| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Kevin Spacey |
Lester Burnham
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| Thora Birch |
Jane Burnham
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| Scott Bakula |
Jim Olmeyer
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| Annette Bening |
Carolyn Burnham
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| Wes Bentley |
Ricky Fitts
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| Mena Suvari |
Angela Hayes
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| Chris Cooper |
Colonel Frank Fitts
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| Allison Janney |
Barbara Fitts
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| Peter Gallagher |
Buddy Kane
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| Sam Robards |
Jim Berkley
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama |
| Director |
Sam Mendes; Jim Malibu |
| Producer |
Alan Ball; Bruce Cohen |
| Writer |
Alan Ball; Alan |
| Cinematography |
Conrad L. Hall; Conrad L. |
| Musician |
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| Studio |
Dreamworks |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R (Restricted) |
| Running Time |
122 |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| In the movie "American Beauty", Lester Burnham is a very sad man who is unhappy with his job, his marriage, and everything about how his life has turned out, until suddenly he finds passion for life again when he meets his daughter's beautiful friend Angela. He begins to turn his life around and he must decide how far he wants to take his infatuation with this lovely teenager. Meanwhile, Lester's wife Carolyn and his daughter Jane are each having a life crisis of their own. His wife is having an affair with a businessman and his daughter is having a strange, complicated relationship with the weird, artistic boy next door, Ricky. Things become more complicated as Jane and Ricky begin making a video project together, and Ricky's father becomes confused about Ricky's relationship with the Burnham family. Still, the members of the Burnham family each have to work through their own problems while still remaining a family and finding satisfaction while trying to build for themselves a modern American life with meaning. |
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| Edition Details |
| Edition |
Special Edition |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
2.35:1 |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| Barcode |
667068538229 |
| Release Date |
10/24/2000 |
| Subtitles |
English; English (Closed Captioned) |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| No. of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| "The Making of..." Documentary Cast & Director's Commentary Interactive Menus Scene Selection Theatrical Trailers |
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