American beauty
Subtitle: the shooting script
By: screenplay and afterword by Alan Ball ; introduction by Sam Mendes.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: A Newmarket shooting script series book
Publisher: Newmarket Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
Other titles: American beauty (Motion picture)
Description: "On a typical suburban street in a typical suburban town, there is an ordinary family living the American dream. But look closer. Lester Burnham's wife, Carolyn, regards him with contempt, his daughter, Jane, thinks he's a loser, and his boss is positioning him for the ax."--BOOK JACKET.

"Captivated by Jane's sultry high school friend Angela, Lester decides to make a few changes in his mere existence - changes that are less mid-life crisis than a life reclaimed. The freer he gets, the happier he gets, which is even more maddening to his wife and daughter. Complicating matters, Lester finds an unexpected ally in Ricky, the teenage son of the new next-door neighbors, who sees life through a camera lens that has lately focused on Jane Burnham."--BOOK JACKET.