Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
American Beauty is of 2 hour(s) and 2 minute(s). It is Produced By: DreamWorks Pictures, Jinks/Cohen Company. It was released on 1999-09-15. It has the tagline: Look closer. It has an average vote of 8.018 on TMDB.
Genres: Drama
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Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.
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