Revolutionary Road Articles

2009 USC Scripter Awards 2009 Scripter Award nominations: Jan. 6, 2009 2009 Scripter Award winners: Jan. 30, 2009 ("*" denotes the winner)   Dev Patel, Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire   Screenwriter Eric Roth, who shares story credit with Robin Swicord, for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald Screenwriters Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby and Art [...]

Kate Winslet, Leonardio DiCaprio in Revolutionary Road (top); Winslet, David Kross in The Reader (bottom) There were few surprises among the 2009 Golden Globe winners. The biggest one was Kate Winslet's best actress, drama, win for Revolutionary Road. Pundits everywhere — including those in this blog — were predicting either Anne Hathaway or Meryl Streep. Sally Hawkins' best actress, comedy or musical, win may have [...]

  Directed by Sam Mendes and adapted by Justin Haythes from Richard Yates' novel, Revolutionary Road stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet (Mendes' wife) as a 1950s Connecticut couple whose "ideal" marriage is in the doldrums for they feel something is missing in both their personal and professional lives. A trip to France, which is supposed to make things better, ends up deteriorating their relationship [...]

Revolutionary Road stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as a 1950s suburban couple whose marriage hits the skids. Directed by Sam Mendes. Screenplay adaptation by Justin Haythe from Richard Yates' novel. Revolutionary Road opens in the US on Dec. 26, 2008. Photos: DreamWorks Click on the photos to enlarge them. Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road