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American Beauty [2000]
starring: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari
directed by: Sam Mendes
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Rating:  - shocking and different approach to drama
Lester Burnham's (Spacey) life is reawaken when he meets Angela Hayes (Suvari).
This 1999 Oscar winning picture is regarded as Mendes' finest and with a fine realistic styled direction it is easy to see why.
Dramas can often be ruined when a can of clichés is opened but Mendes keeps a grounded direction all the way through and uses a variety of techniques to achieve the ultimate shocking effect. From a simple but effective sweeping shot of the suburban residency to the ... Read More
Rating: - A Seriously Messed Up View On Life...
...But worryingly accurate at the same time. American Beauty is about Lester Burnham, a middle-ages man stuck in a marriage with a wife who he hates and a daughter who hates him. He feels ignored, under-appreciated,as if he is simply walking through life playing out the part, no emotions involved, never feeling anything. Then he meets his daughter's best friend, Angela Hayes, and the new kid next door, Ricky Fitts, and inspired by both decides to start living again. Within a month he winds up dead. ... Read More
Rating: - An outstanding accomplishment
Drama in which a middle-class suburban family begins to fall apart when husband and father Kevin Spacey starts going through a mid-life crisis, quitting his job as a magazine writer, befriending his teenage daughter Thora Birch's boyfriend Wes Bentley, starting to smoke marijuana and beginning an obsession with his daughter's best friend Mena Suvari, all in an attempt to dispel the deadness that he feels inside and regain the happiness that he feels that he has not had since he was a young man. Spacey's ... Read More
Rating: - Rosebud
I was offered £185 for my ticket to the UK Premier of this film. I saw the film. No regrets there - great film and at under £5 for the DVD, a bargain.
Rating: - Benning = genius
The scene where she collapses in the wardrobe and hugs her dead husbands clothes is one of the most moving ever made.
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0678149096026
Format: Anamorphic, PAL
Label: Dreamworks Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Dreamworks Home Entertainment
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Dreamworks Home Entertainment
Region Code: 2
Release Date: November 27, 2000
Running Time: 117 minutes
Sales Rank: 698
Studio: Dreamworks Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: October 01, 1999
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