American beauty
(Other Video) 

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Published
Universal City, CA : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, [2000].
Format
Other Video
Physical Desc
1 videocassette (122 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
ISBN
0783239394
UPC
667068530438

Notes

General Note
Videocassette release of the 1999 motion picture.
General Note
Formatted to fit a TV screen.
Creation/Production Credits
Music, Thomas Newman ; director of photography, Conrad L. Hall ; co-producers, Alan Ball, Stan Wlodkowski ; costume design, Julie Weiss ; production designer, Naomi Shohan ; editors, Tariq Anwar, Christopher Greenbury.
Participants/Performers
Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards.
Description
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 desparately 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.
System Details
VHS ; stereo.
Language
Closed-captioned.
Awards
Kevin Spacey won the 1999 Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Lester Burnham ; movie also won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography & Best Original Screenplay.
Local note
OTHER VIDEO

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Spacey, K., Bening, A., Birch, T., Bentley, W., Suvari, M., Gallagher, P., Cooper, C., Janney, A., Bakula, S., Robards, S., Mendes, S., Ball, A., & Hall, C. (2000). American beauty . DreamWorks Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kevin. Spacey et al.. 2000. American Beauty. DreamWorks Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kevin. Spacey et al.. American Beauty DreamWorks Home Entertainment, 2000.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Spacey, Kevin., et al. American Beauty DreamWorks Home Entertainment, 2000.

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