You can bring home the 1999 Best Picture winner home in a brand new Blu-ray edition this September. American Beauty will be released in a new Sapphire Series Blu-ray on September 21. We don't have a cover art image as of yet, but this new BD disc will be priced at $29.99 SRP and you can take a look at the special features below. The film stars Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Mena Suvari, Chris Cooper and Wes Bentley.

American Beauty Sapphire Series

Noted theater director Sam Mendes, who was responsible for the acclaimed 1998 revival of Cabaret and Nicole Kidman's turn in The Blue Room, made his motion picture debut with this film about the dark side of an American family, and about the nature and price of beauty in a culture obsessed with outward appearances. Kevin Spacey plays Lester Burnham, a man in his mid-40s going through an intense midlife crisis; he's grown cynical and is convinced that he has no reason to go on. Lester's relationship with his wife Carolyn (Annette Bening) is not a warm one; while on the surface Carolyn strives to present the image that she's in full control of her life, inside she feels empty and desperate. Their teenage daughter Jane (Thora Birch) is constantly depressed, lacking in self-esteem, and convinced that she's unattractive. Her problems aren't helped by her best friend Angela (Mena Suvari), an aspiring model who is quite beautiful and believes that that alone makes her a worthwhile person. Jane isn't the only one who has noticed that Angela is attractive: Lester has fallen into uncontrollable lust for her, and she becomes part of his drastic plan to change his body and change his life. Meanwhile, next door, Colonel Fitts (Chris Cooper) has spent a lifetime in the Marine Corps and can understand and tolerate no other way of life, which makes life difficult for his son Ricky (Wes Bentley), an aspiring filmmaker and part-time drug dealer who is obsessed with beauty, wherever and whatever it may be. American Beauty was also the screen debut for screenwriter Alan Ball.

Special Features:

  • Commentary with Director Sam Mendes and Screenwriter Alan Ball
  • - American Beauty Look Closer...
  • - Storyboard Presentation with Sam Mendes and Director of Photography Conrad L. Hall
  • - 2 Theatrical Trailers HD