Few films are more ideally suited to DVD format than Pleasantville, Gary Ross' fantastical tale of two modern-day teenagers literally bringing color to a tame, black-and-white '50s TV series. Thankfully, this disc should satisfy even the most demanding of Pleasantville's many admirers. The film is visually just as gorgeous as it appeared on the big screen, the mixture of monochrome and color photography looking utterly seamless. Pleasantville's more inventive moments benefit greatly from an anamorphic widescreen transfer, an example being the falling cherry blossom sequence, which is dazzling. The Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio track is also exceptional; Randy Newman's score sounds lush but clear. The audio-visual excellence of the film is almost matched by the special features on the disc. The original theatrical trailer is provided, as are some unusually thorough biographies of Ross and the main cast. "The Art of Pleasantville" is a half-hour featurette in which key crew members reveal some production background, concentrating on the film's enormous number of visual effects; though it will certainly interest the technically minded, its somewhat academic air is a bit inconsistent with the whimsical tone of the film. The promo video for Fiona Apple's version of the Beatles song "Across the Universe" is also intriguing in its use of one of Pleasantville's key scenes. Ross' commentary track is modest and enjoyable, although weighted firmly in favor of analysis rather than production. For a film so unique in theme and appearance, perhaps even more additional features would have been justified, but the content of New Line's DVD is so exquisitely delivered -- even the scene selection menu is marvelous -- that few will be disappointed.