American Beauty (1999 film) inserted later on to show the low point that Carolyn and Lester's relationship had reached. Spacey and Bening worked to create a sense of the love that Lester and Carolyn once had for one another; for example, the scene in which Lester almost seduces Carolyn after the pair argues over Lester's buying a car was originally "strictly contentious". Principal photography lasted about 50 days from December 14, 1998, to February 1999. "American Beauty" was filmed on soundstages at the Warner Bros. backlot in Burbank, California, and at Hancock Park and Brentwood in Los Angeles. The aerial shots at the beginning
Carolyn Zane and 1999. After what Zane refers to as the world's longest maternity leave, she went back to work as the launch author for Abingdon Press's "Quilts of Love" series. Her book, "Beyond the Storm", inspired by the Joplin/Tuscaloosa tornadoes, debuted October 2012. "*" Miss Prim's Untamable Cowboy (1997) List of romantic novelists Carolyn Zane Carolyn Pizzuti is an American author of romance novels under the pen name Carolyn Zane. She has also been published as Suzy Pizzuti. Carolyn was born to Douglas Owen Tope and Mary Patricia Willis and raised in Southern California. When she was five, her family, including