American Beautymarked acclaimed theater director Mendes' film debut courted after his successful productions of the musicals Oliver! and Cabaret, Mendes was nevertheless only given the job after twenty others were considered and several "A-list" directors turned down the opportunity. DreamWorks financed the $15 million production and served as the North American distributor. Producers Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen took American Beauty to DreamWorks the fledgling film studio bought Ball's script for $250,000, outbidding several other production bodies. The modified script had a cynical outlook that was influenced by Ball's frustrating tenures writing for several sitcoms. After several years as a television screenwriter, Ball revived the idea in 1997 when attempting to break into the film industry. He shelved the play after realizing the story would not work on stage. The film has been described by academics as a satire of American middle class notions of beauty and personal satisfaction analysis has focused on the film's explorations of romantic and paternal love, sexuality, beauty, materialism, self-liberation, and redemption.īall began writing American Beauty as a play in the early 1990s, partly inspired by the media circus around the Amy Fisher trial in 1992. Annette Bening co-stars as Lester's materialistic wife, Carolyn, and Thora Birch plays their insecure daughter, Jane Wes Bentley, Chris Cooper, and Allison Janney also feature. Kevin Spacey stars as office worker Lester Burnham, who has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenage daughter's best friend, Angela (Mena Suvari).
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