American beauty, Dreamworks Pictures presents ; a Jinks/Cohen Company production ; written by Alan Ball ; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks ; directed by Sam Mendes
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American beauty, Dreamworks Pictures presents ; a Jinks/Cohen Company production ; written by Alan Ball ; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks ; directed by Sam Mendes
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R for strong sexuality, language, violence, and drug content
Main title
American beauty
Oclc number
809265367
Responsibility statement
Dreamworks Pictures presents ; a Jinks/Cohen Company production ; written by Alan Ball ; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks ; directed by Sam Mendes
Runtime
122
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 friendLook closer...and expereince American Beauty as never before. In his directorial debut, Academy Award®-winner Sam Mendes creates, with Oscar®-winning screenwriter Alan Ball, a dark, intelligent, and truthful portrayal of sububia. Named Best Picture of the Year by over 65 critics and honored with five ACademy Awards®, including Best Picture, American Beauty stars Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening as Lester and Carolyn Burnham,, a seemingly ordinary couple whose unraveling marriage sparks a storm of change in their seemingly perfect neighborhood. Also featuring an acclaimed ensemble supporting cast, American Beauty has been hailed as a "flat-out masterpiece" (Rod Dreher, New York Post). --Back of container
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Contributor
- Gallagher, Peter, 1955-
- Weiss, Julie
- Shohan, Naomi
- Newman, Thomas, 1955-
- Anwar, Tariq
- Robards, Sam
- Bening, Annette
- Wlodkowski, Stan
- Cohen, Bruce, 1961-
- Mendes, Sam
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Ball, Alan, 1957-
- Jinks, Dan
- Hall, Conrad
- Bentley, Wes, 1978-
- Greenbury, Christopher
- Ball, Alan
- Spacey, Kevin
- Cooper, Chris, 1951-
- Janney, Allison
- DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006)
- Bakula, Scott
- Birch, Thora.
- Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
- DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Suvari, Mena, 1979-
- Jinks/Cohen Company
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- Gallagher, Peter, 1955-
- Weiss, Julie
- Shohan, Naomi
- Newman, Thomas, 1955-
- Anwar, Tariq
- Robards, Sam
- Bening, Annette
- Wlodkowski, Stan
- Cohen, Bruce, 1961-
- Mendes, Sam
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Ball, Alan, 1957-
- Jinks, Dan
- Hall, Conrad
- Bentley, Wes, 1978-
- Greenbury, Christopher
- Ball, Alan
- Spacey, Kevin
- Cooper, Chris, 1951-
- Janney, Allison
- DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006)
- Bakula, Scott
- Birch, Thora.
- Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
- DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Suvari, Mena, 1979-
- Jinks/Cohen Company
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