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American Beauty (1999)

Name: American Beauty
Director: Sam Mendes
Genre: drama film, comedy drama, black comedy film
Rating: 8.3

Directed by Sam Mendes.

Directed by Sam Mendes · Cut by Christopher Greenbury, Tariq Anwar · Music by Thomas Newman

Behind the scenes

American Beauty 1999 - Behind the Scenes - American Beauty Look Closer... — Cine Extras · 22 min
the making of 'American Beauty' 1999 directed by Sam Mendes — movie making stories · 22 min
American Beauty (Part 1) — The Art of Character — Lessons from the Screenplay · 8 min

Elsewhere

All Sam Mendes films

More by Sam Mendes

Road to Perdition — 2002
Jarhead — 2005
Revolutionary Road — 2008
Away We Go — 2009
Skyfall — 2012
Spectre — 2015
1917 — 2020
Empire of Light — 2022
What They Found — 2025
untitled John Lennon film — 2028
untitled Paul McCartney film — 2028
untitled George Harrison film — 2028
untitled Ringo Starr film — 2028

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