Movie · 1999
American Beauty
“... look closer”
Released 15 September 1999 122 min Drama More from 1999 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
FR·01
How old were they?
Sue Casey
as Sale House Woman #2
Hal Fort Atkinson
as Sale House Man #2
Chris Cooper
as Colonel Fitts
Peter Gallagher
as Buddy Kane
Scott Bakula
as Jim Olmeyer
Annette Bening
as Carolyn Burnham
Kevin Spacey
as Lester Burnham
Allison Janney
as Barbara Fitts
Sam Robards
as Jim Berkley
Barry Del Sherman
as Brad
Amber Smith
as Christy Kane
Ara Celi
as Sale House Woman #1
Wes Bentley
as Ricky Fitts
Mena Suvari
as Angela Hayes
Thora Birch
as Jane Burnham
FR·02
The numbers
23.8×$15m budget became $356m at the box office
56years between the oldest and youngest billed
73Sue Casey — oldest on the call sheet
17Thora Birch — youngest billed
38average age of the credited cast