FACEBOOK GIVEAWAY: Revolutionary Road!
6/22/2009 Posted by Admin
And one more for tonight--an exclusive giveaway via our fan page on Facebook. It's "Revolutionary Road," it was one of last year's best films, and its official synopsis is this:Those who were waiting for the romantic reunion of TITANIC's Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet may be surprised by what they find in REVOLUTIONARY ROAD. The movie begins with a sweet scene where Frank (DiCaprio) and April (Winslet) meet at a party, but the rest of this drama based on Richard Yates's novel is devoted to watching the destruction of their marriage and their selves in 1950s suburbia. Frank works at a job he hates in New York City, then commutes home to two children and a wife who feels none of them belong in their cookie-cutter town. Their realtor (a fine Kathy Bates) recognizes their specialness and introduces them to her mentally unstable son (BUG's Michael Shannon, in another good, unhinged performance) in an effort to establish some normalcy for the man. However, Frank and April's marriage is not as perfect as it seems to the outside world, and the audience gets to witness their downfall. With its commentary on conformity and finding identity, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD bears more than a passing resemblance in both theme and tone to the TV series MAD MEN and director Sam Mendes's previous film AMERICAN BEAUTY. The characters here may live in a polite age where men wear ties and hats and women clean the house in skirts and heels, but the dialogue often enters brutal territory. Less capable actors wouldn't have been able to capture the volatile chemistry between Frank and April, but DiCaprio and Winslet are as wonderful at uttering sweet nothings as they are at tearing each other apart with verbal barbs. Mendes, directing his wife, Winslet, for the first time, is a perfect match for the source novel's lack of sentimentality and its wry commentary on life in the 1950s that still resonates half a century later.
To enter, just become a fan of WeekinRewind on Facebook here and comment on the post. The winner will be selected on June 25, 2009.
That's it!
Good luck!
Christopher
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June 22, 2009 at 9:12 PM
Thanks for the chance to win this one!
June 22, 2009 at 9:26 PM
I've entered this.
June 22, 2009 at 9:42 PM
I have entered this by becoming a fan on face book as Stacie Lewin
June 22, 2009 at 10:41 PM
I'd love to win this one! Thanks for all the great contests! I also posted on FB.
June 22, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Count me in. I just entered on Facebook also
June 22, 2009 at 11:40 PM
I want to win! Posted on FB also.
June 23, 2009 at 12:20 AM
This is a movie that I really wanted to see but just couldn't make myself. While I know the performances weregreat,the subect matter was not exciting. I would like to watch it at home.
June 23, 2009 at 12:46 AM
It would be amazing if I won this.
June 23, 2009 at 12:46 AM
This movie is awesome!
June 23, 2009 at 1:24 AM
Can't wait to see this movie! Thanks for the great contests :-)
June 23, 2009 at 1:44 AM
entered on facebook (Natalie Phillips)
June 23, 2009 at 2:44 AM
Looks great would love to win. i'm kate verrier on facebook
June 23, 2009 at 4:55 AM
Thanks for this. Entered on facebook (Alison M)
June 23, 2009 at 7:59 AM
Thanks for a chance to win!
(Joanna Sargent)
June 23, 2009 at 9:35 AM
I feel lucky Hopefully some one is lucky
Dawn W
June 23, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Pick me!
June 23, 2009 at 5:09 PM
i entered :)~
June 23, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Oh, I have been wanting to see this film! And would love to add it to my collection!
June 23, 2009 at 7:57 PM
I hope I win!
June 23, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Ken Robinson. I'm a facebook fan. Please accept my entry. Thank you.
June 24, 2009 at 6:07 AM
I would love to win it! Thanks a lot!
(Facebook username: Lilly Papers)
June 24, 2009 at 3:34 PM
Oh yeah, I would like to win this for my mom! By the way, I'm a fan on your facebook now.
June 24, 2009 at 4:55 PM
entered..thanks
June 24, 2009 at 8:48 PM
I have been a fan on facebook for a while and am entering to win this movie on DVD since I have been wanting to see it for quite some time now. It looked so good to me in the trailers and I love Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. I really hope I win it on DVD so I can finally see it. This is a great giveaway. Thanks.
girlof80s@aol.com
June 24, 2009 at 9:15 PM
I'm a facebook fan
June 25, 2009 at 12:50 AM
I would love to enter
June 25, 2009 at 5:25 PM
i'm a fan