Revolutionary Road (DVD, 2013)

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Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio. Theyre willing to break away from the ordinary--but can they do it without breaking apart?. Format: DVD. Genre: Drama. E A N: 5014437180933. Actor: Lorian Gish.

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More than a decade after sharing the screen in the record-breaking TITANIC, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet reunite for this adaptation of Richard Yates's novel. This drama about a married couple in the 1950s is directed by Winslet's husband, Oscar winner Sam Mendes (AMERICAN BEAUTY, ROAD TO PERDITION).

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ProducerSam Mendes, Bobby Cohen, Scott Rudin, John N. Hart Jr.
EAN5014437180933
eBay Product ID (ePID)168097161

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ActorLeonardo DiCaprio, David Harbour, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon, John Behlmann, Kathryn Hahn, Kristen Connolly, Kathy Bates
Film/TV TitleRevolutionary Road
DirectorSam Mendes
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageDanish\Dutch\English\Finnish\Norwegian\Swedish
Run Time115 Mins
Release Year2013
FormatDVD
FeaturesCommentary with Director Sam Mendes and Screenwriter Justin Haythe\Lives of Quiet Desperation - The Making of Revolutionary Road\Deleted Scenes, With Subtitles
GenreDrama, General

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Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerThomas Newman
AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama 2009 -
Additional InformationThose who were waiting for the romantic reunion of TITANIC's Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet may be surprised by what they find in REVOLUTIONARY ROAD. The movie begins with a sweet scene where Frank (DiCaprio) and April (Winslet) meet at a party, but the rest of this drama--based on Richard Yates's novel--is devoted to watching the collapse of their marriage and their selves in 1950s suburbia. Frank works at a job he hates in New York City, then commutes home to two children and a wife who feels none of them belong in their cookie-cutter town. One person who has faith in the couple is their estate agent, Helen (a fine Kathy Bates), who decides that they would be ideal role models for her mentally unstable son, John (BUG's Michael Shannon), and introduces them to him. However, Frank and April's marriage is not as perfect as it seems to the outside world, and the audience gets to witness the painful demise of their relationship. <BR>With its commentary on conformity and finding identity, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD bears more than a passing resemblance in both theme and tone to the TV series MAD MEN and director Sam Mendes's previous film AMERICAN BEAUTY. The characters here may live in a polite age where men wear ties and hats and women clean the house in skirts and heels, but the dialogue often enters brutal territory. Less capable actors wouldn't have been able to capture the volatile chemistry between Frank and April, but DiCaprio and Winslet are as wonderful at uttering sweet nothings as they are at tearing each other apart with verbal barbs. Mendes, directing his wife, Winslet, for the first time, is a perfect match for the source novel's lack of sentimentality and its wry commentary on life in the 1950s that still resonates half a century later.
ReviewsEmpire - Handsomely done and beautifully acted, Total Film - Mendes' classy lit-flick makes all the right moves: the cast cry quality; the look is lustrous..., Chicago Sun-Times - This film is so good it is devastating, San Francisco Chronicle - The best American film of 2008, New York Times - Certainly there's no shortage of talent in the movie, which displays all the fastidious attention to detail... you expect from this kind of prestige production, The Times - This is a romantic rematch that fans have fantasised about for 12 years, News Of The World - Magnificent, Rolling Stone - DiCaprio is in peak form, bringing layers of buried emotion to a defeated man. And the glorious Winslet defines what makes an actress great, blazing commitment to a character and the range to make every nuance felt, Time Out London - This is a sobering, well-observed film that doesn't fully hit the mark but sets up enough pleasing ideas to chew on regarding ambition, marriage and ideals of how to live one's life, individually and as a couple, Variety - REVOLUTIONARY ROAD is a very good big screen adaptation of an outstanding American novel--faithful, intelligent, admirably acted, superbly shot, TV Guide - Indeed, all of the performers in the film truly shine, and all of them can probably thank Sam Mendes for creating an ideal environment, Entertainment Weekly - The best thing about REVOLUTIONARY ROAD, a cool-blooded and disquieting adaptation of Richard Yates' 1961 novel about a powerfully unhappy Connecticut couple, is that it doesn't end with that rote vision of bourgeois anomie. It only begins there, Sunday Express - Winslet and DiCaprio are mesmerising
ScreenwriterJustin Haythe
AuthorRichard Yates
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleRevolutionary Road
Director of PhotographyRoger Deakins
Consumer AdviceContains strong language

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    Interesting film about psychology and relationships. I like this film and good to watch a few times. Good acting by the whole cast. Entertaining - which is what you want.

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