American Beauty

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American film drama film film

American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film directed by Sam Mendes that explores suburban disillusionment, midlife crisis, and the search for meaning beneath a facade of domestic perfection.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
character Angela Hayes ⓘ
Carolyn Burnham ⓘ
Colonel Frank Fitts ⓘ
Jane Burnham NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lester Burnham ⓘ
Ricky Fitts ⓘ
cinematographer Conrad L. Hall ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Sam Mendes ⓘ
distributor DreamWorks Pictures ⓘ
editor Christopher Greenbury ⓘ
Tariq Anwar ⓘ
genre black comedy ⓘ
drama ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasTagline Look closer. ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTheme dysfunctional family ⓘ
midlife crisis ⓘ
repression ⓘ
search for meaning ⓘ
suburban disillusionment ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy Thomas Newman ⓘ
nominatedFor Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
notableScene plastic bag in the wind video ⓘ
posterColorMotif red roses ⓘ
producer Bruce Cohen ⓘ
Dan Jinks ⓘ
productionCompany DreamWorks Pictures ⓘ
releaseDateUS 1999-09-15 ⓘ
releaseYear 1999 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 122 ⓘ
screenwriter Alan Ball ⓘ
setIn suburban United States ⓘ
starring Allison Janney ⓘ
Annette Bening ⓘ
Chris Cooper ⓘ
Kevin Spacey ⓘ
Mena Suvari ⓘ
Thora Birch ⓘ
Wes Bentley ⓘ

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Sam Mendes → directed → American Beauty ⓘ
Tariq Anwar → editedFilm → American Beauty ⓘ
People's Choice Award → notableWinner → American Beauty ⓘ
DreamWorks Pictures → notableWork → American Beauty ⓘ
Kevin Spacey → notableWork → American Beauty ⓘ
Sam Mendes → notableWork → American Beauty ⓘ
Tariq Anwar → notableWork → American Beauty ⓘ
Thomas Newman → workedOn → American Beauty ⓘ