Original title: American Beauty
Director: Sam Mendes
Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Mena Suvari
Year: 1999
Awards: Won 5 Oscars - Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Kevin Spacey), Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography
Awards: Won 5 Oscars - Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Kevin Spacey), Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography
Plot Summary:
Lester and Carolyn Burnham are on the outside, a perfect husband and wife, in a perfect house, in a perfect neighborhood. But inside, Lester is slipping deeper and deeper into a hopeless depression. He finally snaps when he becomes infatuated with one of his daughter's friends. Meanwhile, his daughter Jane is developing a happy friendship with a shy boy-next-door named Ricky, who lives with a homophobic father.
- - Written by Jessie Skinner
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