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 American Beauty review Product Description
Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) is a gainfully employed suburban husband and father. Fed up with his boring, stagnant existence, he quits his job and decides to reinvent himself as a pot-smoking, responsibility-shirking teenager. What follows is at once cynical, hysterical, and, eventually, tragically uplifting. A flawless cast (Spacey, Bening, Birch, Suvari, Bentley, and especially Cooper) combines to deliver one of the decade's strongest ensemble performances in this multiple-Oscar-winning film. Director Sam Mendes, already a wunderkind in the world of British theater, proves that his talent isn't limited to the stage in his feature-length debut.
AMERICAN BEAUTY tells the story of Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), a suburban father who snaps when he becomes disgusted with his stale, repetitive existence. Burnham lets us know in voice-over from the film's opening that this is the day he dies (using the SUNSET BOULEVARD flashback approach), a technique that adds an inevitable tension to the proceedings and keeps the story moving forward at all times. ...See Full Description
American Beauty movie Customer Reviews
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| The most amazing movie since
What can be said about a movie that left all others in the dust? A fascinating combination of style and eloquence, this movie definetly deserves to be on every single top ten list from here until eternity. With the terrific casting and the eerie music, this movie combines comedy, drama, suspense, and romance all in one. Sam Mendes is an amazing director, with unusual skills. When I first heard about this movie, I traversed to the Blockbuster near my house every day for two months until I finally received a copy. After watching it, I was appaled. I could not believe I waited so long and sat through a long, horrible movie. Then, by some wonderful stroke of luck, I watched it again...and again...and again...and finally, I realized something...it was perfect. An amazing movie that everyone should see, even the closed-minded people who will take it for its face value and not what it really is. This is my favorite movie and a brilliant addition to any household.
By beccachan7 (Oklahoma City, OK)
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| American Beauty is a magnificently constructed film
American beauty is a very different but almost perfect film which employs magnificent elements and is the greatest film of 1999. It definitely deserved the Academy Award for best picture. It has great acting, magnificent storytelling, chilling suspense, startling visuals and imagery, great delivery of dialogue from the actors and all these elements combine an almost perfect film. American Beauty is a film I watched recently and I was glued to the screen from the opening moments of the film. I knew I was in for something different but fascinating. Ever since, it has become one of my favorite films. I advice this film highly.
By Joey 34 (L.A California)
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| cult classic
this is a movie I could never get tired of. the acting is excellent, the plot is thought provoking. definately worth owning
By justin p (ca,usa)
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American Beauty video Product Details
| Studio | Warner Home Video |
| Orig Year | 1999 |
| CD Universe Part number | 8874695 |
| Catalog number | 1000370278 |
| Discs | 1 |
| Release Date | New American Beauty BRAY release date Jan 08, 2013 |
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American Beauty Awards
| Best Actor, Academy Awards, 1999 - Kevin Spacey | | Best Cinematography, Academy Awards, 1999 - Conrad L. Hall | | Best Director, Academy Awards, 1999 - Sam Mendes | | Best Original Screenplay, Academy Awards, 1999 - Alan Ball | | Best Picture, Academy Awards, 1999 |
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