In the movie "American Beauty", Lester Burnham is a very sad man who is unhappy with his job, his marriage, and everything about how his life has turned out, until suddenly he finds passion for life again when he meets his daughter's beautiful friend Angela. He begins to turn his life around and he must decide how far he wants to take his infatuation with this lovely teenager. Meanwhile, Lester's wife Carolyn and his daughter Jane are each having a life crisis of their own. His wife is having an affair with a businessman and his daughter is having a strange, complicated relationship with the weird, artistic boy next door, Ricky. Things become more complicated as Jane and Ricky begin making a video project together, and Ricky's father becomes confused about Ricky's relationship with the Burnham family. Still, the members of the Burnham family each have to work through their own problems while still remaining a family and finding satisfaction while trying to build for themselves a modern American life with meaning.
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Kevin Spacey | Lester Burnham |
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Annette Bening | Carolyn Burnham |
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Thora Birch | Jane Burnham |
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Wes Bentley | Ricky Fitts |
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Mena Suvari | Angela Hayes |
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Peter Gallagher | Buddy Kane |
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Allison Janney | Barbara Fitts |
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Chris Cooper | Colonel Fitts |
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Scott Bakula | Jim Olmeyer |
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Sam Robards | Jim Berkley |
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Barry Del Sherman | Brad |
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Ara Celi | Sale House Woman #1 |
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John Cho | Sale House Man #1 |
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Fort Atkinson | Sale House Man #2 |
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Sue Casey | Sale House Woman #2 |
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Kent Faulcon | Sale House Man #3 |
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Brenda Wehle | Sale House Women #4 |
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Lisa Cloud | Sale House Women #4 |
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Alison Faulk | Spartanette #1 |
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Krista Goodsitt | Spartanette #2 |
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Lily Houtkin | Spartanette #3 |
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Carolina Lancaster | Spartanette #4 |
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Mona Leah | Spartanette #5 |
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Chekesha Van Putten | Spartanette #6 |
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Emily Zachary | Spartanette #7 |
| Director | Sam Mendes |
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| Writer | Alan Ball | |
| Producer | Alan Ball, Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks, Stan Wlodkowski | |
| Musician | Thomas Newman | |
| Photography | Conrad L. Hall | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1) |
| Audio Tracks | Commentary Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] |
| Subtitles | Danish | Dutch | English | English (Closed Captioned) | Finnish | Norwegian | Portuguese | Swedish |
| Distributor | Dreamworks |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Edition Release Date | Nov 27, 2000 |
| Regions | Region 1 |