Title:
American Beauty
Released: 1999
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 122 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Tagline:
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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 daughters friends. Meanwhile, his daughter
Jane is developing a happy friendship with a shy boy-next-door
named Ricky who lives with a homophobic father.
Comments:
Unforgettable.
American Beauty may (and should) go down as the most
unparrallelled movie of its time. This movie, which
could not be more difficult to explain to one who
hasn't seen it, grapples the viewer from the first
instance. This film succeeds not only because of the
unbelievable script, but because the fact that when
the film ends, you DO acknowledge the performances
of the film (Benning is unbelievable), but seem to
put individual performances aside to the movie itself.
Few movies place you in the surreal-yet-too-real environment
that this film seems to put you in. Watching this
movie, you will become immersed in this family and
what occurs to them, despite the fact that they seem
to be the most ordinary family a mind could imagine.
Whether or not Spacey deserved the Oscar should be
irrelevent - the story behind this movie should be
remembered for ages.
Cast
overview:
Kevin Spacey .... Lester Burnham
Annette Bening .... Carolyn Burnham
Thora Birch .... Jane Burnham
Wes Bentley .... Ricky Fitts
Mena Suvari .... Angela Hayes
Peter Gallagher .... Buddy Kane
Allison Janney .... Barbara Fitts
Chris Cooper .... Col. Frank Fitts, USMC
Scott Bakula .... Jim Olmeyer
Sam Robards .... Jim Berkley
Barry Del Sherman .... Brad Dupree
Ara Celi .... Sale House Woman #1
John Cho .... Sale House Man #1
Fort Atkinson .... Sale House Man #2
Sue Casey .... Sale House Woman #2
Movie
scenes preview:
Scene #1
Scene
Description:
Mena Suvari in a topless scene laying on a couch as
Kevin Spacey pulls down her pants and then opens her
shirt to reveal her breasts.
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Scene #2
Scene
Description:
A young Thora Birch seen standing in a window as she
first removes her shirt to reveal her bra, and then
unhooks her bra slowly to show us her large, natural
breasts.
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