| Edition |
Awards edition ; Widescreen. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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videodisc vd rdacarrier |
| Note |
Originally released as motion picture in 1999. |
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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. |
| 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. |
| Cast |
Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards. |
| 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. |
| Audience |
Rated R. |
| System Details |
DVD format. |
| Awards |
Academy Awards: Best actor (Spacey), Best picture, Best director, Best cinematography, Best original screenplay. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Subject |
Midlife crisis.
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Suburban life.
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Domestic relations.
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Families in motion pictures.
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| Genre/Form |
Comedy films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Local Subject |
Digital video collection.
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Academy Awards best picture -- Videorecordings -- 1991-2000.
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Drama films.
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| Added Author |
Mendes, Sam.
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Ball, Alan, 1957-
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Cohen, Bruce.
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Jinks, Dan.
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Spacey, Kevin.
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Bening, Annette.
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Birch, Thora.
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Suvari, Mena, 1979-
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Bentley, Wes, 1978-
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Cooper, Chris.
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Spacey, Kevin, actor.
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Mendes, Sam, director.
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Bening, Annette, actor.
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Birch, Thora, actor.
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Suvari, Mena, 1979- actor.
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Janney, Allison, actor.
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Bakula, Scott, actor.
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Gallagher, Peter, actor.
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Weiss, Julie, costume designer.
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Newman, Thomas, composer.
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Ball, Alan, 1957- , writer.
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Cohen, Bruce, producer.
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Jinks, Dan, producer.
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Bentley, Wes, 1978- actor.
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Cooper, Chris, actor.
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Dreamworks Pictures.
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| ISBN |
0783241232 : $19.00 |
| Standard No. |
667068538229 |
| Music No. |
85382 DreamWorks Home Entertainment |
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