Turning richard yatess bleak revolutionary road into a movie. Kate winslet e leonardo dicaprio revolutionary road a great book by richard yates and a great movie for some people the claustrophobia of comfort is. Dicaprio and winslet look right as right as dennis quaid and julianne moore do. Revolutionary road is a sumptuous watch but a better read richard yatess novel is a bitter portrait of mid1950s america. Leonardo dicaprio and kate winslet are reeducating cinemagoers about romance. In revolutionary road he equals the high standards of the former movie by here employing a haunting threenote figure that is subtly moulded and transformed depending on the atmosphere of the scene. Kate winslet e leonardo dicaprio revolutionary road a great book by richard yates and a. With leonardo dicaprio, kate winslet, christopher fitzgerald, jonathan roumie. Revolutionary road is american author richard yatess debut novel about 1950s suburban life in the east coast. Revolutionary road period and historical films the guardian. Is revolutionary road too good a novel to make a great film, asks nick laird. Kate winslet is superb as as the unfulfilled housewife and di caprio is unnervingly bland as the well intentioned but unexciting husband.
The commentary in the extras is provided by director sam mendes who was at the time married to kate winslet and screenwriter justin haythe. Revolutionary road is a 2008 romantic drama film directed by sam mendes. In revolutionary road, kate winslet and leonardo dicaprio reunite for the first time since their careers exploded with titanicand its almost as if theyre playing the same characters, only married and faced with the hollowness of a 1950s suburban existence. I really enjoy dicaprio and winslet, but this movie is a real downer. Revolutionary road is an interesting drama and sam mendes directs it excellently. David harbour at an event for revolutionary road 2008 kate winslet in revolutionary road 2008. A film adaptation of the book, starring leonardo dicaprio, kate winslet, and kathy bates, directed by sam mendes, and written by justin haythe. This time, however, the outcome seems less immediately gratifying. Kate winslet and leonardo dicaprios lessons in love in. Revolutionary road is american author richard yatess debut novel about 1950s suburban life. Revolutionary road is a sturdy construction indeed the revolutionary road to reality david cox.
Frank and april wheeler dicaprio and winslet always thought of themselves as. Revolutionary road is a sturdy construction indeed andrew pulver applauds sam mendes adaptation of richard yates novel of suburban disaffection, which reunites titanic stars leonardo dicaprio. Leonardo dicaprio and kate winslet in revolutionary road. It was a finalist for the national book award in 1962, along with catch22 and the moviegoer. This is the second onscreen collaboration among leonardo dicaprio, kate winslet, and kathy bates, all of whom previously costarred in titanic, released in 1997. Kaufen sie zeiten des aufruhrs revolutionary road gunstig ein. Nominated for the national book award in 1962, and now made into a film directed by sam mendes and starring kate winslet and leonardo dicaprio, revolutionary road was the only book of his own that. In 2005, the novel was chosen by time as one of the 100 best englishlanguage novels from 1923 to the present. Brilliant book, translated magnificently into a movie. When you read the source novel, however, yates characters are like mannequins.
Revolutionary road is a bleak novel about 1950s suburban malaise. Leonardo dicaprio and kate winslet, raging against the. Revolutionary road provoked the most negative reaction i. Revolutionary road is a film that certainly will not cheer you up. Frank and april leonardo dicaprio and kate winslet in the film are crippled by their. Frank leonardo dicaprio gets into an argument with april kate winslet when he finds out that shes been planning on aborting their unborn child. Or at least they create the delusion that they will. The performances of dicaprio and winslet earned them a golden globe award for best. A young couple living in a connecticut suburb during the mid1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. The script by justin haythe, based on the 1961 novel by richard yates. It was written by justin haythe and based on the 1961 novel of the same name by richard yates. Revolutionary road explores lives of quiet, suburban desperation. Leonardo dicaprio and kate winslet as an unhappy suburban couple in.