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©1999
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1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Originally produced as 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
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
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
Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards
MPAA rating: R
Blu-ray disc, 1080p HD widescreen format (aspect ratio: 2.35:1)
Blu-ray discs will only play in a Blu-ray player
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
Academy Awards: Best actor (Spacey), Best picture, Best director, Best cinematography, Best original screenplay