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 daughters friends

. Meanwhile, his daughter Jane is developing a happy friendship with a shy boy-next-door named Ricky who lives with a homophobic father.

Title: American Beauty

Release Date: 1999

Genres: Drama

Directors: Mendes, Sam

Actors:
• Spacey, Kevin as Lester Burnham
• Bening, Annette as Carolyn Burnham
• Birch, Thora as Jane Burnham
• Bentley, Wes as Ricky Fitts
• Suvari, Mena as Angela Hayes
• Cooper, Chris as Col. Frank Fitts, USMC
• Gallagher, Peter as Buddy Kane
• Janney, Allison as Barbara Fitts
• Bakula, Scott as Jim Olmeyer
• Robards, Sam as Jim Berkley
• Del Sherman, Barry as Brad Dupree
• Celi, Ara as Sale House Woman #1
• Cho, John as Sale House Man #1
• Atkinson, Fort as Sale House Man #2
• Casey, Sue as Sale House Woman #2

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