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3,638	660	4	997	247	27	35	247	said "Brad doesn 't understand why people would assume he's leaving." A few days later, Stevens reiterated that he was very happy at Butler and had no intentions to leave as long as he had the support of the university to continue running the program the "right way". == NBA == === Boston Celtics === On July 3, 2013...
3,930	708	4	999	248	28	35	249	ure as the 5th seed in the 2016 NBA Playoffs finishing the season with a 48 – 34 record. On June 1, 2016, Stevens received a contract extension. == Coaching style == According to Stevens, in one of his first games as head coach, he was nervous and "felt like our team played on edge" because of it. He decided that a t...
3,874	708	4	998	248	29	35	248	by saying, "When those big runs [by Syracuse and Kansas State] came, Coach called a timeout and said a few calm words. Then he said he believes in us, he loves us and we're going to win the game." On the rare occasion Stevens feels the need to correct a player, he does it with "positive reinforcement, just at a little ...
4,106	696	4	998	248	30	35	248	two or arguing about players ’ having better college careers." Stevens spends a lot of time preparing for each game, and always tries to add a few new wrinkles specific to that game's opponent. Sports Illustrated calls Stevens an expert "on breaking down tape and looking at statistical trends to find opponents'weakness...
4,186	728	4	998	248	31	35	248	if we give up 3 less baskets a game, then we will be at 40 percent field goal percentage defense which will be top 20 in the country". The team got the message, improved throughout the season, and ultimately went on a March run fueled by defense. In 2012, Stevens became the first college coach to hire someone solely fo...
4,202	716	4	997	247	32	35	247	little things that transform a group of good basketball players into a great basketball team. "I tell the players' the Butler Way 'isn't easy to define," Stevens says, "but you can see it on the floor when we share the basketball, play with great energy and defend." Stevens prefers to recruit strong team players instea...
4,186	668	4	998	248	33	35	248	or to leak his name for open coaching positions. He has been described as humble, modest, and not "about the money". The New York Times, USA Today, ESPN, and other commentators have attributed Butler's success against teams with superior athletes to Stevens' coaching style. The Times remarks, "the Bulldogs are very wel...
3,854	680	4	998	248	34	35	248	see if it's time to start shaving." On occasion, he has been mistaken for a player. He is also known for projecting a professional, "corporate" look from the sidelines. Asked what his life would be like if he had never taken up coaching, he replies "If everything else remained the same, I would have been as happy as he...
3,746	636	4	999	248	35	35	249	003. Tracy works as a labor and employment lawyer. Tracy also serves as Brad's agent. Brad and Tracy Stevens are involved with the American Cancer Society's Coaches Vs. Cancer. Brad says that the cause really hit home for them after Tracy's mother died of the disease in June 2004. The day before Butler's 2010 Final Fou...
2,414	392	4	854	212	36	35	212	is an orthopedic surgeon in Indianapolis and former Indiana Hoosiers football player. His mother, Jan, is a university professor. She has previously taught at Butler. == Head coaching record == === College === === NBA === === Awards and nominations === Henry Iba Coach of the Year Award finalist (2009) Horizon L...
3,942	660	4	999	249	0	36	249	= Shackleton (crater) = Shackleton is an impact crater that lies at the south pole of the Moon. The peaks along the crater's rim are exposed to almost continual sunlight, while the interior is perpetually in shadow (a Crater of eternal darkness). The low-temperature interior of this crater functions as a cold trap th...
3,830	648	4	998	248	1	36	248	has an outer rampart that has been only lightly impacted. No significant craters intersect the rim, and it is sloped about 1.5°toward the direction 50 – 90°from the Earth. The age of the crater is about 3.6 billion years and it has been in the proximity of the south lunar pole for at least the last two billion years. B...
3,790	688	4	998	248	2	36	248	off the rim. The interior of the crater consists of a symmetrical 30°slope that leads down to a 6.6 km diameter floor. The handful of craters along the interior span no more than a few hundred meters. The bottom is covered by an uneven mound-like feature that is 300 to 400 m thick. The central peak is about 200 m in he...
3,826	612	4	998	248	3	36	248	ice. This crater was named after Ernest Henry Shackleton, an Anglo-Irish explorer of Antarctica from 1901 until his death in 1922. The name was officially adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1994. Nearby craters of note include Shoemaker, Haworth, de Gerlache, Sverdrup, and Faustini. Somewhat farther awa...
4,358	680	4	998	248	4	36	248	properties could provide useful information about the lunar interior. A neutron spectrometer on board the Lunar Prospector spacecraft detected enhanced concentrations of hydrogen close to the northern and southern lunar poles, including the crater Shackleton. At the end of this mission in July 1999, the spacecraft was ...
4,622	716	4	998	248	5	36	248	the sides relatively difficult for a robotic vehicle. In addition, it is possible that the interior floor might not have collected a significant quantity of volatiles since its formation. However other craters in the vicinity are considerably older, and may contain significant deposits of hydrogen, possibly in the form...
3,958	644	4	999	249	6	36	249	2007. It did not have any evidence of significant amount of water ice, down to the image resolution of 10 m per pixel. On November 15, 2008, a 34-kg probe made a hard landing near the crater. The moon impact probe (MIP) was launched from the Indian Chandrayaan-I spacecraft and reached the surface 25 minutes later. The ...
4,318	732	4	998	248	7	36	248	Lunar Prospector could indicate the presence of water in the polar craters, the current evidence is far from definitive. There are doubts among scientists as to whether or not the hydrogen is in the form of ice, as well as to the concentration of this "ore" with depth below the surface. Resolution of this issue will re...
1,594	248	4	386	95	8	36	95	post, slated to be up and running by 2020 and continuously staffed by a crew by 2024. The location would promote self-sustainability for lunar residents, as perpetual sunlight on the south pole would provide energy for solar panels. Furthermore, the shadowed polar regions are believed to contain the frozen water necess...
3,650	560	4	999	249	0	37	249	= American Beauty (1999 film) = American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball. Kevin Spacey stars as Lester Burnham, a 42-year-old advertising executive who has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenaged daughter's best friend, Angela (Mena Suvari). A...
4,210	624	4	998	248	1	37	248	play after realizing the story would not work on stage. After several years as a television screenwriter, Ball revived the idea in 1997 when attempting to break into the film industry. The modified script had a cynical outlook that was influenced by Ball's frustrating tenures writing for several sitcoms. Producers Dan ...
4,126	620	4	998	248	2	37	248	role of Carolyn until Mendes offered the part to Bening without DreamWorks' knowledge. Principal photography took place between December 1998 and February 1999 on soundstages at the Warner Bros. backlot in Burbank, California, and on location in Los Angeles. Mendes'dominant style was deliberate and composed; he made ex...
3,930	608	4	998	248	3	37	248	major campaign to increase the film's chances of Academy Award success; at the 72nd Academy Awards the following year, the film won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (for Spacey), Best Original Screenplay, and Best Cinematography. It was nominated for and won many other awards and honors, mainly for the direction...
3,722	632	4	998	248	4	37	248	s is a strict disciplinarian who previously sent Ricky to a military school and briefly committed him to a psychiatric hospital. Jim Olmeyer and Jim Berkley, a gay couple who live nearby, welcome the family to the neighborhood; the homophobic Col. Fitts angrily asks Ricky "why these faggots have to rub it in your face....
3,954	636	4	998	248	5	37	248	hears Angela tell Jane that she would find him sexually attractive if he got in shape. He begins smoking marijuana supplied by Ricky. The girls'friendship wanes after Jane starts a relationship with Ricky. Jane and Ricky bond over what Ricky considers the most beautiful imagery he has filmed: a plastic bag being blown ...
3,666	660	4	997	247	6	37	247	sitting in her car in the rain, taking a gun out of the glove box while a voice on the radio talks about not being a victim. Ricky goes to Jane's bedroom, finding her arguing with Angela about Angela's flirtation with Lester. Ricky convinces Jane to flee with him to New York City and assures Angela that she is ugly, bo...
4,110	688	4	997	247	7	37	247	bathroom and Lester smiles at a family photograph in his kitchen. An unseen figure raises a gun to the back of his head, a gunshot sounds, and blood sprays on the wall. Ricky and Jane find Lester's body, while Carolyn breaks down crying in the closet. A bloodied Col. Fitts returns home, where a gun is shown to be missi...
4,110	676	4	998	248	8	37	248	"a mystery story, a kaleidoscopic journey through American suburbia, a series of love stories; [...] it was about imprisonment, [...] loneliness, [and] beauty. It was funny; it was angry, sad." The literary critic and author Wayne C. Booth concludes that the film resists any one interpretation: "[American Beauty] canno...
4,142	636	4	997	247	9	37	247	Ball's, but even while the writer was "strongly influential" on set, he often had to accept deviations from his vision, particularly ones that transformed the cynical tone of his script into something more optimistic. With "innumerable voices intruding on the original author's," Booth says, those who interpret American...
4,098	680	4	998	248	10	37	248	confined behind bars or within frames, such as when he is reflected behind columns of numbers on a computer monitor, "confined [and] nearly crossed out". The academic and author Jody W. Pennington argues that Lester's journey is the story's center. His sexual reawakening through meeting Angela is the first of several t...
3,954	696	4	998	248	11	37	248	and Carolyn's "superficial investments in others", Lester is trying to "regain a voice in a home that [only respects] the voices of mother and daughter". His final turning point comes when Angela and he almost have sex; after she confesses her virginity, he no longer thinks of her as a sex object, but as a daughter. He...
3,838	632	4	998	248	12	37	248	Mendes said that Ricky's staring into Lester's dead eyes is "the culmination of the theme" of the film: that beauty is found where it is least expected. === Conformity and beauty === Like other American films of 1999 — such as Fight Club, Bringing Out the Dead, and Magnolia, American Beauty instructs its audience to ...
4,334	728	4	999	248	13	37	249	ury of finding an individual'self' through denial and renunciation is always open to those wealthy enough to choose, and sly enough to present themselves sympathetically as a rebel." Professor Roy M. Anker argues that the film's thematic center is its direction to the audience to "look closer". The opening combines an ...
4,282	636	4	997	247	14	37	247	aside "to view the film and its philosophical issues". Through this examination of Lester's life, rebirth and death, American Beauty satirizes American middle class notions of meaning, beauty and satisfaction. Even Lester's transformation only comes about because of the possibility of sex with Angela; he therefore rema...
3,866	708	4	998	248	15	37	248	, [...] spiritual and mystical center". He sees beauty in the minutiae of everyday life, videoing as much as he can for fear of missing it. He shows Jane what he considers the most beautiful thing he has filmed: a plastic bag, tossing in the wind in front of a wall. He says capturing the moment was when he realized tha...
4,018	660	4	998	248	16	37	248	, Angela, and his family "for the poor and fragile but wondrous creatures they are". He looks at a picture of his family in happier times, and dies having had an epiphany that infuses him with "wonder, joy, and soul-shaking gratitude" — he has finally seen the world as it is. According to Patti Bellantoni, colors are u...
3,830	656	4	998	248	17	37	248	autiful reality". Carolyn feels that "as long as there can be roses, all is well". She cuts the roses and puts them in vases, where they adorn her "meretricious vision of what makes for beauty" and begin to die. The roses in the vase in the Angela – Lester seduction scene symbolize Lester's previous life and Carolyn; t...
3,870	672	4	998	248	18	37	248	are a direct result of his lust for Angela, and the state of his relationship with Carolyn is in part shown through their lack of sexual contact. Also sexually frustrated, Carolyn has an affair that takes her from "cold perfectionist" to a more carefree soul who "[sings] happily along with" the music in her car. Jane a...
3,674	552	4	998	248	19	37	248	not homophobic, but an "anguished self-interrogation". With other turn-of-the-millennium films such as Fight Club, In the Company of Men (1997), American Psycho (2000), and Boys Don 't Cry (1999), American Beauty "raises the broader, widely explored issue of masculinity in crisis". Professor Vincent Hausmann charges th...
4,070	640	4	998	248	20	37	248	figure implicitly celebrated in films like Fight Club". Hausmann concludes that Lester's behavior toward Angela is "a misguided but nearly necessary step toward his becoming a father again". Hausmann says the film "explicitly affirms the importance of upholding the prohibition against incest"; a recurring theme of Ball...
3,814	620	4	999	248	21	37	249	ely telling him he is homosexual, while Angela's vulnerability and submission to Lester reminds him of his responsibilities and the limits of his fantasy. Col. Fitts represents Ball's father, whose repressed homosexual desires led to his own unhappiness. Ball rewrote Col. Fitts to delay revealing him as homosexual, whi...
4,206	656	4	998	248	22	37	248	structure. For example, two scenes have the Burnhams sitting down to an evening meal, shot from the same angle. Each image is broadly similar, with minor differences in object placement and body language that reflect the changed dynamic brought on by Lester's new-found assertiveness. Another example is the pair of scen...
4,118	648	4	998	248	23	37	248	asize that Angela's performance is for him alone. "On Broadway" — which provides a conventional underscore to the onscreen action — is replaced by discordant, percussive music that lacks melody or progression. This nondiegetic score is important to creating the narrative stasis in the sequence; it conveys a moment for ...
3,802	604	4	998	248	24	37	248	" Lester's attempts to recapture his youth; reminiscent of how the counterculture of the 1960s combated American repression through music and drugs, Lester begins to smoke cannabis and listen to rock music. Mendes'song choices "progress through the history of American popular music". Miller argues that although some ma...
4,110	664	4	998	248	25	37	248	"the timid, small-breasted girl who, like his wife, has willfully developed a false public self". == Production == === Development === In 1997, Alan Ball resolved to move into the film industry after several frustrating years writing for the television sitcoms Grace Under Fire and Cybill. He joined the United Talen...
4,054	644	4	998	248	26	37	248	American Beauty. Ball did not expect to sell the script, believing it would act as more of a calling card, but American Beauty drew interest from several production bodies. Cannava passed the script to several producers, including Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, who took it to DreamWorks. With the help of executives Glenn W...
4,314	708	4	998	248	27	37	248	met with about 20 interested directors, several of whom were considered "A-list" at the time. Ball was not keen on the more well-known directors because he believed their involvement would increase the budget and lead DreamWorks to become "nervous about the content". Nevertheless, the studio offered the film to Mike Ni...
4,166	684	4	997	247	28	37	247	Oliver! and Cabaret, Spielberg encouraged him to consider American Beauty. Mendes found that he still had to convince DreamWorks'production executives to let him direct. He had already discussed the film with Jinks and Cohen, and felt they supported him. Ball was also keen; having seen Cabaret, he was impressed with Me...
3,738	656	4	999	248	29	37	249	38,000. In June 1998, DreamWorks confirmed that it had contracted Mendes to direct the film. === Writing === Ball was partly inspired by two encounters he had in the early 1990s. In about 1991 – 92, Ball saw a plastic bag blowing in the wind outside the World Trade Center. He watched the bag for 10 minutes, saying la...
3,986	688	4	998	248	30	37	248	.. "intensely personal", it could not be done on a stage. All the main characters appeared in this version, but Carolyn did not feature strongly; Jim and Jim instead had much larger roles. Ball based Lester's story on aspects of his own life. Lester's re-examination of his life parallels feelings Ball had in his mid-30...
4,254	724	4	998	248	31	37	248	the scene to the final version. Ball initially rebuffed counsel from others that he change the script, feeling they were being puritanical; the final impetus to alter the scene came from DreamWorks' then-president Walter Parkes. He convinced Ball by indicating that in Greek mythology, the hero "has a moment of epiphany...
4,230	740	4	998	248	32	37	248	film — Col. Fitts was the only character to have a flashback — and because it removed the element of surprise from Col. Fitts' later pass at Lester. Ball said he had to write it for his own benefit to know what happened to Col. Fitts, though all that remained in later drafts was subtext. Ball remained involved througho...
3,978	760	4	998	248	33	37	248	's car in which Ricky and Jane talk about death and beauty; the scene differed from earlier versions, which set it as a "big scene on a freeway" in which the three witness a car crash and see a dead body. The change was a practical decision, as the production was behind schedule and they needed to cut costs. The schedu...
3,794	648	4	998	248	34	37	248	rewritten to accommodate the loss of the freeway sequence; set in a schoolyard, it presents a "turning point" for Jane in that she chooses to walk home with Ricky instead of going with Angela. By the end of filming, the script had been through 10 drafts. === Casting === Mendes had Spacey and Bening in mind for the le...
3,746	608	4	998	248	35	37	248	at a time, playing by his instincts. This is actually much closer to me, to what I am, than those other parts." Mendes offered Bening the role of Carolyn without the studio's consent; although executives were upset at Mendes, by September 1998, DreamWorks had entered negotiations with Spacey and Bening. Spacey loosely ...
3,882	648	4	999	248	36	37	249	50), which is also narrated in retrospect by a dead character. Mendes felt it evoked Lester's — and the film's — loneliness. Bening recalled women from her youth to inform her performance: "I used to babysit constantly. You 'd go to church and see how people present themselves on the outside, and then be inside their h...
3,802	680	4	999	248	37	37	249	998, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, and Mena Suvari had been cast in the parts — in Birch's case, despite the fact she was underage for her nude scene. As Birch was 16 at the time she made the film, and thus classified as a minor in the United States, her parents had to approve her brief topless scene in the movie. Child la...
4,358	748	4	998	248	38	37	248	s dialogue, including conversations between Colonel Fitts and her, as he felt that what needed to be said about the pair — their humanity and vulnerability — was conveyed successfully through their shared moments of silence. Chris Cooper plays Colonel Fitts, Scott Bakula plays Jim Olmeyer, and Sam Robards plays Jim Ber...
3,886	628	4	998	248	39	37	248	that Carolyn and Lester's relationship had reached. Spacey and Bening worked to create a sense of the love that Lester and Carolyn once had for one another; for example, the scene in which Lester almost seduces Carolyn after the pair argues over Lester's buying a car was originally "strictly contentious". === Filming ...
3,990	632	4	998	248	40	37	248	s not about a place, it's about an archetype. [...] The milieu was pretty much Anywhere, USA — upwardly mobile suburbia." The intent was for the setting to reflect the characters, who are also archetypes. Shohan said, "All of them are very strained, and their lives are constructs." The Burnhams'household was designed a...
3,950	648	4	998	248	41	37	248	the film in which Col. Fitts — watching from Ricky's bedroom — mistakenly assumes that Lester is paying Ricky for sex. Mendes made sure to establish the line of sight early on in the film to make the audience feel a sense of familiarity with the shot. The house interiors were filmed on the backlot, on location, and on ...
3,998	668	4	998	248	42	37	248	and composed, with a minimalist design that provided "a sparse, almost surreal feeling — a bright, crisp, hard edged, near Magritte-like take on American suburbia"; Mendes constantly directed his set dressers to empty the frame. He made Lester's fantasy scenes "more fluid and graceful", and Mendes made minimal use of s...
4,150	752	4	998	248	43	37	248	. For the plastic-bag footage, Mendes used wind machines to move the bag in the air. The scene took four takes; two by the second unit did not satisfy Mendes, so he shot the scene himself. He felt his first take lacked grace, but for the last attempt, he changed the location to the front of a brick wall and added leave...
4,090	660	4	998	248	44	37	248	the studio interfered little with the film's content. Spacey, Bening and Hall worked for significantly less than their usual rates. American Beauty cost DreamWorks $ 15 million to produce, slightly above their projected sum. Mendes was so dissatisfied with his first three days'filming that he obtained permission from D...
4,026	704	4	999	248	45	37	249	isms for the act in each take. Mendes said, "I wanted that not just because it was funny [...] but because I didn 't want it to seem rehearsed. I wanted it to seem like he was blurting it out of his mouth without thinking. [Spacey] is so in control — I wanted him to break through." Spacey obliged, eventually coming up ...
4,198	732	4	998	248	46	37	248	, but had to leave halfway through post-production because of a scheduling conflict with Me, Myself and Irene (2000) (in which Chris Cooper also starred). Mendes and an assistant edited the film for 10 days between the appointments. Mendes realized during editing that the film was different from the one he had envision...
4,466	804	4	997	247	47	37	247	tells Ricky to kill her father. This scene was to be the revelation to the audience that the pair was not responsible for Lester's death, as the way it was scored and acted made it clear that Jane's request was not serious. However, in the portion he used in the opening — and when the full scene plays out later — Mende...
4,230	724	4	999	248	48	37	249	PD Blue". Instead, he wanted the ending to be "a poetic mixture of dream and memory and narrative resolution". When Ball first saw a completed edit, it was a version with truncated versions of these scenes. He felt that they were so short that they "didn't really register". Mendes and he argued, but Ball was more accep...
4,450	740	4	998	248	49	37	248	production on American Beauty, and had already storyboarded the whole film. Hall was involved for one month during preproduction; his ideas for lighting the film began with his first reading of the script, and further passes allowed him to refine his approach before meeting Mendes. Hall was initially concerned that aud...
3,546	604	4	998	248	50	37	248	in a 2.39: 1 aspect ratio in the Super 35 format, using Kodak Vision 500T 5279 35 mm film stock. He used Super 35 partly because its larger scope allowed him to capture elements such as the corners of the petal-filled pool in its overhead shot, creating a frame around Angela within. He shot the whole film at the same T...
4,290	768	4	998	248	51	37	248	in contrast. Hall used a 1 / 8 inch Tiffen Black ProMist filter for almost every scene, which he said in retrospect may not have been the best choice, as the optical steps required to blow Super 35 up for its anamorphic release print led to a slight amount of degradation; therefore, the diffusion from the filter was no...
4,398	768	4	998	248	52	37	248	he lit it from the left, with a large light crossing the actors, and with a soft light behind the camera. Hall felt the consequent wide shot "worked perfectly for the tone of the scene". Hall made sure to keep rain, or the suggestion of it, in every shot near the end of the film. In one shot during Lester's encounter w...
3,914	608	4	998	248	53	37	248	rhythm, the inspiration for which was provided by Mendes. Newman "favored pulse, rhythm, and color over melody", making for a more minimalist score than he had previously created. He built each cue around "small, endlessly repeating phrases" — often, the only variety through a "thinning of the texture for eight bars". ...
3,510	568	4	998	248	54	37	248	, The Folk Implosion, Gomez, and Bob Dylan, as well as two cover versions — The Beatles' "Because" performed by Elliott Smith, and Neil Young's "Don't Let It Bring You Down" performed by Annie Lennox. Produced by the film's music supervisor Chris Douridas, an abridged soundtrack album was released on October 5, 1999, a...
4,218	676	4	997	248	55	37	247	Works contracted Amazon.com to create the official website, marking the first time that Amazon had created a special section devoted to a feature film. The website included an overview, a photo gallery, cast and crew filmographies, and exclusive interviews with Spacey and Bening. The film's tagline — "look closer" — or...
4,134	664	4	998	248	56	37	248	to a young audience in San Jose, California. Mendes claimed the screening went very well. === Theatrical run === The film had its world premiere on September 8, 1999, at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles. Three days later, the film appeared at the Toronto International Film Festival. With the filmmakers and c...
3,582	600	4	998	248	57	37	248	on average. The theater count hit a high of 1,528 at the end of the month, before a gradual decline. Following American Beauty's wins at the 57th Golden Globe Awards, DreamWorks re-expanded the theater presence from a low of 7 in mid-February, to a high of 1,990 in March. The film ended its North American theatrical ru...
3,678	596	4	998	248	58	37	248	On February 4, American Beauty debuted in France and Belgium. Expanding to 303 theaters in the United Kingdom, the film ranked first at the box office with $ 1.7 million. On the weekend of February 18 — following American Beauty's eight nominations for the 72nd Academy Awards — the film grossed $ 11.7 million from 21 t...
3,666	596	4	997	247	59	37	247	included robust returns in Argentina, Greece, and Turkey. On the weekend of March 3, 2000, American Beauty debuted strongly in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore, markets traditionally "not receptive to this kind of upscale fare". The impressive South Korean performance continued, with a return of $ 1.2 million after nin...
4,134	648	4	998	248	60	37	248	thirds the number of copies it originally intended. DreamWorks made around one million copies available for rental; Blockbuster's share would usually have been about 400,000 of these. Some Blockbuster stores only displayed 60 copies, and others did not display the film at all, forcing customers to ask for it. The strat...
3,918	644	4	998	248	61	37	248	$ 3.12, compared with $ 3.40 for films that Blockbuster fully promoted. Only 53 % of the film's rentals were from large outlets in the first week, compared with the usual 65 %. The DVD release included a behind-the-scenes featurette, film audio commentary from Mendes and Ball, and a storyboard presentation with discuss...
3,570	568	4	997	247	62	37	247	received overwhelming praise, chiefly for Spacey, Mendes and Ball. Variety reported that "no other 1999 movie has benefited from such universal raves." It was the best-received title at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), where it won the People's Choice award after a ballot of the festival's audiences. TIF...
4,262	656	4	997	247	63	37	247	himself". Kevin Jackson of Sight & Sound said Spacey impressed in ways distinct from his previous performances, the most satisfying aspect being his portrayal of "both sap and hero". Writing in Film Quarterly, Gary Hentzi praised the actors, but said that characters such as Carolyn and Col. Fitts were stereotypes. Hent...
3,782	552	4	997	248	64	37	247	Against considerable odds, we do like [these characters]," Turan concluded. Maslin felt that Mendes directed with "terrific visual flair", saying his minimalist style balanced "the mordant and bright" and that he evoked the "delicate, eroticized power-playing vignettes" of his theater work. Jackson said Mendes' theatri...
3,978	592	4	998	248	65	37	248	was "shrewd", naming Hall and Newman in particular. Turan suggested that American Beauty may have benefited from Mendes'inexperience, as his "anything's possible daring" made him attempt beats that more seasoned directors might have avoided. Turan felt that Mendes'accomplishment was to "capture and enhance [the] dualit...
3,882	604	4	998	248	66	37	248	, was the revelation of Col. Fitts'homosexuality, which he said evoked "hoary Freudianism". Jackson said the film transcended its clichéd setup to become a "wonderfully resourceful and sombre comedy". He said that even when the film played for sitcom laughs, it did so with "unexpected nuance". Hentzi criticized how the...
3,874	644	4	998	248	67	37	248	of materialism and conformity in American suburbia were "hackneyed". McCarthy conceded that the setting was familiar, but said it merely provided the film with a "starting point" from which to tell its "subtle and acutely judged tale". Maslin agreed; she said that while it "takes aim at targets that are none too fresh"...
4,030	664	4	998	248	68	37	248	at the time." Currently, the film holds an 88 % score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 180 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2 / 10; the critical consensus reads, "Flawlessly cast and brimming with dark, acid wit, American Beauty is a smart, provocative high point of late' 90s mainstream Hollywood film." Metacritic gives...
4,274	660	4	998	248	69	37	248	backlash suggested American Beauty was the underdog in the race for Best Picture; however, at the Golden Globe Awards in January 2000, American Beauty won Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay. As the nominations for the 72nd Academy Awards approached, a frontrunner had not emerged. DreamWorks had launched a maj...
4,350	680	4	998	248	70	37	248	film in the communities'bookstores, and to arrange a question-and-answer session with Mendes for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Dale Olson advised the studio to advertise in free publications that circulated in Beverly Hills — home to many voters — in addition to major newspapers. Olson arranged to sc...
3,438	536	4	998	248	71	37	248	. Both studios mounted aggressive campaigns; DreamWorks bought 38 % more advertising space in Variety than Miramax. On March 26, 2000, American Beauty won five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Spacey), Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography. At the 53rd British Academy Film Awards, Ame...
722	120	4	254	62	72	37	62	of America ranked the screenplay number 38 on its list of 101 greatest screenplays. The film was nominated for AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) in 2007. of America ranked the screenplay number 38 on its list of 101 greatest screenplays. The film was nominated for AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movi...
4,138	624	4	999	249	0	38	249	= Christopher Gore = Christopher Gore (September 21, 1758 – March 1, 1827) was a prominent Massachusetts lawyer, Federalist politician, and U.S. diplomat. Born into a family divided by the American Revolution, Gore sided with the victorious Patriots, established a successful law practice in Boston, and built a fortun...
4,194	676	4	999	248	1	38	249	1812. Gore invested his fortune in a variety of businesses, including important infrastructure projects such as the Middlesex Canal and a bridge across the Charles River. He was a major investor in the early textile industry, funding the Boston Manufacturing Company and the Merrimack Manufacturing Company, whose busine...
3,922	628	4	998	248	2	38	248	the outset of the American Revolutionary War and the Siege of Boston in 1775, Harvard's buildings were occupied by the Continental Army, and Gore temporarily continued his studies in Bradford until Harvard could resume operations in Concord. While at Harvard Gore participated in a speaking club, and formed significant ...
3,906	636	4	998	248	3	38	248	was admitted to the bar in 1778 after a comparatively brief tutelage. Gore's law practice flourished, in part because many Loyalist lawyers had fled Massachusetts. Gore's clients included Loyalists seeking to recover some of their assets, as well as London-based British merchants with claims to pursue. His briefs were ...
3,974	588	4	999	246	4	38	246	concerned about a rise in anti-lawyer sentiment in Massachusetts. Grievances over harsh policies pursued by Governor James Bowdoin blossomed into Shays'Rebellion, which required militia action to crush in 1787. Gore was one of several high-profile lawyers assigned to defend participants in the rebellion (included in th...
4,374	728	4	998	248	5	38	248	required of it by the new federal constitution. By his proposal the legislature decided that presidential electors would be chosen by a joint session. He also proposed that the state House and Senate agree by separate votes on choices for the United States Senate, a process that would significantly reduce popular input...
3,934	648	4	998	248	6	38	248	Gore had purchased $ 90,000 worth of paper for about $ 20,000, and encouraged Craigie to purchase more than the $ 11,000 he had acquired if his funding would allow for it. Gore also purchased Massachusetts war-related debts, and lobbied Massachusetts Congressmen for the U.S. government to assume those as well. Gore's w...
4,190	648	4	997	247	7	38	247	foreign debt obligations on favorable terms. Parker was a business partner of Craigie's, and Duer was an influential New York businessman and Treasury Department official whose lavish lifestyle impressed Gore. The partnership promoted sales of U.S. lands in Europe, and sought to acquire U.S. obligations to France. Alth...

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