Pleasantville (1998) - 6 questions

Question: At the end, David (as Bud) leaves Pleasantville by using the remote control. Why didn't he do this in the first place when he realised that they were in Pleasantville? And where did the remote control come from?

Answer: Because he didn't want to go back to his real life. By the end of the movie he's decided he wants to return.

Question: Wouldn't David & Jennifer's mom be worried about the sudden disappearance of her daughter, seeing as how Jennifer stayed behind in Pleasantville rather than returning to the "real world"?

Answer: We don't see much of the "real world" after David returns other than his conversation with his mother. I am sure in time she would have been worried but there seems to be many unanswered questions which might make it not so simple. Such as how much time actually passed when David and Jennifer were away? As the mother is talking about how she got half way down the road and turned back, indicating that either a long time in Pleasantiville translates to a short time in the "real world" or time somehow stops in the real world when they are in Pleasantville.

Question: Is there anywhere where I can get the music from the Pleasantville trailer?

Answer: Some of it was taken from the soundtrack to "Homeward Bound II: Lost In San Francisco" - the rest was specifically composed for the film.

Question: Why does the TV repairman chastise Bud for taking an apple off of the tree to give to his date? Even though it's a humorous biblical reference, it doesn't make sense that giving a fresh piece of fruit to someone would be inappropriate in Pleasantville.

Answer: The repairman is upset because the apple was colored and the date was in black and white, so if he gave her the apple she will turn colored.

Question: Does Riley (from Buffy-and sorry, don't know his real name) make a few appearances in the movie? And also Zac (Mark something) from Saved by the bell?

Answer: According to IMDb, Marc Blucas (Riley Finn) played Basketball Hero. Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Zack) was not present.

Question: I'm sure I'm missing something, but the ending didn't quite gel with me. I didn't get the significance of George Parker becoming Bill Johnson off-screen. Was it that given the fictional nature of the world/show, they were both different sides of the same person, or what?

Answer: I agree. I think there are a couple ways you could interpret this, but I took it to mean that Bill Johnson essentially became the new man in Betty Parker's life and that the show would continue reflecting this change.