The Resource American beauty, Dreamworks Pictures presents ; directed by Sam Mendes ; written by Alan Ball ; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks ; ; a Jinks/Cohen Company production, (videorecording)
American beauty, Dreamworks Pictures presents ; directed by Sam Mendes ; written by Alan Ball ; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks ; ; a Jinks/Cohen Company production, (videorecording)
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The item American beauty, Dreamworks Pictures presents ; directed by Sam Mendes ; written by Alan Ball ; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks ; ; a Jinks/Cohen Company production, (videorecording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Jacksonville Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches.
Resource Information
The item American beauty, Dreamworks Pictures presents ; directed by Sam Mendes ; written by Alan Ball ; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks ; ; a Jinks/Cohen Company production, (videorecording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Jacksonville Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches.
- Summary
- 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 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
- Language
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- eng
- eng
- eng
- Edition
- Widescreen ed.
- Extent
- 1 videodisc [122 min.]
- Note
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- Originally released as motion picture in 1999
- Bonus features: American beauty: look closer ... a behind the scenes featurette ; film commentary with director Sam Mendes and writer Alan Ball ; storyboard presentation with commentary by Sam Mendes and director of photography, Conrad L. Hall ; cast and crew biographies ; two theatrical trailers ; production notes ; plus additional DVD-ROM features
- Isbn
- 9780783241234
- Label
- American beauty
- Title
- American beauty
- Statement of responsibility
- Dreamworks Pictures presents ; directed by Sam Mendes ; written by Alan Ball ; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks ; ; a Jinks/Cohen Company production
- Language
-
- eng
- eng
- eng
- Summary
- 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 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
- Awards note
- Academy Awards: Best actor (Spacey), Best picture, Best director, Best cinematography, Best original screenplay.
- Cataloging source
- OCO
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Director of photography, Conrad L. Hall ; costume design, Julie Weiss ; production designer, Naomi Shohan ; editors, Tariq Anwar, Christopher Greenbury ; music, Thomas Newman ; co-producers, Alan Ball, Stan Wlodkowski
- Intended audience
- MPAA rating: R
- Language note
- English language soundtrack (DTS 5.1 surround, Dolby surround or Dolby digital 5.1 surround) ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired
- PerformerNote
- Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1957-
- 1979-
- 1978-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Mendes, Sam
- Ball, Alan
- Cohen, M. Bruce
- Jinks, Dan
- Spacey, Kevin
- Bening, Annette
- Birch, Thora
- Suvari, Mena
- Bentley, Wes
- Cooper, Chris
- DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006)
- DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Runtime
- 122
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- American beauty, Dreamworks Pictures presents ; directed by Sam Mendes ; written by Alan Ball ; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks ; ; a Jinks/Cohen Company production, (videorecording)
- Note
-
- Originally released as motion picture in 1999
- Bonus features: American beauty: look closer ... a behind the scenes featurette ; film commentary with director Sam Mendes and writer Alan Ball ; storyboard presentation with commentary by Sam Mendes and director of photography, Conrad L. Hall ; cast and crew biographies ; two theatrical trailers ; production notes ; plus additional DVD-ROM features
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
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- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm45176850
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Widescreen ed.
- Extent
- 1 videodisc [122 min.]
- Governing access note
- For private home use only
- Isbn
- 9780783241234
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
-
- 667068538229
- 667068538229
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Publisher number
- 85382
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- 449220
- (Sirsi) o45176850
- (Sirsi) ADQ-3930
- System details
- DVD, widescreen format (aspect ratio: 2.35:1)
- Video recording format
- laserdisc
- Label
- American beauty, Dreamworks Pictures presents ; directed by Sam Mendes ; written by Alan Ball ; produced by Bruce Cohen & Dan Jinks ; ; a Jinks/Cohen Company production, (videorecording)
- Note
-
- Originally released as motion picture in 1999
- Bonus features: American beauty: look closer ... a behind the scenes featurette ; film commentary with director Sam Mendes and writer Alan Ball ; storyboard presentation with commentary by Sam Mendes and director of photography, Conrad L. Hall ; cast and crew biographies ; two theatrical trailers ; production notes ; plus additional DVD-ROM features
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm45176850
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Widescreen ed.
- Extent
- 1 videodisc [122 min.]
- Governing access note
- For private home use only
- Isbn
- 9780783241234
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
-
- 667068538229
- 667068538229
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Publisher number
- 85382
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- 449220
- (Sirsi) o45176850
- (Sirsi) ADQ-3930
- System details
- DVD, widescreen format (aspect ratio: 2.35:1)
- Video recording format
- laserdisc
Library Locations
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