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American Beauty
1999
AMERICAN BEAUTY tells the story of Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), a suburban father who snaps when he becomes disgusted with his stale, repetitive existence. Burnham lets us know in voice-over from the film's opening that this is the day he dies (using the SUNSET BOULEVARD flashback approach), a technique that adds an .. Read more
| Starring | Kevin Spacey, Sam Roberts, Annette Bening, Wes Bentley |
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| Director | Sam Mendes |
| Genres | Drama |
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Sheen lands theatre director role
- 16 Nov 2009
Michael Sheen is following in the footsteps of Kevin Spacey - he has taken on director duties at a top theatre company. The Frost/Nixon star is heading home to his native Wales to act as creative director for the country's National Theatre on a new contemporary take on the Passion Plays, which hits the stage next year (10). Sheen personally approached the company's artistic director to work on the play in Port Talbot, Wales - and he is thrilled with his new role. He says, "It is an honour to... Read more
American beauties join Mendes cast
- 22 Apr 2008
Good Night, And Good Luck star Jeff Daniels and A Mighty Wind's Catherine O'Hara are the latest Hollywood hotshots to sign up for the new comedy from American Beauty director Sam Mendes. The Hollywood Reporter says the pair have joined a cast including Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live, A Prairie Home Companion), John Krasinski (Leatherheads, The Office: An American Workplace) and Alison Janney (Juno, The West Wing), for the film, which starts production this week. Cheryl Hines (Curb Your... Read more
Spacey launches internet campaign to host Oscars
- 15 May 2009
Kevin Spacey is considering starting an Internet campaign to land the job of hosting the 2010 Academy Awards. The actor has a great relationship with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, having scooped statuettes for The Usual Suspects and American Beauty, and now he wants to take over from fellow actor Hugh Jackman as the host of the 82nd Awards. Spacey says. "I'd love to host the Oscars. We can start a campaign on Twitter right now." Read more
Mendes embarrasses Krasinski with sex scene
- 19 Jun 2009
Sam Mendes had a shock in store for John Krasinski on the opening day of shooting Away We Go - the director made him film an intimate sex scene with Maya Rudolph. The American Beauty filmmaker wanted to his two leads in the movie to bond immediately - so he ordered them into bed as soon as the cameras started rolling. And the surprise gave the scene an unexpected comic twist - Krasinski unintentionally left his spectacles on throughout the "passionate" encounter. The Office star Krasinski says, Read more
Marvellous Mendes
- 15 Sep 2009
Departures: that seems like a good starting point for a discussion of Sam Mendes, the British director of Away We Go, Revolutionary Road, and The Road to Perdition… Mendes has made five films in ten years, each very different, and yet all of them concerned, one way or another, with roads not taken, sudden shifts in direction, and the difficulty of finding the right path. Funnily enough, none of these themes seems to apply to Mendes himself. Nor do the rocky marital relationships that... Read more
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American Beauty
AMERICAN BEAUTY tells the story of Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), a suburban father who snaps when he becomes disgusted with his stale, repetitive existence. Burnham lets us know in voice-over from the film's opening that this is the day he dies (using the SUNSET BOULEVARD flashback approach), a ...
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