Product Information
Product Details: American Beauty (1999)
- Edition:
- DVD Limited Edition Packaging; Awards Edition; Widescreen. See other editions
- MPAA Rating:
- R
- Release Date:
- 10/24/2000
- UPC:
- 667068538229
- Directed by:
- Sam Mendes
- Featuring:
- Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch. See all cast
Synopsis: American Beauty (1999)
Synopis: A biting, penetrating and often humorous take on contemporary life in suburban America, Lester Burnham becomes intrigued by a young girl named Angela, and this fascination sparks him to make some major changes in his life. He relishes these changes, much to the exasperation of his wife Carolyn.Features: American Beauty (1999)
Features: DVD Features:Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Single Side - Dual Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
DTS Surround 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Making-Of - 1. AMERICAN BEAUTY...LOOK CLOSER
Audio Commentary - 1. Sam Mendes - Director, Alan Ball - Writer
2. Sam Mendes - Director, Conrad L. Hall - Cinematographer
Film-to-Script Comparison
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Notes
Storyboards
Biographies - 1. Cast & Crew
DVD-ROM Features:
Chat Links
Awards: American Beauty (1999)
- Academy Awards
- Best Picture
- Best Actor:
- Kevin Spacey
- Best Cinematography:
- Conrad L. Hall
- Best Director:
- Sam Mendes
- Best Original Screenplay:
- Alan Ball
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Original Soundtrack - American Beauty [Original Soundtrack]
Release Date: 10/05/1999
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User Reviews: American Beauty
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spacey-lly good
, September 2, 2003Reviewer: Raj - See all Raj's reviews1 of 1 Yahoo! Users found this American Beauty review helpful kevin spacey...watch it for him. -
American Beauty - directed by Sam Mendes
, July 4, 2001Reviewer: snepa75 - See all snepa75's reviews1 of 1 Yahoo! Users found this American Beauty review helpful The best picture of 2000 is an expose' of the imbalances and fallacies of human interaction and a documentary of the greed, lethargy, and willful ignorance long carefully disguised in American suburbia.
All three members of the Burnham family have reached the end of their tether. The parents are blind to each other as well as to their daughter's insecurities concerning adolescence. The wife's preoccupation with success and money, the husband's apathy towards work and the disintegration of his marriage, and the alienation of the daughter all meld into the post-Modern paradigm of the nuclear family.
Mendes has consummately depicted the fall of today's social foundation by amplifying the common issues and desires of his subjects. A great movie not short of a masterpiece. ...
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