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American Beauty (1999)
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Ratings: 8.5/10 from 469,885 users
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86/100
Reviews: 2,608 user | 238 critic | 33 from Metacritic.com Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation for his daughter's attractive friend. Director:Sam MendesWriter:Alan Ball |
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Won 5 Oscars.
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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 daughter's friends. Meanwhile, his daughter Jane is developing a happy friendship with a shy boy-next-door named Ricky, who lives with a homophobic father. Written by Jessie Skinner <eietherbinge@hotmail.com>
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Belleza americana See more »Box Office
Budget:
$15,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$861,531 (USA) (19 September 1999) (16 Screens)Gross:
$356,296,601 (Worldwide)Company Credits
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Jane Burnham: I need a father who's a role model, not some horny geek-boy who's gonna spray his shorts whenever I bring a girlfriend home from school. What a lame-o. Someone really should just put him out of his misery.
Ricky Fitts: Want me to kill him for you?
Jane Burnham: Yeah. Would you?
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Written by Mark Everett (as E) and Mickey Petralia
Performed by The Eels
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Goofs
Continuity: In early scenes Lester rides to work in a carpool arrangement with his wife and his daughter. Reinforcing the sense he is a loser Carolyn drives (apparently her Mercedes SUV) and Jane rides in the front passenger seat relegating him to the lowest position of power in the back seat where he slouches. When he loses his job at the ad agency he drives himself home in a hitherto unseen Toyota Camry which is subsequently revealed to be his when he trades it in for a Pontiac Firebird. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Jane Burnham: I need a father who's a role model, not some horny geek-boy who's gonna spray his shorts whenever I bring a girlfriend home from school. What a lame-o. Someone really should just put him out of his misery.
Ricky Fitts: Want me to kill him for you?
Jane Burnham: Yeah. Would you?
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Crazy Credits
thanks to all at the Donmar Warehouse in London and Dr. Bill and Alice See more »Connections
Referenced in "Jeopardy!: Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational Semifinal 2 (#26.167)" (2010) See more »Soundtracks
"Cancer For The Cure"Written by Mark Everett (as E) and Mickey Petralia
Performed by The Eels
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