When British filmmaker Sam Mendes won an Oscar for directing his first feature film American Beauty back in 1999, few doubted he would have a thriving career as a director, but even fewer could have expected how long it would take him to make a movie that represented his British roots. Instead, he went on to make a string of films that explored different sides of American culture, whether it's the period crime thriller Road to Perdition to American's involvement in the first Iraq War in Jarhead , the suburban drama of Revolutionary Road or the soul-seeking road comedy that is Away We Go . Even before making those five very different movies, Mendes had established himself as one of the most respected names in British theater. After spending years playing with his American...
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