TIL that as production for American Beauty began, DreamWorks approached twenty established directors, including several A-listers, all who turned down the project before they agreed to let Sam Mendes, a theater director, do it. It won Best Picture and Mendes won Best Director at the 2000 Oscars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Beauty_%281999_film%29



Submitted February 11, 2015 at 06:51PM by Vranak http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2vj6uu/til_that_as_production_for_american_beauty_began/