American Beauty Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

IMDb

Released Date

September 15, 1999

Distributor

DreamWorks Distribution

Genre

Drama

Rating

Budget

$15,000,000

Worldwide Gross

Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$130,096,601 + $226,200,000 = $356,296,601

Cast

Kevin Spacey, Allison Janney, Thora Birch, Mena Suvari, Wes Bentley, Scott Bakula, Annette Bening, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Sam Robards

Kevin Spacey

as Lester Burnham

Allison Janney

as Barbara Fitts

Thora Birch

as Jane Burnham

Mena Suvari

as Angela Hayes

Wes Bentley

as Ricky Fitts

Scott Bakula

as Jim Olmeyer

Annette Bening

as Carolyn Burnham

Peter Gallagher

as Buddy Kane

Chris Cooper

as Colonel Fitts

Sam Robards

as Jim Berkley

About American Beauty

A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.

About

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.

Trivia

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.