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American beauty [videorecording] /

Contributor(s): Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: 94432 | DreamWorks Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French Original language: English Publication details: Universal City, CA : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, 2006.Edition: Awards edDescription: 1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:

0783241232
9780783241234

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

791.43/72 22

LOC classification:

PN1997 .A44 2006

Partial contents:

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.

Production 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.

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 Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards.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.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD-01973 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050181470

Originally released as motion picture in 1999.

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.

MPAA rating: R.

DVD, widescreen format (aspect ratio: 2.35:1).

English (DTS 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 2.0 surround or Dolby digital 5.1 surround) or French (Dolby digital 5.1 surround) ; optional English subtitles.

Academy Awards: Best actor (Spacey), Best picture, Best director, Best cinematography, Best original screenplay.

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