<![CDATA[Purple Rose of Pleasantville]]>Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Purple Rose of Cairo

maxtshea — 18 years ago(February 29, 2008 05:33 PM)

In The Purple Rose of Cairo, Jeff Daniels plays Tom Baxter, a movie character who walks off the screen in the real world. In Pleasantville (1998), Jeff Daniels plays Bill Johnson, manager of the diner in "Pleasantville" a television program into which two kids enter from the real world. Just a fun coincidence!

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In the 2000s,Jeff should of continued the tradition of playing a fictional character from another worlds. First it was film, next television, so. radio drama? Then in the 2010s, comic book, then in the 2020s. hmm

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it's not a coincidence Katz. Jeff Daniels is specifically chosen for the role in Pleasantville to play the guy who falls in love with Tobey Maguire's mother in the movie, as a symbollical relationship between an unexistent TV character and a real life mother. Who else could play that role that Daniels had played in Pleasantville? All the other actors who can play that role, they were R.I.P by that time.

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Jeff Daniels is one of our most underrated actors.
Yes
I want to shake every limb in the Garden of Eden
and make every lover the love of my life

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Jeff Daniels is one of our most underrated actors. How can the same guy appear in Purple Rose of Cairo, Something Wild, Pleasantville, 2 Days in the Valley and Dumb and Dumber?
Speaking of 2 Days in the Valley (an overlooked gem), that movie features three actors from Purple Rose: Daniels, Danny Aiello and Glenne Headley. Worth checking out.
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