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Noted theater director Sam Mendes, who was responsible for the acclaimed 1998 revival of Cabaret and Nicole Kidman's turn in The Blue Room, made his motion picture debut with this film about the dark side of an American family, and about the nature and price of beauty in a culture obsessed with ...more
MPAA Rating: R | Year: 1999 | Running Time: 120 minutes
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$11.99AMERICAN BEAUTY / (WS SPEC RPKG)
A darkly comic critique of suburban stupor with a measured touch of redemption, American Beauty became the most laureled film of 1999. As written by Alan Ball and directed by theatre wunderkind/film neophyte Sam Mendes, the tale of Lester Burnham's final year of life keenly delves into the repressed desires, rampant materialism, skewed values, and gnawing insecurities lurking behind the crisply manicured lawns and meticulously decorated houses lining Any Street, USA. Anchored by Kevin Spacey's ...more
- Kevin Spacey - Lester Burnham
- Annette Bening - Caroline Burnham
- Thora Birch - Jane Burnham
- Wes Bentley - Ricky Fitts
- Mena Suvari - Angela Hayes
- Chris Cooper - Colonel Fitts
- Marissa Jaret Winokur
- Peter Gallagher - Buddy Kane
- Allison Janney - Barbara Fitts
- Scott Bakula - Jim Olmeyer
- Sam Robards - Jim Berkley
- Sam Mendes - Director
- Dan Jinks - Producer
- Bruce Cohen - Producer
- Alan Ball - Screenwriter
- David S. Lazan - Art Director
- Debra Zane - Casting
- Stan Wlodkowski - Co-producer
- Alan Ball - Co-producer
- Julie Weiss - Costume Designer
- Tony Adler - First Assistant Director
- E. Carey Dietrich - First Assistant Director
- Christopher Greenbury - Editor
- Tariq Anwar - Editor
- Thomas Newman - Composer (Music Score)
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