Continuity: When the brother and sister are arguing, it is supposedly 6:30. because that is when the marathon starts. But watch when he flips past the preview channel - it is showing shows for the 1 to 2:30 slot.
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Mistakes
In the scene where the angry people throw rocks through a painting of a naked woman on a store window, the first rock smashes right through the womans face. In the next two scenes, more rocks are thrown, but the womans face is again visible, and the first hole is above where it should be. See more...
Trivia
The film was filmed entirely in color and had the color removed from the black and white portions in post-production. See more...
Pleasantville (1998)
Directed by Gary Ross, starring Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, Reese Witherspoon, Tobey Maguire, William H. Macy (add more)
Pleasantville mistakes
Factual error: You can see the 3 point line painted out on the basketball court, they never had 3 point lines in the 50s.
Factual error: When Reese Witherspoon's character is sitting at the desk reading, there is a cheerleading trophy and the cheerleader on it is wearing a mini skirt, - they didn't have mini skirts on the cheerleading outfits then.
Pleasantville trivia
In the courtroom scene, all the people that have turned to color have to sit on the upper level. This is reminiscent of "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1963) where, in a similarly-built southern courthouse in the 1930's, all the "colored people" (African Americans) were relegated to the upper level.
The film was filmed entirely in color and had the color removed from the black and white portions in post-production.
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).