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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

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  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's theatre dreams for Middle East

  • 05 Nov 2010

  Actor Kevin Spacey dreams of heading to the Middle East to popularise live theatre. The American Beauty star visited Doha in Qatar last week (ends31Oct10) and insists the trip inspired him to consider a move to the region. He is currently serving as artistic director at London's Old Vic theatre but will leave his post in 2015 - and he admits he would love to make a Middle Eastern production his next project. Spacey tells the Independent newspaper, "One of the things I want to do, without... Read more

  

  Spacey and Mendes reunite for Shakespeare

  • 27 Aug 2010

  Kevin Spacey is reuniting with the director who helped him win an Academy Award in a new transatlantic theatre project. The actor will star as Shakespeare's Richard III in a production due to open in New York and close in London, directed by Sam Mendes. Spacey and Mendes scooped Best Actor and Best Director Oscars for 1999 movie American Beauty. Announcing the project, due to open on Broadway in February 2012, Spacey says, "Sam is one of the finest directors I have had the pleasure to work... Read more

  

  Moore emailed Bening for Kids role

  • 26 Nov 2010

  Julianne Moore was so determined to cast Annette Bening as her onscreen lover in The Kids Are All Right, she emailed the actress directly to personally offer her the role. The actresses come together in the film about a lesbian couple and their kids' search for their sperm donor dad. Director Lisa Cholodenko suggested Bening as a co-star for Moore, and the redhead loved the idea of working with the American Beauty icon. And Moore was so anxious to sign Bening up, she took the unusual step of... Read more

  

  Spacey and Mendes feared loss of investment

  • 17 Apr 2010

  Actor Kevin Spacey and director Sam Mendes constantly feared investors in their international Shakespeare theatre project would drop out and force the cancellation of the event due to the global economic downturn. Spacey, who serves as artistic director at London's Old Vic theatre, teamed up with his pal Mendes to put on productions of As You Like It and The Tempest at the Theatre Marigny in Paris, France this month (Apr10). The American Beauty star admits the project was in doubt until the... Read more

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