Talk:Revolutionary Road (film)/Archive 1

Headlines
Headlines to use. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 23:31, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
 * DreamWorks film shooting in Trumbull
 * State's movie industry ready for a close-up
 * Movie's producers eye downtown Bethel
 * Fairfield gets a glimpse of a star
 * Movie stars Winslet, DiCaprio on set in Beacon Falls

Here are some more:

--J.D. (talk) 18:28, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * DiCaprio on Winslet: "She will let me strangle her until she passes out"
 * Kate! Leo! Gloom! Doom! Can It Work?
 * Can Love Survive?
 * How Sam became The Man
 * Sam Mendes on his Revolutionary Road
 * "I did have moments where I'd say, Oh my God ..."
 * Revolutionary Road—the Movie
 * Plumbing the Depths of Revolutionary Road: Sam Mendes on Yates, Kate, and the Pressures of Awards
 * Close Focus
 * Furnishing a Plain Period Look

Christopher Fitzgerald
In Christopher Fitzgerald (actor)'s bio for Young Frankenstein (musical) he lists this movie as one of his credits, but does not list a role. Does anyone know anything about this? --kralahome 05:51, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Richard Larabee and Curt Smith
OK, I chopped two of the "Critical Reception" blurbs because they were uncited, and also seemed to be a thin veil for someone's personal dislike of the movie (and apparently, Peter Travers). I forgot to sign in first (hence the IP edit), but I feel my actions were legitimate. Comments that biased are absolutely, positively okay in the context of critics' reviews, so long as it can be verified that these critics actually said these things, and that they are noteworthy in their field. Now, seeing that Richard Larabee is, first and foremost, a Rear Admiral in the Navy (thus sayeth the Google) and that Curt Smith is one of any number of generic people (Google again), I doubt that either of them are terribly well-known in the field of art critique. If I'm *provably* wrong, and they have some verifiable input on this film, then by all means, replace what I've removed. Until then, though... Ncalvin (talk) 07:16, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Box office
Just realized that a box office section could be added to the article and prepared some news: As of January 18, 2009 the total  reached $5,694,000  at the domestic box office. Maybe we should add the section???Sha-Sanio (talk) 13:30, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

The box office results should be updated: As of January 19, 2009 the total  reached $6,109,157 at the domestic box office and a total of $8,567,511 at the box office worldwide. Maybe we should add this section to the article.Sha-Sanio (talk) 23:44, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

We can add a description of their relationship at the beginning to the Plot-section, about how they fell in love. Please check my sandbox.Sha-Sanio (talk) 00:54, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

I would like to add citations from an interview with Oscar nominee Michael Shannon. He says that they played well as a group and that Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio work together so well, because they are friends.Sha-Sanio (talk) 22:28, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

I have added an interview with Leonardo DiCaprio.Sha-Sanio (talk) 16:08, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Plot synopsis
What happened to the plot synopsis? I remember a couple weeks ago it was perfectly concise, but now it appears it's been expanded out to suffer the same problems of so many other plot synopses — excessive detail. In its previous incarnation, it gave a perfect overview of the most important details of the plot, but now it's been bogged down in the nitty-gritty details of specific events in the screenplay. Can we get a re-edit to bring back some of the simplified, thematic spirit of the old version? –Fierce Beaver (talk) 23:44, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I am working through it, and will try to keep it concise. 500-700 words is okay, and I think it's within that at this point.  My main objection is that it summarizes from one point of view some very complex emotions, for example that Fran "despises" himself for following his father, or that the neighbors find the couple's dreams of Paris "immature".  It is never clear exactly what they think of the couple - they support the Wheelers to their faces, then tell each other they think it's "immature" (in one case) or impractical, etc.  But part of the theme of the film is how people are lying to each other and to themselves about how they really feel, even though they often do know - they just can't say it.  Given that the emotions are so multilayered, I think it's better to just report what they say or how they act.  Plot summaries are all original research anyway, so it's best to stick to the facts in telling the plot, and then bring out the deeper themes in a separate section that hopefully includes some sourced opinions of reviewers.  Wikidemon (talk) 08:29, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Production
I have added some information on director and producers and about production designer Krisi Zea.Sha-Sanio (talk) 14:23, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Nationality
Currently in the lead of this article of the film it says its an American film, but in the infobox it says its a British film. I've noticed that this has kind of went back and forth for a while now. Would it be better not to put anything for the film's national origin?Jordancelticsfan (talk) 22:54, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I think the trend has been to remove the nationalities altogether as they create more problems than they solve, but please don't consider this an authoritative response. Doniago (talk) 13:30, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Critical reaction
Not attackibng the film as I like it, but if a film has 68% at Rotten Tomatoes, I would think the rreviews excerpted should include negative responses, particularly given the fact the section has several more than is the norm. I would argue those should be reduced by half or more and at least 2 negative reviews quoted, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.135.124.71 (talk) 18:58, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

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Missing
There are more release dates than what is listed: http://web.archive.org/web/20090118023641/http://revolutionaryroadmovie.com:80/intl/releasedates --User123o987name (talk) 05:39, 20 January 2019 (UTC)