DVD

American beauty / Dreamworks Pictures ; a Jinks/Cohen Company production ; directed by Sam Mendes ; written by Alan Ball ; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks.

Mendes, Sam. (Added Author). Ball, Alan, 1957- (Added Author). Cohen, Bruce, 1961- (Added Author). Jinks, Dan. (Added Author). Spacey, Kevin. (Added Author). Bening, Annette. (Added Author). Birch, Thora. (Added Author). Suvari, Mena, 1979- (Added Author). Bentley, Wes, 1978- (Added Author). Cooper, Chris, 1951- (Added Author). DreamWorks Pictures. (Added Author). Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards. (Cast).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 0783241232 :
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Awards edition ; widescreen.
Publisher: Universal City, Calif. : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, [2000]
Copyright: ©2000

Content descriptions

General 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. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	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.
Participant or Performer Note:	Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards.
Target Audience Note:	Rated R.
System Details Note:	DVD format.
Awards Note:	Academy Awards: Best actor (Spacey), Best picture, Best director, Best cinematography, Best original screenplay.