Alan Ball, Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks, Stan Wlodkowski
Screenplay:
Alan Ball
Cameraman:
Conrad L. Hall
Composer:
Thomas Newman, Rick Arbuckle, Randy Bachman, Ian Ball, Paul Blackburn, Betty Carter, Burton Cummings, Bobby Darin, Bob Dylan, Mark Everett, Andy Fraser, Thomas Gray, Jim Kale, John Lennon, Barry Mann, Paul McCartney, Benjamin Ottewell, Oliver Peacock, Gar
Cast:
Kevin Spacey (as Lester Burnham), Annette Bening (as Carolyn Burnham), Thora Birch (as Jane Burnham), Wes Bentley (as Ricky Fitts), Mena Suvari (as...
Runtime:
122 min
MPAA Rating:
R
In Theaters:
1 October 1999
Distribution:
DreamWorks Distribution, United International Pictures, CIC Vídeo, Universal Pictures
Lester Burnham is a 42-year-old father and advertising executive who serves as the film's narrator. His wife Carolyn is an ambitious realtor who feels that she is unsuccessful at fulfilling her potential, and his 16-year-old daughter Jane is unhappy and struggling with self-esteem issues.
Lester himself is a self-described loser: boring, faceless and easy to forget. Lester is reinvigorated, however, when he meets Jane's friend and classmate Angela Hayes at a high school basketball game. Lester immediately develops an obvious infatuation with Angela, much to his daughter's embarrassment. Throughout the film, Lester has fantasies involving a sexually aggressive Angela and red rose petals. The Burnhams' new neighbors are Col. Frank Fitts, USMC, his distracted wife Barbara, and his camcorder-obsessed son Ricky. When confronted with the gay couple living two doors down, Col. Fitts reacts with homophobic disgust.
Over the course of a few days, each of the Burnhams individually makes a life-changing choice.
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