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| Title Statement | American beauty [DVD] / Dreamworks Pictures presents ; a Jinks/Cohen Company production ; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks ; directed by Sam Mendes ; written by Alan Ball. |
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| Additional Contributors | Mendes, Sam |
| Spacey, Kevin | |
| Bening, Annette | |
| Birch, Thora | |
| Publication | Willowdale, Ont.: Dreamworks Home Entertainment, c2005. |
| Edition | Awards ed. |
| Extent of Item | 1 videodisc (122 min.) |
| ISBN | (v.r.) |
| Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 678149443226 |
| Other Number | 1690034 |
| General Notes | DVD. Disc label title. Originally released as a motion picture in 1999. Widescreen version. Special features include: featurette, commentary, storyboard presentation, digital screenplay, cast and crew biographies, theatrical trailers. Bilingual packaging (reversible English/French) |
| Performance Credits | Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Allison Janney, Peter Gallagher. |
| Audience & Ratings | CHV rating: 14A. MPAA rating: R. |
| Languages | English and French language tracks with English and French subtitles. |
| System Details | DVD Dolby digital 5.1 surround. |
| Terms of Use | For home use only. |
| Awards | Winner of 5 Academy Awards (1999): Best Picture, Best Actor (Kevin Spacey), Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Cinematography |
| Summary | A biting, penetrating and often humorous look at contemporary life in suburban America. When midlife crisis hits, Lester Burnham's fascination with a young girl spurs him to make some major changes in his life. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Suburban life--Fiction--United States |
| Midlife crisis--Fiction | |
| Man-woman relationships--Fiction | |
| Feature films | |
