Revolutionary Road

When April explains that she can't pick up her children until that evening, the telephone handset has a modular phone jack, which was invented in the 1970s.

The kitchen has a 3-prong electrical outlet.

In the 1950s, American homes had 2-prong outlets.

The parabolic-lensed fluorescent fixtures seen near the beginning of the film were not in use in the 1950s.

A "Fallout Shelter" sign, with its distinctive upside-down triangle, is clearly visible backstage at the high school theater.

According to the Civil Defense Museum, that sign was introduced in 1961.

Near the beginning, when Frank and April are standing alongside their parked car on the side of the road, a 1958 Buick passes by.

When Frank goes to work, a 1956 Buick is parked on the street, in the foreground.

The film is set in spring and early summer 1955, so the 1956 Buick wouldn't have been on sale yet.

When April walks out of the school after the play, the hallway ceiling is lined with smoke detectors that did not exist in 1955.

The morning after Frank and April decide to move to Paris, Frank leaves the house wearing a dark red tie.

He wears the same tie in the office, when he tells the boys he's moving.

Frank's tie is light yellow at lunch; in fact, everyone's tie is different.

When he gets back to the office, his tie is red.

The house on Revolutionary Road has a modern security light outside.

April smokes Marlboro Lights, which were introduced in 1977.

The magazines in the Wheelers' living room, and Frank's Berlitz guidebook, are dog-eared and browned.

They're probably from 1955, but they look like they're 50 or 60 years old.

After Frank leaves the hospital, he runs past the same 1955 Packard Constellation three times.

The wall phone in the kitchen is a Western Electric 554, which was introduced in 1956.

Its switch hook was chrome, not plastic.

The hallway of the school where April's play was performed, and clinic waiting room, have suspended ceilings that did not exist in 1955.

When April shows Paris on the globe, a country that never existed is in the place of 1955 Yugoslavia.

In one scene, a modern dryer vent is at the base of one house's foundation.

When Frank eats lunch with Maureen, the olive and the amount of liquid in Maureen's martini glass fluctuate throughout the scene.

At lunch, a co-worker tells Frank he will be "sorely missed in the old cubicle.

" Cubicles were introduced in the mid-1960s by Herman Miller Inc.

, a manufacturer of office furniture.

After the Wheelers tell the Campbells they are moving, Milly reaches for a melon ball.

In the next shot, she reaches for the same melon ball again.

During the opening sequence, an establishing shot shows the Manhattan Bridge.

The Verrazano Narrows Bridge is far in the background, even though it was completed in November 1964.

Grand Central Station has only allowed electric locomotives since long before the 1950s.

The train Frank takes to work is pulled by an Alco RS-3 diesel locomotive, which does not have dual diesel/electric power capability.

After John Givings' tirade to April and Frank Wheeler, Frank angrily walks from the dinner table to the opposite corner of the room.

In the next shot, he is standing in the corner diagonally across of the room, sipping his drink.

The guitarist at the roadhouse plays a Gibson ES-335, which was introduced in 1958.

Just saw this movie. All I can say is: Wow!

This was such a great film. Unlike many other boring "oscar-bait" films, this actually deserved all the praise it received.

The Titanic lovers, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, get reunited for Revolutionary Road a tale of sterile life in the suburbs during the Eisenhower years. Not that this is anything new, the subject was done as comedy and as drama in such diverse films way back then as Rally Round The Flag Boys and Strangers When We Meet.

Fawning of the brave themes during a puritanical era!The reality that the Hollywood sound bubble hasn't considered is that its the 50s and the war is over and everyone is upbeat and raptured with idealism and freedom.

It seemed to me that April and Frank Wheeler got married just to "achieve" the American dream. Then April becomes unhappy with the marriage, and becomes a rather annoying wife, a nagger.

This movie is amazing! It is intense but it touches on a universal topic, relationships.

I saw Revolutionary Road this evening and to be honest before sitting down to watch it I was sceptical. Was this to be an American Beauty rip off?

And the rarest ratings of them all for me. A stellar 10.

I saw an advance screening of Revolutionary Road in Beverly Hills, CA this evening (December 14th). A Q&A session followed the screening with Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Michael Shannon, Kathryn Hahn, and screenwriter Justin Haythe.