The Resource American beauty, Dreamworks Pictures ; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks ; written by Alan Ball ; directed by Sam Mendes
American beauty, Dreamworks Pictures ; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks ; written by Alan Ball ; directed by Sam Mendes
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The item American beauty, Dreamworks Pictures ; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks ; written by Alan Ball ; directed by Sam Mendes represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Worthington Public Library.
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- 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
- Language
-
- eng
- eng
- eng
- Edition
- Widescreen
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (122 min.)
- Note
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- Originally released as a motion picture in 1999
- Includes commentary, featurettes, storyboard presentation with commentary
- Isbn
- 9780783241234
- Label
- American beauty
- Title
- American beauty
- Statement of responsibility
- Dreamworks Pictures ; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks ; written by Alan Ball ; directed by Sam Mendes
- Language
-
- eng
- eng
- eng
- 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
- Awards note
- Academy Awards: Best actor (Spacey), Best picture, Best director, Best cinematography, Best original screenplay.
- Cataloging source
- OCO
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- 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
- Intended audience
- Rated R; for strong sexuality, language, violence and drug content
- Language note
- Audio in English lor French ; subtitles in English ; closed-captioned
- PerformerNote
- Cast: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Allison Janney, Peter Gallagher, Mena Suvari, Wes Bentley, Chris Cooper
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1979-
- 1978-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Spacey, Kevin
- Bening, Annette
- Birch, Thora
- Janney, Allison
- Gallagher, Peter
- Suvari, Mena
- Bentley, Wes
- Cooper, Chris
- Mendes, Sam
- DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006)
- Runtime
- 122
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Midlife crisis
- Suburban life
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- American beauty, Dreamworks Pictures ; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks ; written by Alan Ball ; directed by Sam Mendes
- Note
-
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1999
- Includes commentary, featurettes, storyboard presentation with commentary
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- quadrophonic multichannel or surround
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Widescreen
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (122 min.)
- Isbn
- 9780783241234
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
-
- 667068538229
- 883929303779
- 032429256362
- Other physical details
- sd., col
- Publisher number
- 85382
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
- (OCoLC)51758916
- System details
- DVD, region 1, widescreen, Dolby digital 5.1 and stereo
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- American beauty, Dreamworks Pictures ; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks ; written by Alan Ball ; directed by Sam Mendes
- Note
-
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1999
- Includes commentary, featurettes, storyboard presentation with commentary
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- quadrophonic multichannel or surround
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Widescreen
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (122 min.)
- Isbn
- 9780783241234
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
-
- 667068538229
- 883929303779
- 032429256362
- Other physical details
- sd., col
- Publisher number
- 85382
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
- (OCoLC)51758916
- System details
- DVD, region 1, widescreen, Dolby digital 5.1 and stereo
- Video recording format
- DVD
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