Movie
Revolutionary Road
Overview
A 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.
Details
- Release date
- 2008-12-19
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- DreamWorks Pictures, BBC Film, Evamere Entertainment, Neal Street Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
- Dylan Baker as Jack Ordway
- Richard Easton as Mr. Givings
- Zoe Kazan as Maureen Grube
- Jay O. Sanders as Bart Pollock
- Max Baker as Vince Lathrop
- Max Casella as Ed Small
Crew
- Sam Mendes - Director
- Justin Haythe - Screenplay
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