American BeautyAmerican Beauty rose(Magnet)BUY NOW! FOR $4.99 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.Lester Burnham is a loser suburbanite rebelling against his dead-end job, bitch-on-wheels wife, unloving daughter, and imminent middle-age. His subsequent actions unfold into a darkly comic drama laced with a stellar supporting cast and enough roses to fill a nursery.Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) is suffering a mid-life crisis that affects the lives of his family which is made up of his super bitch of a wife Carolyn and rebelling daughter Jane who hates him. Carolyn is a real estate agent a little too wrapped up in her job who takes on an affair with business rival Buddy Kane. Meanwhile Jane seems to fall in love with Ricky Fitts, the strange boy next door who is a drug dealer/documentarian who lives under a roof governed by a very strict marine father and a speechless mother. Lester's mid-life crisis causes him to drastically change his life around when he quits his job and works at a fast food restaurant. He starts working out to gain the attention of Angela, a friend of Jane's who brags about her sexual exploits every weekend. Lives change and not for the best.Lester Burnham is in a mid-life crisis, caused by his stressed wife Carolyn and rebelling teenage daughter Jane. When Lester and Carolyn go watch Jane cheerleading, they meet Angela Hayes, and Lester, caught in sudden lust for Angela, decides to change his life. Angela and Jane's friendship is not all it seems, too, because Angela only brags about how many times she's done it with guys and stuff. That doesn't help an already insecure Jane very much but she finds solace in the arms of the next-door-neighbors' son, Ricky Fitts. Ricky, himself from a broken home as well, and Jane find they have a lot in common and eventually turn out to be soulmates. release year: 1999 star(s):Allison Janney Annette Bening Kevin Spacey Mena Suvari Thora Birch
Sentimental travels in 'Away We Go' and 'Departures'Macleans.ca, CanadaHis films have ranged from American Beauty (1999), the tragedy of a suburban family torn asunder by adultery and depression, to Revolutionary Road (2008), the tragedy of a suburban couple torn asunder by adultery and depression.
Sam MendesA.V. Clubby Scott Tobias June 2, 2009 It would be convenient to say that Sam Mendes came out of nowhere to sweep the Oscars, including Best Director and Best Picture, with his 1999 debut feature American Beauty. But in reality, his reputation as a theatrical
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This 'Mexican Beauty' Will Make You PukeAdrants, MAIt's one thing to watch Mena Suvari frolic in a bed of roses, a much punned scene from the movie American Beauty. It's quite another to watch a fat guy make eyes at you from a bed of Doritos. One is quite enjoyable. The other? Puke inducing.
Za morem / Beyond the Sea (2004)Filmy 4 You, Czech RepublicHrál od svých 14 do 20 let v muzikálech, co o nem vetšinou nikdo neví, proto e jej proslavil hlavne snímek Americká Krása (American Beauty, 1999) re írovaný Samem Mendesem. John Goodman má za sebou velmi dlouhou kariéru herce, zahrál si v Barton Fink
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