American Beauty
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UPC: 4-010884-243673 (Blu-ray)
Region Coding: No Region Coding
Production Year: 1999
Rating: FSK-16 (Freigegeben ab 16 Jahren)
Running Time: 122 min.
DVD Release: 4/19/2012
Case Type: HD Slim
Video Formats: Widescreen 2.35:1
Disc Formats: Single Sided, Dual Layered
SRP: €14.99
SEHEN SIE GENAU HIN …

… und erleben Sie American Beauty wie nie zuvor. In seinem Regiedebüt entfaltet Oscar®-Gewinner Sam Mendes zusammen mit dem Autor und Oscar®-Gewinner Alan Ball ein dunkles, intelligentes und wahrhaftiges Porträt der Vorstädte. Von über 65 Kritikern als bester Film des Jahres bewertet und mit fünf Oscars®* ausgezeichnet, darunter Bester Film, präsentiert American Beauty die Stars Kevin Spacey und Annette Benings als Lester und Carolyn Burnham: ein anscheinend ganz gewöhnliches Paar, dessen sie auflösende Ehe einen Sturm der Veränderung in der perfekten Nachbarschaft entfacht. Beide werden unterstützt von einer hervorragenden Riege an Nebendarstellern.

* Bester Film (Produzent Bruce Cohen und Dan Jinks); Beste Regie (Sam Mendes); Bester Darsteller (Kevin Spacey); Beste Kamera (Conrad L. Hall); Bestes Originaldrehbuch (Alan Ball), 1999.

Genres
Drama



Studios
DreamWorks Pictures
Jinks/Cohen Company
Media Companies: Paramount Home Entertainment
Features
Scene Access
Subtitles
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Norwegian
Spanish
Swedish
Audio Tracks
English DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
German Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1
Italian Dolby Digital 5.1
Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
Cast
Kevin Spacey as Lester Burnham
Annette Bening as Carolyn Burnham
Thora Birch as Jane Burnham
Wes Bentley as Ricky Fitts
Mena Suvari as Angela Hayes
Peter Gallagher as Buddy Kane
Allison Janney as Barbara Fitts
Chris Cooper as Colonel Fitts
Scott Bakula as Jim Olmeyer
Sam Robards as Jim Berkley
Barry Del Sherman as Brad
Ara Celi as Sale House Woman #1
John Cho as Sale House Man #1
Fort Atkinson as Sale House Man #2
Sue Casey as Sale House Woman #2
Kent Faulcon as Sale House Man #3

Sale House Woman #4
Brenda Wehle
Lisa Cloud


Alison Faulk as Spartanette #1
Krista Goodsitt as Spartanette #2
Lily Houtkin as Spartanette #3
Carolina Lancaster as Spartanette #4
Romana Leah as Spartanette #5
Chekesa Van Putten as Spartanette #6
Emily Zachary as Spartanette #7
Nancy Anderson as Spartanette #8
Reshma Gajjar as Spartanette #9
Stephanie Rizzo as Spartanette #10
Heather Joy Sher as Playground Girl #1
Chelsea Hertford as Playground Girl #2
Amber Smith as Christy Kane
Joel McCrary as Catering Boss
Marissa Jaret Winokur as Mr. Smiley's Counter Girl (Janine)
Dennis Anderson as Mr. Smiley's Manager
Matthew Kimbrough as Firing Range Attendant
Erin Cathryn Strubbe as Young Jane
Elaine Corral Kendall as Newscaster (uncredited)
Crew
Direction:
Sam Mendes: Director
Writing:
Alan Ball: Writer
Production:
Bruce Cohen: Producer
Dan Jinks: Producer
Cinematography:
Conrad L. Hall: Director of Photography
Film Editing:
Tariq Anwar: Film Editor
Christopher Greenbury: Film Editor
Music:
Thomas Newman: Composer
Sound:
Scott Martin Gershin: Supervising Sound Editor
Scott Millan: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bob Beemer: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Richard Van Dyke: Production Sound Mixer
Art:
Naomi Shohan: Production Designer
Julie Weiss: Costume Designer
David S. Lazan: Art Director
John C. Hartigan: Visual Effects
Hope B. Slepak: Costume Designer
Tania McComas: Make-up Artist
Christine M. Steele: Make-up Artist
Julie Hewett: Make-up Artist
CFC/MVFX
Rob Hodgson: Visual Effects
David Goldberg: Visual Effects