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DVD

American beauty

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN, EAS)

Edition

Awards ed. ; Widescreen version.

Performers

Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney.

Publication Information

Universal City, CA : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, c2000.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

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

Notes

DVD format, 5.1 Dolby surround.

Videodisc release of the 1999 motion picture.

Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

Rated R.

Academy Awards: Best actor (Spacey), Best picture, Best director, Best cinematography, Best original screenplay.

Bonus features include: 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.

Anamorphic widescreen (aspect ratio 2.35:1) ; audio: English 5.1 surround, English Dolby surround.

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