| American Beauty | |
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| 8 Nominations / 5 Wins | |
| Year | 1999 |
| Director | Sam Mendes |
| Writer | Alan Ball |
| Starring | Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bently, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney |
| 72nd Academy Awards | |
American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film written by Alan Ball and directed by Sam Mendes—his directorial debut. The film is a satire of American middle class notions of beauty and personal satisfaction, focusing specifically on romantic and paternal love, sexuality, beauty, materialism, self-liberation, and redemption.
Wins
- Best Actor — Kevin Spacey
- Best Cinematography — Conrad L. Hall
- Best Director — Sam Mendes
- Best Original Screenplay — Alan Ball
- Best Picture — Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
Nominations
- Best Actor — Kevin Spacey
- Best Actress — Annette Bening
- Best Cinematography — Conrad L. Hall
- Best Director — Sam Mendes
- Best Film Editing — Tariq Anwar
- Best Original Screenplay — Alan Ball
- Best Original Score — Thomas Newman
- Best Picture — Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
Plot[]
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.
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