American Beauty
1999
Academy Award for Best Picture — 72nd Academy Awards
- Director:
- Sam Mendes
- Studio:
- DreamWorks Pictures, Jinks/Cohen Company
- Starring:
- Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari
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Lester Burnham, a middle-aged media executive in suburbia, despises his job and is unhappily married to neurotic, status-obsessed Carolyn. Their 16-year-old daughter and only child, Jane, resents her parents and has low self-esteem. Retired Marine colonel Frank Fitts, his near-catatonic wife Barbara, and their teenage son Ricky move in next door.