Lester Burnham''s wife Carolyn, who''s cheating on him, hates him, his daughter Jane regards him with contempt, and his boss is positioning him for the ax the typical suburban nightmare.

When you''ve got nothing to lose, you might as well risk everything. Provoked by forbidden passions, Lester decides to make a few changes in his life that are less mid-life crisis than adolescence redux.

The freer he gets, the happier he gets, which is even more maddening to wife and daughter alike. A pandora''s box of fantasies as he begins lust after his daughter''s over-developed friend. But Lester Burnham is about to learn that the ultimate freedom comes at the ultimate price.

Directed by
Sam Mendes

Cast
Kevin Spacey - Lester Burnham
Annette Bening - Carolyn Burnham
Thora Birch - Jane Burnham
Wes Bentley - Ricky Fitts
Mena Suvari - Angela Hayes
Peter Gallagher - Buddy Kane
Allison Janney - Barbara Fitts
Chris Cooper - Colonel Fitts
Scott Bakula - Jim Olmeyer
Sam Robards - Jim Berkley
Barry Del Sherman - Brad

Production Co.
Jinks/Cohen Company

Produced by
Bruce Cohen
Stanley J Wlodkowski
Dan Jinks
Alan Ball
Janet Yale
Jonathan F Styrlund

Studio
Dreamworks Pictures

Writer
Alan Ball

Music
Thomas Newman