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7.0A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
Released: 2008-12-19119 minDir: Sam MendesDrama, Romance
Cast
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Wheeler
- Kate Winslet as April Wheeler
- Kathy Bates as Mrs. Helen Givings
- Michael Shannon as John Givings
- Kathryn Hahn as Milly Campbell
- David Harbour as Shep Campbell
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Revolutionary Road is a 2008 romantic drama film directed by Sam Mendes and written by Justin Haythe, based on the 1961 novel by Richard Yates. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as Frank and April Wheeler, with Michael Shannon, Kathryn Hahn, David Harbour and Kathy Bates in supporting roles. Set from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s, the film portrays the Wheelers' struggle to cope with their personal problems and the ensuing breakdown in their marriage. Revolutionary Road is the second onscreen collaboration for DiCaprio, Winslet and Bates, all of whom previously co-starred in Titanic (1997). The film's soundtrack was composed by Thomas Newman, his fourth collaboration with Mendes.
Development of the film adaptation began in 1961. However, a lack of commercial prospects and disagreements with the screenplay caused the project to be in limbo until the 2000s. BBC Films eventually purchased the film rights to the novel, and Haythe rewrote the screenplay. Winslet read the script and persuaded her then-husband Mendes to direct, and DiCaprio to play the role of Frank.