don't know." "Everything's sofucked up." "I got halfway down there and thought, "What am I doing?"" "He's nine years younger than I am." "Doesn't make mefeel younger." "Makes mefeel older." "When yourfatherwas here, I used to thinkthis was it." "This was the way itwas always going to be." "I had the right house, the right car... I had the right life" "There is no right house, there is no right car." "God, myface must be a mess." "It looks great." "That's really sweet, but I'm sure it does not look great." "Sure, it does." "Come here." "I'm 40. it's not supposed to be like this." "It's not supposed to be anything." "Hold still." "How'd you get so smart all of a sudden?" "I had a good day." "So what's gonna happen now?" "I don't know." "Do you know what's going to happen now?" "No. I don't." "I guess I don't, either."