American beauty [videorecording] / Dreamworks Pictures presents ; directed by Sam Mendes ; written by Alan Ball ; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks
Contributor(s): Mendes, Sam | Ball, Alan | Spacey, Kevin | Bening, Annette | Dreamworks Home Entertainment (Firm).
Publisher: Universal City, CA : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, c2004Description: 2 videodiscs (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.Subject(s): Midlife crisis -- Drama | Suburban life -- DramaDDC classification: 791.4372 Awards: Academy Awards: Best actor (Spacey), Best picture, Best director, Best cinematography, Best original screenplay.Cast: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison JanneySummary: An emotionally and 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.Item type | Current location | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Media Resources | Taylor's Library-TU | 791.4372 AME (Browse shelf) | Set of 2 videodiscs | 1 | Available | SOMAC,37002,02,GR | 1001008589 |
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Originally released as motion picture in 1999.
Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney
An emotionally and 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.
Academy Awards: Best actor (Spacey), Best picture, Best director, Best cinematography, Best original screenplay.