Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey (American Beauty, The Usual Suspects) and Oscar nominee Annette Bening (American Beauty, The Grifters) lead an outstanding cast in this dark, humourous and profoundly moving examination of dysfunctional American families. Provoked by forbidden passions, Lester Burnham decides to make a few changes in his rut of a life, changes that are less midlife crisis than adolescence reborn. The freer he gets, the happier he gets, which is even more maddening to his wife, Carolyn and daughter Jane - especially when he turns his lustful gaze toward Jane's friend, the sultry Angela. Carolyn responds by focusing her attention on real estate colleague Buddy Kane. Compounding the chaos is the arrival next door of an equally turbulent family: strict Marine Col. Fitts, his vacant wife, and his distant son Ricky, who soon develops a fascination with Jane. Weaving social satire, domestic tragedy, and whodunit into a single package, Alan Ball's script dares to blur generic lines and keep us off balance, winking seamlessly from dark, scabrous comedy to deeply moving drama as the film moves inexorably towards it’s bizarre and shocking climax.
Video : 16/9 (2.35:1) Widescreen/Anamorphic
Audio : English (Dolby Digital 5.1)German (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles : English
Special features :
Audio Commentary with director Sam Mendes and Screenwriter Alan Ball
Exclusive Storyboards with commentary with director Sam Mendes and Director Of Photography Conrad Hall
Featurette ~ The Making of “American Beauty”
Interactive menus
Direct Scene Access u Scene selections
Theatrical trailerRunning time : 117 minutes