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With American Beauty about to open in Britain, Sam Mendes talks to Richard Coles about the different challenges of directing for stage and screen. Though at 34 Mendes must be weary of the press headline "wunderkind", he has already been tipped for an Oscar for his first film American Beauty, and Hollywood is at the feet of the British director.

(See also Front Row, Thursday 7.15pm on Radio 4)

Contributors

Interviewer:
Richard Coles
Interviewee:
Sam Mendes
Source: Radio Times

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