American Beauty / Dreamworks Pictures presents ; directed by Sam Mendes ; written by Alan Ball ; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks ; a Jinks/Cohen Company production.
Record details
- ISBN: 6314958954
- ISBN: 9786314958954
- ISBN: 9780783241234
- ISBN: 0783241232
- ISBN: 0783241232
- ISBN: 9780783241234
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Awards edition.
- Publisher: Universal City, CA : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, [2000]
- Copyright: ©2000
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally released as motion picture in 1999. "Some Paramount titles also distributed by Warner Home Video." 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. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Bonus features: Behind the scenes featurette ; audio commentary with director Sam Mendes and writer Alan Ball ; storyboard presentation with commentary by Sam Mendes and director of photography, Conrad L. Hall ; two theatrical trailers. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | 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. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards. |
Summary, etc.: | 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. |
Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: R. MPAA rating: R. |
System Details Note: | DVD, widescreen format (aspect ratio: 2.35:1). |
Language Note: | English language soundtrack (DTS 5.1 surround, Dolby surround or Dolby digital 5.1 surround); closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired. |
Awards Note: | Academy Awards: Best actor (Spacey), Best picture, Best director, Best cinematography, Best original screenplay, 2000 |
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Subject: | Midlife crisis > Drama. Suburban life > Drama. |
Genre: | Fiction films. Feature films > United States. Feature films. |
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- 43 of 44 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Rowayton Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Rowayton Library | DVD AME (Text) | 33625122754968 | Adult Fiction DVD | Checked out | 04/03/2024 |