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Revolutionary Road
2008
Frank and April, a married couple in the 1950s, have always seen themselves as special, different, ready and willing to live their lives based on higher ideals. So, as soon as they move into their new house on Revolutionary Road, they proudly declare their independence from the suburban inertia that surrounds them and determine .. Read more
| Starring | Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon, Kathryn Hahn |
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| Director | Sam Mendes |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Drama |
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Revolutionary Road
Frank and April, a married couple in the 1950s, have always seen themselves as special, different, ready and willing to live their lives based on higher ideals. So, as soon as they move into their new house on Revolutionary Road, they proudly declare their independence from the suburban inertia that surrounds them and determine never to be trapped by the social confines of their era. Yet for all their charm, beauty and irreverence, the Wheelers find themselves becoming exactly what they didn't expect: a good man with a routine job whose nerve has gone missing; a less-than-happy homemaker starving for fulfillment and passion; an American family with lost dreams, like any other. Driven to change their fates, April hatches an audacious plan to start all over again, to leave the comforts of Connecticut behind for the great unknown of Paris. But when the plan is put in motion, each spouse is pushed to extremes--one to escape whatever the cost, the other to save all that they have, no matter the compromises.
| Starring | Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon, Kathryn Hahn, Kathy Bates, Ty Simpkins, Zoe Kazan, David Harbour, Ryan Simpkins, John Behlmann, Kristen Connolly |
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| Director | Sam Mendes |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 59 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 59 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Most Wanted |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English, English Audio Description Blu-ray: English, English Audio Description |
| Subtitles | Blu-ray: Spanish, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, Italian, French, German, Danish, English, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 29 Jun 2009 Blu-ray: 29 Jun 2009 Production year: 2008 |
| Format | DVD |
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet reunite 11 years after starring in Titanic. This time, they're directed by Winslet's husband, Sam Mendes, and portraying a married couple in the 50s. read more »
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Solid enough but lacking any real bite or originality
The latest film from Sam Mendes the acclaimed theatre director turned Hollywood darling by his first feature, American Beauty. He quickly followed this up with the Road to Perdition, Jarhead and now Revolution Road, adapted from the cult Richard Yates novel.
The film returns to the themes first covered by Mendes in American Beauty of mundane, bored and unfulfilled relationships behind the white middle class picket fences of suburban American. Unfortunately, this all sounds very familiar and when the film is running it does feel very outdated and dull. After watching David Lynch’s dark masterpiece Blue Velvet and even Mendes own American Beauty it’s easy to feel this is a soft touch lacking any real bite, satirical edge or originality.
On the plus side, the performances are solid, if a little too worthy, the cinematography is neat and unfussy and the supporting roles are good, even if they are very clichéd. -
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Revolutionary Road
Rather slow to start, but when it did, it was a well acted and moving film. Leo and Kate work well together. Sad and shocking.
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Revolutionary Road
- 26 Jan 2009
Ever felt that you’re wasting the best years of your life in drudgery? That your marriage has gone as stale as your all but forgotten youthful hopes and dreams? That things would be so much better if you walked out on your job and took off for a new start in… let’s say, Paris? Well if you haven’t, just wait, my child. At any rate, that’s how Frank and April Wheeler are feeling circa 1956. He commutes from their handsome suburban Connecticut home on Revolutionary... Read more
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