American Beauty (1999)

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

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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.

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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

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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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1. spacey-lly good

   , September 2, 2003
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   1 of 1 Yahoo! Users found this American Beauty review helpful kevin spacey...watch it for him.

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2. American Beauty - directed by Sam Mendes

   , July 4, 2001
   Reviewer: snepa75 - See all snepa75's reviews

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   1 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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