Title:
American beauty / Dreamworks Pictures presents ; written by Alan Ball ; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks ; a Jinks/Cohen Company production ; directed by Sam Mendes.
ISBN:
9780783241234
Uniform Title:
American beauty (Motion picture)
Edition:
Awards edition.
Publication Information:
Universal City, CA : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, [2000]
©1999
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Special features and enhancements may vary by copy.
Language / subtitle options may vary by copy.
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.
DVD; region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) aspect ratio, DTS 5.1 surround sound (English), Dolby 2.0 surround sound (English), dual layer, NTSC.
Awards Note:
Academy Awards: Best actor (Spacey), Best picture, Best director, Best cinematography, Best original screenplay.
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." -- Container.
Electronic Access:
imdb listing: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169547/
Language Note:
In English dialogue; with optional English subtitles (SDH) and closed-captions (CC) available for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Audience:
MPAA rating: R.
Performer:
Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Allison Janney, Peter Gallagher, Mena Suvari, Wes Bentley, Chris Cooper.
Production Credits:
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.
Accessibility Note:
English subtitles (SDH) and closed-captions (CC) available for people who are deaf or hard of hearing
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1999.
OCLC Number:
ocm45176850
Availability:
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