DVD

American beauty / Dreamworks Pictures ; a Jinks/Cohen Company production ; directed by Sam Mendes ; written by Alan Ball ; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks.

Spacey, Kevin, (actor.). Bening, Annette, (actor.). Birch, Thora, (actor.). Bentley, Wes, 1978- (actor.). Suvari, Mena, 1979- (actor.). Gallagher, Peter, 1955- (actor.). Cooper, Chris, 1951- (actor.). Janney, Allison, (actor.). Bakula, Scott, (actor.). Robards, Sam, (actor.).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780783241234
ISBN: 0783241232
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Awards edition.
Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment ; [2011]
Copyright: ©2011

Content descriptions

General Note:	Publisher, publication date, and aspect ratio may vary Disc was originally distributed in 2000 by Dreamworks Home Entertainment. Originally released as motion picture in 1999. Special 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.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: R for strong sexuality, language, violence, and drug content.
System Details Note:	DVD ; Region 1, widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs ; DTS digital surround, Dolby 2.0 surround or Dolby Digital 5.1, NTSC.
Language Note:	English language soundtrack; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Awards Note:	Academy Awards: Best actor (Spacey), Best picture, Best director, Best cinematography, Best original screenplay.