April 26, 2007 Film » Film Feature

Kathy Bates To Team Up With DiCaprio, Winslet Again 

by John Branston
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Memphis-born actress Kathy Bates will join Titanic co-stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in Sam Mendes' 1950s-set drama Revolutionary Road for DreamWorks.

The story, adapted by Justin Haythe from Richard Yates' critically acclaimed 1961 novel, is about a suburban Connecticut couple and the deterioration of their relationship. Bates will play Mrs. Givings, who sells the couple their home and introduces them to the town.

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