Revolutionary road [videorecording] / DreamWorks Pictures presents in association with BBC Films, an Evamere Entertainment, BBC Films, Neal Street production, a Sam Mendes film ; produced by John N. Hart, Scott Rudin, Sam Mendes, Bobby Cohen ; screenplay by Justin Haythe ; directed by Sam Mendes.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008. Special features: Commentary with director Sam Mendes and screenwriter Justin Haythe; deleted scenes; 'Lives of quiet desperation', the making of Revolutionary Road featurette. Title from container. Based on the novel by Richard Yates. English, French and Spanish tracks: Dolby digital 5.1. Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon, Kathryn Hahn, David Harbour, Kathy Bates.
Summary:
Frank and April Wheeler live a life (that appears perfect) in the Connecticut suburbs with two young children. Frank commutes to New York City where he works in an office job that he hates. April is a housewife who forgoes her dream of being an actress. One day, April suggests that they move to Paris as a means to rejuvenate their life. Initially skeptical, Frank ultimately agrees to April's plan. When circumstances change around the Wheelers, April decides she will do whatever she has to to get herself out of her unhappy existence.
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