| Description |
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Sapphire series.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray disc, 1080p HD widescreen format (aspect ratio: 2.35:1). |
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Blu-ray discs will only play in a Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
English (DTS 5.1 surround, Dolby surround or Dolby digital 5.1 surround), French, Portuguese, or Spanish dialogue; French/Spanish/Portuguese subtitles; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired. |
| Cast |
Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards. |
| Credits |
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. |
| Note |
Originally produced as motion picture in 1999. |
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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 HD. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| 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. |
| Awards |
Academy Awards: Best actor (Spacey), Best picture, Best director, Best cinematography, Best original screenplay. |
| Subject |
Midlife crisis -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Suburban life -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Blu-ray discs.
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| Local Subject |
ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS, 1999.
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| Genre |
Blu-ray video discs.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Mendes, Sam.
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Ball, Alan, 1957-
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Cohen, Bruce.
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Jinks, Dan.
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Spacey, Kevin.
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Bening, Annette.
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Birch, Thora.
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Suvari, Mena, 1979-
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Bentley, Wes, 1978-
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Cooper, Chris, 1951-
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Dreamworks Pictures.
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DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1415755809 |
| Standard No. |
883929301782 |
| Music No. |
07480 Paramount Home Entertainment |
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