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FINALLY...<br />
50 | <strong>Cineplex</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> | june <strong>2013</strong><br />
JoAn<br />
of Art<br />
We’re kicking ourselves for<br />
not bidding on this prop<br />
painting used in 1998’s<br />
Pleasantville. The 71- by<br />
50-inch multimedia on<br />
canvas painting sold for just<br />
$625 (U.S.) at a recent sale<br />
by Julien’s Auctions.<br />
The film stars Tobey Maguire<br />
and Reese Witherspoon<br />
as 1990s teens who are<br />
transported through their TV<br />
set into a 1950s, black-andwhite<br />
world in the style of<br />
Father Knows Best.<br />
Slowly, colour starts<br />
seeping into that world, in<br />
part through the paintings of<br />
Bill Johnson the local maltshop<br />
attendant played by<br />
Jeff Daniels.<br />
In one scene (pictured<br />
below) we see Bill working<br />
on his portrait of Betty Parker<br />
(Joan Allen), mother to the<br />
above-mentioned teenagers<br />
and the object of Bill’s<br />
affection. —MW
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