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

Uniform Title
American beauty (Motion picture)
Published
Universal City, CA : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, [2000]
Copyright Date
©2000
Edition
Awards ed.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators
Mendes, Sam, Ball, Alan, 1957-, Cohen, M. Bruce, Jinks, Dan, Spacey, Kevin, Bening, Annette, Birch, Thora, Suvari, Mena, 1979-, Bentley, Wes, 1978-, Gallagher, Peter, 1955-, Cooper, Chris, Janney, Allison, Bakula, Scott, Robards, Sam, Hall, Conrad, Newman, Thomas, 1955-, Dreamworks Pictures, and DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm)

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Language Note
English language soundtrack (DTS 5.1 surround, Dolby surround or Dolby digital 5.1 surround) ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
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.
ISBN
0783241232
Audience Notes
MPAA rating: R.
Note
Widescreen format (aspect ratio: 2.35:1).
Originally released as motion picture in 1999.
Bonus 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 ; plus additional DVD-ROM features.
Creation/Production Credits Note
Director of photography, Conrad L. Hall ; costume design, Julie Weiss ; production designer, Naomi Shohan ; editors, Tariq Anwar, Christopher Greenbury ; music, Thomas Newman ; co-producers, Alan Ball, Stan Wlodkowski.
Participant/Performer Note
Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards.
Technical Details
DVD; region 1; NTSC; Dolby Digital Surround sound; widescreen presentation.
Source of Acquisition
UP-PAT copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 20023.
Awards
Academy Awards: Best actor (Spacey), Best picture, Best director, Best cinematography, Best original screenplay.
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