Oscar-winning actor Chris Cooper tells PEOPLE at the Tuesday, Sept. 2, second premiere of his new movie The History of Sound that everyone who made 1999's American Beauty was aware it would prove ...

At the 2000 Academy Awards, the film won five Oscars, including best picture. Then came 9/11, a tanking economy and Kevin Spacey. By Sarah Bahr It was March 2000, and everything was coming up roses ...