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| Movie Name: | American Beauty |
| Directed By: | Sam Mendes |
| Written By: | Alan Ball |
| Star Cast: | Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Release Date: | 1 October 1999 |
| Run Time: | 122 Min. |
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Producers Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen took American Beauty to DreamWorks outbidding several other production bodies the fledgling film studio bought Ball's script for $250 000. The modified script had a cynical outlook that was influenced by Ball's frustrating tenures writing for several sitcoms. Ball revived the idea in 1997 when attempting to break into the film industry after several years as a television screenwriter. He shelved the play after realizing the story would not work on stage. Sexuality, analysis has focused on the film's explorations of romantic and paternal love, self-liberation, beauty and redemption materialism the film has been described by academics as a satire of American middle class notions of beauty and personal satisfaction.
Who has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenage daughter's best friend angela (Mena Suvari) kevin Spacey stars as office worker Lester Burnham. Chris Cooper and Thora Birch plays their insecure daughter and Allison Janney also feature Jane; carolyn, wes Bentley annette Bening co-stars as Lester's materialistic wife. Mendes was nevertheless only given the job after twenty others were considered and several "A-list" directors turned down the opportunity and Cabaret. Courted after his successful productions of the musicals Oliver american Beauty marked acclaimed theater director Mendes' film debut! Partly inspired by the media circus around the Amy Fisher trial in 1992 ball began writing American Beauty as a play in the early 1990s. DreamWorks financed the $15 million production and served as the North American distributor. American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball.
