| Abstract |
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. |
| General note | "2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen." |
| General note | 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. |
| General note | Encoded for use on Region PAL 4 players only. |
| Credits | Directed by Sam Mendes; written by Alan Ball; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks. |
| Cast |
Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards. |
| Original version | Originally released: Dreamworks Pictures (a Jinks/Cohen Company production), 1999. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Language | Audiotrack in English (Dolby Digital 5.1 surround); subtitles in English deaf & hard of hearing, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish. |
