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.
2000
PN1997 .A443 2000
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Title
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)
Edition
Awards ed.
ISBN
0783241232
9780783241234
9780783241234
Publication Details
Universal City, CA : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, c2000.
Language
English
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.
Description
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Item Number
667068538229
Call Number
PN1997 .A443 2000
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.43/72
Distributor No.
85382 DreamWorks Home Entertainment
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.
Note
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.
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.
Access Note
Authorized for private home use only.
Credits
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.
Performer
Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards.
Cast
Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards.
Audience
MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note
DVD, widescreen format (aspect ratio: 2.35:1).
Awards
Academy Awards: Best actor (Spacey), Best picture, Best director, Best cinematography, Best original screenplay.
Added Author
Mendes, Sam.
Ball, Alan, 1957-
Cohen, Bruce.
Jinks, Dan.
Spacey, Kevin.
Bening, Annette.
Birch, Thora.
Suvari, Mena, 1979-
Bentley, Wes, 1978-
Cooper, Chris, 1951-
Ball, Alan, 1957-
Cohen, Bruce.
Jinks, Dan.
Spacey, Kevin.
Bening, Annette.
Birch, Thora.
Suvari, Mena, 1979-
Bentley, Wes, 1978-
Cooper, Chris, 1951-
Added Corporate Author
DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006)
DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm)
DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm)
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