American beauty
(Blu-ray) 

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Universal City, CA : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, 2010.
ISBN
1415755809, 9781415755808
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Published
Universal City, CA : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, 2010.
Format
Blu-ray
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray disc (approximately 122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
1415755809, 9781415755808
UPC
097360748048, 097360748062, 883929305933, 883929301782, 032429256379

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General Note
Title from disc label.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1999.
General Note
Bonus features: Commentary by director Sam Mendes and screenwriter Alan Ball ; American beauty: look closer ... a behind the scenes featurette ; Storyboard presentation with Sam Mendes and director of photography Conrad L. Hall.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Conrad L. Hall ; editors, Tariq Anwar, Christopher Greenbury ; music, Thomas Newman.
Participants/Performers
Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Allison Janney, Peter Gallagher, Mena Suvari, Wes Bentley, Chris Cooper.
Description
An emotionally and 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.
Target Audience
Rated: R; for strong sexuality, language, violence and drug content.
System Details
Blu-ray, 1080p High Definition widescreen (2.35:1); 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (English), 5.1 Dolby Digital (French, Spanish, Portuguese); requires Blu-ray player.
Language
English, French, Portuguese, or Spanish dialogue; French, Spanish, or Portuguese subtitles; English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Awards
2000 Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Spacey), Best Cinematography, Best Original Screenplay.
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BLU-RAY

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Mendes, S., Cohen, B., Jinks, D., Ball, A., Spacey, K., Bening, A., Birch, T., Janney, A., Gallagher, P., Suvari, M., Bentley, W., & Cooper, C. (2010). American beauty ([Blu-ray edition] ; widescreen.). DreamWorks Home Entertainment.

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

Sam, Mendes et al.. 2010. American Beauty. DreamWorks Home Entertainment.

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

Sam, Mendes et al.. American Beauty DreamWorks Home Entertainment, 2010.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Mendes, Sam,, et al. American Beauty [Blu-ray edition] ; widescreen., DreamWorks Home Entertainment, 2010.

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