Revolutionary Road (film)
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| Directed by | Sam Mendes |
| Produced by |
Bobby Cohen Sam Mendes Scott Rudin |
| Screenplay by | Justin Haythe |
| Based on |
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates |
| Starring |
Leonardo DiCaprio Kate Winslet Michael Shannon Kathryn Hahn David Harbour Kathy Bates Ty Simpkins |
| Music by | Thomas Newman |
| Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
| Edited by | Tariq Anwar |
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Paramount Vantage (United States) United International Pictures (Europe) |
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119 minutes |
| Country | United States United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $35 million |
| Box office | $75.2 million |
Revolutionary Road is a 2008 British-American romantic drama film directed by Sam Mendes. It was written by Justin Haythe and based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Richard Yates. This is the second on-screen collaboration between Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet and Kathy Bates, who previously co-starred in Titanic. The performances of DiCaprio and Winslet earned them a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama nomination and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress respectively, and the film was nominated for a further three Golden Globes, four BAFTAs and three Oscars.
The film premiered in Los Angeles on 15 December 2008, followed by a limited U.S. release on 26 December 2008 and a wide U.S. release on 23 January 2009. In most other countries it was released between 15 and 30 January 2009.
In 1955, Frank Wheeler (Leonardo DiCaprio) meets April (Kate Winslet) at a party. He is a longshoreman, hoping to be a cashier – she wants to be an actress. Frank later secures a sales position with Knox Machines, for which his father worked for twenty years, and he and April marry. The Wheelers move to 115 Revolutionary Road in suburban Connecticut when April becomes pregnant.
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