Summary
A satire about the American community & American life. Tells the tale of how a man turned his miserable life around & turned everyone else's upside down as a result.
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Midlife crisis
-- Drama.
Suburban life -- Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | Universal City, Calif. :DreamWorks Home Entertainment,2000 |
| Edition | Awards ed., widescreen ed. |
| Contributors |
Mendes, Sam.
Ball, Alan, 1957- Cohen, Bruce. Jinks, Dan. Newman, Thomas, 1955- Spacey, Kevin. Bening, Annette. Birch, Thora. Janney, Allison. Gallagher, Peter, 1955- Suvari, Mena, 1979- Bentley, Wes, 1978- Cooper, Chris, 1951- Dreamworks Pictures. DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm) |
| Participants/Performers |
Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Allison Janney, Peter Gallagher, Mena Suvari, Wes Bentley, Chris Cooper. |
| Other Contributors |
Director of photography, Conrad L. Hall ; editors, Tariq Anwar, Christopher Greenbury ; music, Thomas Newman. |
| Audience |
Rated R; for strong sexuality, language, violence and drug content. |
| Language |
English In English; closed-captioned. |
| Notes |
Title from container. DVD release of the 1999 motion picture. 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; additional DVD-ROM features. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen; DTS 5.1 surround, Dolby surround or Dolby digital 5.1 surround. |
| Awards |
Academy Awards: Best actor (Spacey), Best picture, Best director, Best cinematography, Best original screenplay. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN | 0783241232 |
| Other | Classic View |