American Beauty

Mendes, Sam, (film director.). Cohen, Bruce, 1961- (film producer.). Jinks, Dan, (film producer.). Ball, Alan, 1957- (screenwriter.). Spacey, Kevin, (actor.). Bening, Annette, (actor.). Birch, Thora, (actor.). Suvari, Mena, 1979- (actor.). Bentley, Wes, 1978- (actor.). Gallagher, Peter, 1955- (actor.). Cooper, Chris, 1951- (actor.). Janney, Allison, (actor.). Bakula, Scott, (actor.). Robards, Sam, (actor.). Hall, Conrad, (director of photography.). Weiss, Julie (Julie D.), (costume designer.). Shohan, Naomi, (production designer.). Anwar, Tariq, (editor of moving image work.). Greenbury, Christopher, (editor of moving image work.). Newman, Thomas, 1955- (composer (expression)). DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006), (presenter.). Jinks/Cohen Company, (production company.). DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm), (publisher.). 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.

Item details

ISBN: 0783241232
ISBN: 9780783241234
Physical Description: videodisc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Awards edition.
Publisher: Universal City, CA : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, [2000]
Copyright: ©2000

Contents / Notes

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.
Formatted Contents Note:	Bonus features: Behind the scenes featurette ; audio commentary with director Sam Mendes and writer Alan Ball ; storyboard presentation with commentary by Sam Mendes and director of photography, Conrad L. Hall ; two theatrical trailers.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Educational and home use only.
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:	MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1, NTSC, dual layer, widescreen format (aspect ratio: 2.35:1); DTS 5.1 surround, Dolby surround, Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
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.
Awards Note:	Academy Awards, 2000: Best actor (Kevin Spacey), Best picture, Best director (Sam Mendes), Best cinematography (Conrad L. Hall), Best original screenplay (Alan Ball) ; Golden Globes, 2000: Best Motion Picture, Drama, Best Director, Motion Picture (Sam Mendes). Best Screenplay, Motion Picture (Alan Ball)