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Revolutionary Road (2008)

Release Date:

Friday, December 26, 2008

MPAA Rating:

Rating Reason:

For language and some sexual content/nudity

Genre:

Drama

Starring:

Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon, Kathryn Hahn, David Harbour, Kathy Bates

Written By:

Justin Haythe

Director:

Sam Mendes

Official Site:

Revolutionary Road (2008)

Synopsis:

Based on the celebrated novel by Richard Yates, director Sam Mendes' "Revolutionary Road" is the story of a young couple (Oscar nominees Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet) trying to find fulfillment in an age of conformity. Trapped in a world of encoded convention, they dream without faith, as lies and self-deceptions build to explosive consequences.

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STUDIO SYNOPSIS

Adapted from the landmark novel by Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road is an incisive portrait of an American marriage seen through the eyes of Frank (three-time Academy Award nominee Leonardo DiCaprio) and April (five-time Academy Award nominee Kate Winslet) Wheeler. Yates’ story of 1950’s America poses a question that has been reverberating through modern relationships ever since: can two people break away from the ordinary without breaking apart?

SPIRITUAL POINT OF VIEW
(continued from the Visual Review)

BEING A NON- CONFORMIST!
As Yates said, “The worst thing that you can do in this life is to live a lie.” To live true to the essence of who you are is not easy. “Be not conformed to this world” the scriptures say. And Shakespeare reminds us “above all: to thine own self be true.” Easy to say. Hard to do.

Even Yates struggled with this ideal. Like his characters, he was plagued with alcoholism, depression and difficult relationships. He died broke of emphysema at the age of 66. What this film represents is that very struggle we all have. And let’s be real, it is a struggle. Still, we do need to become all that we are intended to be. Here’s to you and your journey. May this film encourage you.

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•The Blu-ray Release, Ed Travis
•What Would You Tell the Wheelers?, Linda Zalamea

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•Visual Review, David Bruce, Webmaster

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