Cast
Lester Burnham.................Kevin Spacey
Carolyn Burnham.................Annette Benning
Jane Burnham.................Thora Birch
Ricky Fitts.................Wes Bentley
Angela Hayes.................Mena Suvari
Buddy Kane.................Peter Gallagher
Barbara Fitts.................Allison Janney
Colonel Frank Fitts.................Chris Cooper (I)
Jim Olmeyer.................Scott Bakula
Jim "JB" Berkley.................Sam Robards
Brad Dupree .................Barry Del Sherman

Plot Summary

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

Short Essays by the students(not available yet)

American Beauty Clips:

1.Mom
2.The most beautiful thing ever filmed

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