American Beauty
(DVD) 

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.

Educational and home use only.

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.

Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards.

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.

MPAA rating: R for strong sexuality, language, violence and drug content.

DVD, region 1, NTSC, dual layer, widescreen format (aspect ratio: 2.35:1); DTS 5.1 surround, Dolby surround, Dolby digital 5.1 surround.

English language soundtrack (DTS 5.1 surround, Dolby surround or Dolby digital 5.1 surround); closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.

Academy Awards, 2000: Best actor (Kevin Spacey), Best picture, Best director (Sam Mendes), Best cinematography (Conrad L. Hall), Best original screenplay (Alan Ball) ; Golden Globes, 2000: Best Motion Picture, Drama, Best Director, Motion Picture (Sam Mendes). Best Screenplay, Motion Picture (Alan Ball)