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1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999
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
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
Director of photography, Conrad L. Hall ; editors, Tariq Anwar, Christopher Greenbury ; music, Thomas Newman
Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards
DVD ; NTSC, Region 1, widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs ;Dolby 2.0 surround or Dolby Digital 5.1,
In English or French with optional English captions; closed-captioned in English
Academy Awards, 2000: Best actor (Spacey), Best picture, Best director, Best cinematography, Best original screenplay