Kate and Leo in New 'Revolutionary Road' Poster

After 11 years apart, they're finally back together: The King of the World and...um...the director's wife. Yes, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, who probably should've asked for more cash on the back end of Titanic, will reunite in Revolutionary Road, a drama directed by Winslet's hubby, Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Road to Perdition). Amazingly enough, this book has never been filmed, despite winning first-time author Richard Yates a nomination for National Book Award in 1962. It's not a stretch to say that this movie looks at similar cracks in the facade of the American Dream that power American Beauty. "If my work has a theme, I suspect it is a simple one: that most human beings are inescapably alone, and therein lies their tragedy," declared Yates in 1999. April and Frank Wheeler are ordinary suburbanites in the 1950s...and that's exactly the problem. Here's a new poster for the film from IMP Awards, and I think it tells us everything we need to know. It's uncluttered, probably not too memorable in the grand scheme of things, but it's certainly a good match for the movie, based on what I know. Revolutionary Road opens December 19th. Incidentally, you can't help thinking that eventually Kate or Leo will win an Oscar. Winslet already has five nominations at age 32 and DiCaprio has three at age 33. Incidentally, Mendes is one-for-one, winning Best Director for American Beauty.

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[Catherine Richards]

I don't think Yates was saying much about his themes in 1999--he died 7 years earlier.