Revolutionary Road (2008)

Director:

Sam Mendes

Writers (WGA):

Justin Haythe (screenplay)
Richard Yates (novel)

Release Date:

15 January 2009 (Germany)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Suburban | Dysfunctional | Connecticut | Relationship | 1950s

Status:

Completed

Comments:

Status Updated:

2 July 2008

Note:

Because this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change; some data could be removed completely.

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio	...	Frank Wheeler
Kate Winslet	...	April Wheeler
Kathy Bates	...	Mrs. Helen Givings
Kathryn Hahn	...	Milly Campbell
Michael Shannon	...	John Givings
Zoe Kazan	...	Maureen Grube
Ryan Simpkins	...	Jennifer Wheeler
Ty Simpkins	...	Michael Wheeler
David Harbour	...	Shep Campbell
Dylan Clark Marshall	...	Campbell son
Lorian Gish	...	Young April
Jared Morrison	...	Knox Employee
Adam Mucci	...	Jason Maple
Jonathan Roumie	...	Party Guest #2
John Behlmann	...	Mr. Brace
Jason Etter	...	Vito's Dancer #3
Timothy Warmen	...	April's father
Will Vought	...	Vito's Dancer #7
Mary DeBellis	...	Beachgoer
Brennan McKay	...	Duke Mantee
Jay Ferraro	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Les Gardonyi	...	Beach goer (uncredited)
Gregory Guy Gorden	...	Knox Employee (uncredited)
Kal Thompson	...	Vito's Dancer #10 (uncredited)
Gail Yudain	...	Townsperson (uncredited)

Directed by
Sam Mendes

Writing credits (WGA)
Justin Haythe		(screenplay)
Richard Yates		(novel)

Produced by
Gina Amoroso	....	co-producer
Bobby Cohen	....	producer
Henry Fernaine	....	executive producer
Karen Gehres	....	producer: EPK
Pippa Harris	....	co-executive producer
John Hart	....	producer
Peter Kalmbach	....	co-executive producer
Sam Mendes	....	producer
Marion Rosenberg	....	executive producer
Scott Rudin	....	producer
David M. Thompson	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Thomas Newman

Cinematography by
Roger Deakins

Film Editing by
Tariq Anwar

Casting by
Ellen Lewis
Debra Zane

Production Design by
Kristi Zea

Art Direction by
Teresa Carriker-Thayer
John Kasarda
Nicholas Lundy

Set Decoration by
Debra Schutt

Costume Design by
Albert Wolsky

Makeup Department
Carla Antonino	....	makeup artist
Barry Berger	....	additional makeup artist
Alan D'Angerio	....	hair department head
Christine Fennell	....	additional hair stylist
Thom Gonzales	....	key hair stylist
Sian Grigg	....	makeup artist: Mr. Di Caprio
Souraya Hamdi	....	additional makeup artist
Scott Hersh	....	makeup artist
Michele Paris	....	key makeup artist (as Michele Paris-Catanzarite)
Anita Roganovic	....	hair stylist (as Anita Lausevic)
Susan Schectar	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Meryl Emmerton	....	production supervisor
Jennifer Lane	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Amy Lauritsen	....	second assistant director
Joseph P. Reidy	....	first assistant director
John Silvestri	....	second second assistant director
Christian Vendetti	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Tommy Allen	....	property master
Emily Beck	....	assistant art director
Eric Bryant	....	additional graphic artist
Paul Camarro	....	set dresser
Philip Canfield	....	leadman
Shannon Canfield	....	set dresser
Eric Cheripka	....	assistant property master
Jerry DeRogatis	....	set dresser
Liza Donatelli	....	art department assistant
Justin Elterman	....	additional graphic artist
Jonathan Gardner	....	construction production assistant
Scott Gersten	....	key carpenter (as K. Scott Gertsen)
Kim Jennings	....	storyboard artist
Derrick Kardos	....	graphic designer
Tina Khayat	....	art department coordinator
Erik Knight	....	art department coordinator
Laurel Kolsby	....	additional graphic designer
Marion Kolsby	....	assistant art director
Alexandra Mazur	....	assistant set decorator
Valerie Nolan	....	set decoration buyer
Hollywood Nick Pagani	....	picture car coordinator
John Pollard	....	assistant art director
Jeffrey Rollins	....	property assistant
Diana Salzburg	....	set decoration assistant
Robert Thayer	....	assistant art director
Robert Topol	....	master scenic artist
M. Tony Trotta	....	camera scenic artist
Ajamu Walker	....	scenic shopman
Lawrence 'Law' Watford	....	art department assistant
Sarah Yasinski	....	art department assistant

Sound Department
Coll Anderson	....	sound effects recordist
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Tony Martinez	....	supervising dialogue adr editor
Danny Michael	....	sound mixer
Scott Millan	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
James Moriana	....	foley artist
Nicholas Renbeck	....	dialogue editor
Jacob Ribicoff	....	sound effects editor
Warren Shaw	....	supervising sound editor
Kira Smith	....	boom operator
Matt Snedecor	....	sound effects recordist
Jason Stasium	....	ProTools playback mixer
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist
Jerry Yuen	....	cableman

Special Effects by
John Stifanich	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Randall Balsmeyer	....	visual effects supervisor
Ella Boliver	....	digital compositor
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
David Piombino	....	digital compositor
Adrienne Winterhalter	....	visual effects producer

Stunts
Blaise Corrigan	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Cesar Baptista	....	rigging grip
Angela Bellisio	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Maceo Bishop	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Maceo Bishop	....	steadicam operator
Eric Boncher	....	electrician
James Boniece	....	key rigging grip
François Duhamel	....	still photographer
McCord Fitzsimmons	....	additional video assist
Richie Ford	....	rigging gaffer
Bruce Hamme	....	dolly grip
James Heerdegen	....	grip
Christopher Heikel	....	electrician
Nils Johnson	....	key video assist operator
Jeremy Knaster	....	electrician
Mitchell Andrew Lillian	....	key grip
Jeff Lomaglio	....	rigging grip
Rick Marroquin	....	dolly grip
Michael A. McFadden	....	best boy rigging grip
Thomas McGrath Woods	....	company grip
Keith McNicholas	....	electrician
Monty Nielsen	....	rigging electrician
Bill O'Leary	....	gaffer
Louis Petraglia	....	rigging electric best boy
Jeff Pinette	....	assistant camera
Eve Strickman	....	additional film loader
Alexis van Kersen Li	....	film loader
Robert Vuolo	....	electrician
Michael Wacks	....	lamp operator

Casting Department
Geoffrey Miclat	....	casting associate
Jennifer Sabel	....	extras casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Stephanie Biear	....	head seamstress
Sandi Figueroa	....	costumer: Kate Winslet
Gail A. Fitzgibbons	....	costume supervisor
Lara Greene	....	seamstress
Daniel Lawson	....	assistant costume designer
Cookie Lopez	....	dresser: Leonardo Di Caprio
Angela Mirabella	....	additional set costumer
Amy Ritchings	....	second assistant costume designer
Christine Schultz	....	key costumer
Erin Stamos	....	costume production assistant
Amy L. Teets	....	costume coordinator
Serge Walker	....	costume researcher

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
James Cohen	....	assistant editor
Adam Geiger	....	assistant editor
Michael Hatzer	....	digital intermediate colorist: Efilm
Chris Jensen	....	digital colorist assist

Transportation Department
Dan Buckman	....	driver: cast

Other crew
Sean F. Barth	....	product placement
Kathleen Bond	....	accounting assistant
Theo Brooks	....	production assistant
Brian Cantaldi	....	first assistant accountant
Victoria Carter	....	production secretary
Daniel B. Cone	....	set production assistant
Logan Wolfe Edler	....	production assistant
Emily Evashevski	....	production assistant
Glenn Ferrara	....	production assistant
Jason Fesel	....	set production assistant
Matt Flanders	....	location scout
Evan Gabriele	....	assistant location manager
Chris Gibson	....	key set production assistant
Timothy Goldberg	....	location
Damon Michael Gordon	....	assistant location manager
Orit Greenberg	....	location assistant
Jessalyn Haefele	....	production assistant
Rob Harris	....	unit publicist
Scott Matthew Harris	....	stand-in: Max Casella
Michael Hartel	....	location scout
Susan Hegarty	....	dialect coach: Kate Winslet
Jessie Henderson	....	assistant: Bobby Cohen
Jesse Hove	....	location assistant
Kristin Ilagan	....	additional set production assistant
Nathan Kelly	....	assistant: Mr. Rudin
Matthew J. Kotowski	....	assistant: Mr. Hart
Laurent Lambert	....	assistant: Sam Mendes
Allyssa Maurice	....	stand-in
Clement McIntosh	....	production assistant
Tenita Murray	....	second accountant
Cynthia Onrubia	....	choreographer
Steve Oppenheim	....	production assistant
Craig Peck	....	additional production assistant
Daniel Pollack	....	location scout
Howard Samuelsohn	....	dialect coach
Gwen Schmitt	....	assistant production coordinator
Dusty Sheckles	....	production assistant
Alexis Page Smith	....	assistant: Ms. Bates
Ian Sotzing	....	production assistant
Charles Stone	....	assistant: Mr. Hart
Robert T. Striem	....	location manager
Jayne-Ann Tenggren	....	script supervisor
Nicholas Thomason	....	production coordinator
Linda Toon	....	lead payroll accountant
Christian Vendetti	....	staff production assistant
Kyle Villegas	....	additional production secretary
Scott Waring	....	production assistant
Corinne Golden Weber	....	production associate
Andy Wheeler	....	production accountant
Hughroy Williams	....	location assistant
Greg Wyrick	....	payroll accountant
Bill Timoney	....	adr voice group (uncredited)

Production Companies

• BBC Films
• Evamere Entertainment
• Neal Street Productions

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Paramount Vantage (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2008) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Big Film Design

Other Companies

• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Film Art  artwork
• Gotham Sound  walkies provided by
• Post Factory NY  post-production facilities
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexual content/nudity.

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Beacon Falls, Connecticut, USA

Company:

BBC Films

Trivia:

Todd Field had planned to follow up In the Bedroom (2001) with this film, but he decided to make Little Children (2006) (also starring Kate Winslet and Ty Simpkins) instead.