American Beauty
“... look closer”
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
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Cast
42 people
Kevin Spacey
Lester Burnham
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Annette Bening
Carolyn Burnham
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Thora Birch
Jane Burnham
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Wes Bentley
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Mena Suvari
Angela Hayes
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Peter Gallagher
Buddy Kane
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Allison Janney
Barbara Fitts
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Finding Nemo
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Chris Cooper
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Jim Olmeyer
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Sam Robards
Jim Berkley
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Barry Del Sherman
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Ara Celi
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Sam Mendes Director · Alan Ball Writer Thomas Newman Composer
Worldwide gross $356M · Budget $15M · United States release September 15, 1999
Box office
Budget
$15,000,000
Worldwide gross
$356,296,601
Gross vs. budget
23.8×
Production
DreamWorks Pictures
Production
Jinks/Cohen Company
Production
DreamWorks
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 8, 1999
Premiere · Grauman's Egyptian Theatre
United States · September 15, 1999
Limited theatrical · Los Angeles / New York City
United States
October 1, 1999 · Theatrical
Argentina
February 17, 2000 · Theatrical
Australia
January 26, 2000 · Theatrical
November 24, 2000 · Physical · DVD
Belgium
February 2, 2000 · Theatrical
Brazil
February 25, 2000 · Theatrical
June 23, 2000 · Physical · DVD
June 27, 2003 · TV · TV Globo com Cortes
Canada
September 11, 1999 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Chile
February 24, 2000 · Theatrical
Colombia
February 25, 2000 · Theatrical
Croatia
February 24, 2000 · Premiere · Hrvatska
Czechia
January 22, 2000 · Premiere · Febio Film Festival
February 17, 2000 · Theatrical
Denmark
February 18, 2000 · Theatrical
Estonia
March 24, 2000 · Theatrical
Finland
January 21, 2000 · Theatrical
France
February 2, 2000 · Theatrical · Visa CNC 98691
Germany
January 20, 2000 · Theatrical
Greece
November 21, 1999 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
February 18, 2000 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
March 2, 2000 · Theatrical
Hungary
February 17, 2000 · Theatrical
Iceland
January 28, 2000 · Theatrical
India
April 1, 2020 · Digital
Ireland
February 4, 2000 · Theatrical
Israel
January 13, 2000 · Theatrical
Italy
December 7, 1999 · Premiere · Noir in Festival
January 21, 2000 · Theatrical
Japan
April 29, 2000 · Theatrical
Kuwait
May 10, 2000 · Theatrical
Mexico
February 25, 2000 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 20, 2000 · Theatrical
November 7, 2002 · TV · Net 5
April 18, 2012 · Physical · Blu ray
New Zealand
February 17, 2000 · Theatrical
October 14, 2015 · Physical
Norway
January 28, 2000 · Theatrical
Philippines
May 17, 2000 · Theatrical
June 7, 2000 · Limited theatrical · Davao
Poland
February 11, 2000 · Theatrical
Portugal
January 28, 2000 · Theatrical
Romania
February 18, 2000 · Theatrical
Russia
March 22, 2000 · Theatrical
Singapore
March 2, 2000 · Theatrical
Slovakia
February 17, 2000 · Theatrical
South Korea
February 26, 2000 · Theatrical
Spain
January 28, 2000 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 2, 2000 · Premiere · Göteborg International Film Festival
February 25, 2000 · Theatrical
Switzerland
January 14, 2000 · Theatrical · Italian
January 20, 2000 · Theatrical · German
February 2, 2000 · Theatrical · French
Taiwan
March 4, 2000 · Theatrical
Thailand
March 17, 2000 · Theatrical
Türkiye
February 18, 2000 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 18, 1999 · Premiere · London Film Festival
January 28, 2000 · Limited theatrical · London
February 4, 2000 · Theatrical
Uruguay
February 25, 2000 · Theatrical
Venezuela
February 23, 2000 · Theatrical
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