American Beauty: Difference between revisions
m
→top: clean up
(added Category:BAFTA Award (Film) using HotCat, added BAFTA Best Film template) |
m (→top: clean up) Tag: Reverted |
||
Line 22:
* '''Col. Frank Fitts, [[Semper Fi|USMC]]''' (Chris Cooper), a now-inactive Marine who fought in Vietnam. He's trying to raise Ricky in his own image ("[[Catch Phrase|You need structure... you need discipline]]"), which is meeting with limited success. [[Establishing Character Moment|He's also a flaming homophobe]].
* '''Barbara Fitts''' (Allison Janney), the colonel's [[Extreme Doormat|silent, disjointed wife]]. She doesn't get many scenes, but Janney uses even her character's silence to communicate that there are some severe repression problems going on here.
* '''Jim Berkley''' (Sam Robards) and '''Jim Olmeyer''' (Scott Bakula), a gay couple who are the Burnhams' next-door neighbors on the other side. Bakula has joked that these are the most normal people in the
Almost none of these characters are who they appear to be. The Burnhams evolve, while others are simply turned around on a single [[Wham! Line]].
Line 72:
* [[Knight Templar]]: Col. Fitts, who subjects his own son to urinalysis drug screening.
* [[Letting Her Hair Down]]: When Jane shows Ricky her breasts, she lets her hair down first and is much more beautiful because of it. She is also shown with her hair down when she and Ricky have their intimate scene.
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Lester Burnham, Caroline Burnham, Jane Burnham, Colonel Frank Fitts, Barbara Fitts, Ricky Fitts, Angela Hayes, Buddy Kane, Jim Olmeyer, and Jim Berkley. No, none of these are just filler
* [[Loners Are Freaks]]: Ricky Fitts. Ironically, he is probably the most normal person in the movie.
** Also an Ironic [[Meaningful Name]]: Ricky does ''not'' fit. It's not a coincidence that the movie starts when his family moves in next door.
Line 122:
[[Category:Academy Award]]
[[Category:Golden Globe Award]]
[[Category:
[[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]]
[[Category:BAFTA Award (Film)]]
| |||