Description |
1 DVD (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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surround |
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Dolby digital 5.1 |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
System Details |
DVD ; Region 1, widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs ; DTS digital surround, Dolby 2.0 surround or Dolby Digital 5.1, NTSC. |
Cast |
Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Conrad L. Hall ; editors, Tariq Anwar, Christopher Greenbury ; music, Thomas Newman. |
Note |
Originally released as motion picture in 1999. |
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 |
Special 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. |
Awards |
Academy Awards: Best actor (Spacey), Best picture, Best director, Best cinematography, Best original screenplay. |
Language |
English language soundtrack ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired. |
Subject |
Midlife crisis -- Drama.
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Midlife crisis. |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Subject |
Suburban life -- Drama.
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Suburban life. |
Genre/Form |
Fiction films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Added Author |
Mendes, Sam.
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Ball, Alan, 1957-
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Cohen, Bruce, 1961-
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Jinks, Dan.
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Spacey, Kevin.
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Bening, Annette.
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Birch, Thora.
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Bentley, Wes, 1978-
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Suvari, Mena, 1979-
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Gallagher, Peter, 1955-
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Cooper, Chris, 1951-
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Janney, Allison.
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Bakula, Scott.
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Robards, Sam.
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Hall, Conrad.
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Anwar, Tariq.
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Greenbury, Christopher.
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Newman, Thomas, 1955-
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DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006)
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Jinks/Cohen Company.
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Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Added Title |
American beauty (Motion picture) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99261670
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ISBN |
0783241232 |
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9780783241234 |
Standard No. |
667068538229 |
Music No. |
85382 Paramount Home Entertainment |
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