American beauty / Dreamworks Pictures ; a Jinks/Cohen Company production ; written by Alan Ball ; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks ; directed by Sam Mendes.

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An emotionally & spiritually comatose suburban man decides "to hell with it all" and reverts to living as he did when he was happiest--as a carefree teenager. His desperately uptight wife and sullen daughter can only look on as he quits his corporate job to become a burger flipper, starts getting hi...

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Uniform Title:American beauty (Motion picture)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006)
Jinks/Cohen Company
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Mendes, Sam
Ball, Alan, 1957-
Cohen, Bruce, 1961-
Jinks, Dan
Spacey, Kevin
Bening, Annette
Birch, Thora
Bentley, Wes, 1978-
Suvari, Mena, 1979-
Gallagher, Peter, 1955-
Cooper, Chris, 1951-
Janney, Allison
Bakula, Scott
Robards, Sam
Hall, Conrad
Anwar, Tariq
Greenbury, Christopher
Newman, Thomas, 1955-
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
English language soundtrack ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Published: Hollywood, CA : Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment, [2011]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Midlife crisis > Drama.
Suburban life > Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
An emotionally & spiritually comatose suburban man decides "to hell with it all" and reverts to living as he did when he was happiest--as a carefree teenager. His desperately uptight wife and sullen daughter can only look on as he quits his corporate job to become a burger flipper, starts getting high with a strange new neighbor (whose parents are even stranger) and lusts after a pouty blonde teenager--his daughter's best friend.
Note:Originally released as motion picture in 1999.
Special features: American beauty: look closer ... a behind the scenes featurette ; film commentary with director Sam Mendes and writer Alan Ball ; storyboard presentation with commentary by Sam Mendes and director of photography, Conrad L. Hall ; cast and crew biographies ; two theatrical trailers ; production notes.
Videorecording.
Call Number:PN1995.9.M27 A447 2011 VideoDVD
9W9 D0000749 VideoDVD
Awards:Academy Awards: Best actor (Spacey), Best picture, Best director, Best cinematography, Best original screenplay.
ISBN:9780783241234
0783241232
Credits:Director of photography, Conrad L. Hall ; editors, Tariq Anwar, Christopher Greenbury ; music, Thomas Newman.
System Details:DVD ; Region 1, widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs ; DTS digital surround, Dolby 2.0 surround or Dolby Digital 5.1, NTSC.
Cast:
Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards.