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Titanic shipmates Kathy Bates, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Kate Winslet step onboard for director Sam Mendes' tale of suburban malaise in 1950s-era Connecticut. Adapted from the classic 1961 novel by author Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road tells the tale of a young Connecticut couple whose once-idealistic relationship steadily deteriorates into a ceaseless cycle of petty jealousy and bickering as they strive to retain their independence in the conformity-obsessed world of picket fences and perfectly manicured lawns. ...
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Overview

Titanic shipmates Kathy Bates, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Kate Winslet step onboard for director Sam Mendes' tale of suburban malaise in 1950s-era Connecticut. Adapted from the classic 1961 novel by author Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road tells the tale of a young Connecticut couple whose once-idealistic relationship steadily deteriorates into a ceaseless cycle of petty jealousy and bickering as they strive to retain their independence in the conformity-obsessed world of picket fences and perfectly manicured lawns. Ever since they first met, Frank DiCaprio and April Winslet saw themselves as special and different. They strive to form their relationship around higher ideals, though upon moving into their new home on Revolutionary Road, the defiant couple pledges never to be confined by the social conventions of the era. As time passes, however, Frank and April gradually become the very thing that they both feared most -- a typical suburban family complete with abandoned dreams and faded hopes. Frank loses his nerve after taking a comfortable job with a reliable salary, and April morphs into an unsatisfied homemaker desperate for passion and excitement. But April's independent spirit hasn't been suffocated just yet, and when she hatches a plan to head for Paris, her need to escape at all costs stands in direct contrast to Frank's desire to hold on to what they already have.
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Special Features

Closed Caption; Commentary with director Sam Mendes and screenwriter Justin Haythe; Deleted scenes with commentary by director Sam Mendes and screenwriter Justin Haythe; Lives of Quiet Desperation: The Making of Revolutionary Road
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All Movie Guide - Perry Seibert
Sam Mendes won the Best Director Oscar for his debut film, American Beauty. The 1999 black comedy took a jaded view of suburban ennui and emasculated middle-aged men, and while Mendes returns to this subject matter with his adaptation of Richard Yates' cult novel Revolutionary Road, it's hardly a case of an artist reverting to safe, familiar territory. Set in the 1950s, Revolutionary Road stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet -- reunited for the first time since Titanic -- as Frank and April Wheeler, thirtysomething suburbanites who imagine themselves free spirits, but are in fact just as ordinary as all the neighbors they condescend to. He takes the train into the city to work as a white-collar drone for a company that sells "business machines"; she's a housewife who once dreamed of becoming an actress. On the surface, they have achieved the middle-class American dream, but in truth, their marriage has deteriorated into an emotionally deadening game of playing house that, after a particularly lacerating argument, sends Frank running into the arms and bed of another woman. April, on the other hand, responds to that row by offering a radical change that will shake them out of their rut: she suggests they pack up their two kids and move to Paris. After some discussion, she wins him over with the argument that she will work and he can find what it is he wants to do. They then proceed to gleefully spring the news on their friends and neighbors, who respond with a combination of shock and dismay that tickles the Wheelers' sense of superiority. Soon, however, an unexpected complication throws a wrench in their plan, and forces them to face the truth about themselves. American Beauty laced its darkest moments with sardonic humor, but Revolutionary Road is a pure, undiluted tragedy that offers no reprieve from its microscopic dissection of a doomed relationship. We are treated, in the film's opening minutes, to the moment Frank and April met -- a textbook case of love at first sight. Directly afterward, we see them -- slightly older and very miserable -- seething at each other before erupting into the kind of tumultuous, soul-scarring fight that would usually serve as the end, rather than the beginning, of most domestic dramas. By charting how the couple attempts to rebuild from that fight -- and allowing the audience to watch in horror as they instead fall back into the same unhealthy roles -- Mendes fashions one of the most psychologically penetrating and emotionally affecting portraits of a failed marriage to reach the screen in recent memory. Thankfully, his actors are more than up to the remarkable challenge. Leonardo DiCaprio is ideally cast as Frank, a young man easily stung by his wife's accusations of immaturity. Yet again, as with The Departed, DiCaprio seizes on a role where his baby face underscores a crucial element of the character -- in this case, Frank's inability to understand what it is he really wants in life. That basic confusion about his motivations colors every aspect of his character, and DiCaprio is just as credible when Frank comes close to striking his wife during their horrific fights as he is when he quietly implodes with his own regret. It's a marvelous, detailed performance that grows more impressive with multiple viewings. As his wife, April, Kate Winslet matches DiCaprio's intensity and emotional richness. Unlike Frank, April does know what she wants from life -- and her inability to get it eats away at her until she lashes out at anything and everything around her. Individually they are superb, but in their dramatic showdowns -- particularly in the final take-no-prisoners shouting match, and the eerie fallout from it the next morning -- they create an indelible portrait of how it looks when a couple's love mutates into hate. If nothing else, Revolutionary Road proves that their Titanic chemistry was no fluke. As if their performances weren't enough, they aren't the only actors who show considerable skill. Michael Shannon, who specializes in playing vaguely threatening oddballs, shines in the tricky role of John Givings, a mentally unstable acquaintance who sees through the facade the Wheelers have constructed for themselves -- he's the only one who congratulates them for their efforts to get out of the suburban rat race. It's a difficult part -- more symbol than three-dimensional character -- but Shannon pulls it off precisely because he brings real emotional truth into a place, the Wheeler home, where lies and self-deception are the norm. And as the Wheelers' neighbors, Kathryn Hahn and David Harbour create their own unique portrait of quiet desperation that, comparatively, gives the Wheelers' fate a certain amount of honor. Indeed, all of the performers in the film truly shine, and all of them can probably thank Sam Mendes for creating an ideal environment. He was the darling of the London theatrical world before jumping into film directing, and this movie -- his fourth -- offers the clearest proof yet that he's integrated his potent stage skills into his career behind the camera. There is a purposefulness to every aspect of the movie: the soundtrack, the lighting, and especially the art direction all work together to create the Wheelers' suffocating outer and inner lives. The film has the inevitable push of great drama, but Mendes always keeps one eye on the character and one on the story -- and by doing so, he makes the Wheelers' relationship both inevitable and believable. That attention to detail makes for a profoundly heavy drama that never once feels heavy-handed.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 6/2/2009
  • UPC: 097363521846
  • Original Release: 2008

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  • Source: Dreamworks Video
  • Region Code: 1
  • Time: 1:58:00
  • Format: DVD

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Leonardo DiCaprio Frank Wheeler
Kate Winslet AprilWheeler
Kathy Bates Helen Givings
Michael Shannon John Givings
Kathryn Hahn Milly Campbell
David Harbour Shep Campbell
Dylan Baker Jack Ordway
Richard Easton Howard Givings
Zoe Kazan Maureen
Jay O. Sanders Bart Pollock
Max Casella Ed Small
Technical Credits
Sam Mendes Director, Producer
Gina Amoroso Co-producer
Tariq Anwar Editor
Theresa Carriker-Thayer Art Director
Bobby Cohen Producer
Roger Deakins Cinematographer
Henry Fernaine Executive Producer
John Hart Producer
Justin Haythe Screenwriter
Ellen Lewis Casting
Thomas Newman Score Composer
Randall Poster Musical Direction/Supervision
Marion Lignana Rosenberg Executive Producer
Ann Ruark Co-producer
Scott Rudin Producer
David M. Thompson Executive Producer
Albert Wolsky Costumes/Costume Designer
Debra Zane Casting
Kristi Zea Production Designer
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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Revolutionary Road
1. Chapter 1 [:39]
2. Chapter 2 [4:43]
3. Chapter 3 [4:19]
4. Chapter 4 [5:11]
5. Chapter 5 [2:33]
6. Chapter 6 [4:17]
7. Chapter 7 [2:59]
8. Chapter 8 [6:28]
9. Chapter 9 [4:01]
10. Chapter 10 [4:21]
11. Chapter 11 [1:23]
12. Chapter 12 [3:23]
13. Chapter 13 [2:40]
14. Chapter 14 [4:42]
15. Chapter 15 [2:47]
16. Chapter 16 [2:27]
17. Chapter 17 [2:19]
18. Chapter 18 [:25]
19. Chapter 19 [1:26]
20. Chapter 20 [7:36]
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Disc #1 -- Revolutionary Road
   Play
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      Audio Options
         English 5.1 Surround
         Français
         Español
         Commentary With Director Sam Mendes and Screenwriter Justin Haythe
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         English
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         Español
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   Special Features
      Commentary With Director Sam Mendes and Screenwriter Justin Haythe
      Lives of Quiet Desperation: The Making of Revolutionary Road
      Deleted Scenes
         Commentary With Director Sam Mendes and Screenwriter Justin Haythe: On/Off
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         I'm Sorry
         Birthday
         Big Shot
         Nothing's Permanent
         Dear Frank
      Previews
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  • Posted October 1, 2010

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    I Also Recommend:

    The Notebook

    SOUNDS ROMANTIC

    IF IT HAS LEONAEDO DICAPRIO IN IT THEN ITS A MUST SEE AND IS A REAL ROMANTIVC MOVIE

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  • Posted October 1, 2010

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    Revolutionary Road - Thought provoking film

    This movie is a must see for any child raised during the 60's. I feel it helps us to understand our parents better and the gender role that was put upon them by Society. The performances are excellent.

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  • Posted October 1, 2010

    amazing performances

    If you love Kate Winslet and Leonardo DeCaprio, you'll love Revolutionary Road. It is amazing to see them both together again.

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  • Posted October 1, 2010

    Very interesting one from Sam Mendes

    In this movie, adapted from the novel by Richard Yates, director Sam Mendes once again takes on what is, or was, perceived to be American suburban living. Mendes does so with sensitivity, insight and a trademark rebellious nature.

    The movie is very interesting and he uses wonderful actors to play out his drama about an idealistic marriage in the 50s which slowly starts to tear apart at the seams.

    As the central characters, Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio make a good pair, as they did in The Titanic. Both give memorable performances.

    Thankfully, Mendes continues to push the envelope/

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  • Posted October 1, 2010

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    Formulas for Happiness and why they Crumble

    A half a century ago migration from the noisy high-powered success of the city to the serenity of the suburbs found the path of REVOLUTIONARY ROAD a common one. Richard Yates' novel about the fragility of married commitment in 1955 has been very successfully transformed to the screen by writer Justin Haythe, director Sam Mendes and a perfect cast of actors. All of the soured expectations of that period gel in this superb film - a movie that is difficult to watch at times, mostly because it rings so very true.

    Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) and April (Kate Winslet) Wheeler move to Connecticut from New York when the addition of children to their lives of thwarted expectations alter their once dreamy plans for their future. Once in the 'just perfect' little suburb and living in a just perfect little house sold to them by real estate agent
    Helen Givings (Kathy Bates) - who has a grown son John (Michael Shannon) who is in a mental institution and has undergone multiple shock therapy treatments that allow him to see things as they are no matter how cruel or rude his views - Frank settles for life in the Knox Business Machines Company, reluctantly following in the footsteps of his father while April attempts to rationalize her dreams of being an actress by appearing in an unimpressive amateur theatrical group. From the opening frames of this claustrophobically suffocating new life the once happy couple shows signs of deterioration of a marriage. The manner in which they couple attempt to dramatically change their boring life is destroyed by the realities of their situation: another pregnancy plays a significant role in the downward spiral of Frank and April's future and we as viewers are forced to watch the castle crumble.

    Winslet and DiCaprio are excellent in the lead roles, offering the type of sensitive acting skills that pull the audience into the film. The supporting roles by Kathy Bates, Michael Shannon, David Harbour, Richard Easton and Kathryn Hahn are cameos worthy of praise. Every aspect of the film recreates the 1955 era anD in some ways that 'distance' makes observing the film emotionally more tolerable. This is a sad story that has no redeeming end. Well worth the attention it has received. Grady Harp

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  • Posted October 1, 2010

    11 YEARS LATER THEIR BACK

    11 YEARS AGO THEY STEPPED ABOARD THE TITANIC AS JACK DAWSON AND ROSE DEWITT BUKATER, NOW IN 2008 THEIR TOGETHER AGAIN. LEONARDO DiCAPRIO AND KATE WINSLET HAVE COME TOGETHER FOR ANOTHER DRAMATIC ROMANCE WHICH IS UNRAVELING DURING THE ENTIRE FILM. ITS HEART BREAKING BUT AS THE INTERVIEWS SAY WITH THEM THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING TOGETHER AGAIN IN ANOTHER 10-11 YEARS WHICH WILL BE ALMOST 2017 OR 2018. GREAT FILM

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