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American Beauty

Genre
Drama
Rating
R
Released
15 September, 1999

About American Beauty

A sexually frustrated advertising executive has a midlife crisis and becomes obsessed with the best friend of his teenage daughter. Screenwriter Alan Ball first began writing it as a play in the early 1990s, but scrapped it until 1997.

Achievement of American Beauty

It was the best-reviewed American film of 1999 and went on to win Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director (Sam Mendes), Best Actor (Kevin Spacey), Best Original Screenplay, and Best Cinematography.

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Latest information about American Beauty updated on July 28 2021.