American beauty

DVD 2011

An emotionally and 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 neighbour (whose parents are even stranger) and lusts after a pouty blonde teenager -- his daughter's best friend.

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ISBN:

667068538229
0783241232

Description:

1 videodisc (circa 122 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
video file DVD video region 1

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: 14A

Notes:

Title from container
Originally released as a motion picture in 1999
Special features: behind-the-scenes featurette "American beauty : look closer"; commentary by director Sam Mendes and writer Alan Ball; storyboard presentation with Sam Mendes and director of photography Conrad L. Hall; cast and crew biographies; two theatrical trailers
Music by Thomas Newman ; director of photography, Conrad L. Hall ; co-producers, Alan Ball, Stan Wlodkowski ; costume design, Julie Weiss ; production designer, Naomi Shohan ; editors, Tariq Anwar, Christopher Greenbury
Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
For private home use only
Includes audio tracks and subtitles in English
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
Academy Awards, 1999: Best Actor (Kevin Spacey), Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Original Screenplay

Control Number:

1369289

UPC:

032429256362
678149443226
883929303779
883929307128

Other Authors:

Ball, Alan, 1957- film producer, screenwriter
Bening, Annette, actor
Bentley, Wes, 1978- actor
Birch, Thora, actor
DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006), production company
Gallagher, Peter, 1955- actor
Mendes, Sam, film director
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher
Spacey, Kevin, actor
Suvari, Mena, 1979- actor
Warner Home Video (Firm), film distributor

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