<P> Revolutionary Road is a 2008 British - American romantic drama film directed by Sam Mendes . It was written by Justin Haythe and based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Richard Yates . This is the second on - screen collaboration among Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, and Kathy Bates, who previously co-starred in Titanic . The performances of DiCaprio and Winslet earned them a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor--Motion Picture Drama nomination and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, respectively, and the film was nominated for a further three Golden Globes, four BAFTAs and three Academy Awards, including a Best Supporting Actor nomination for Michael Shannon . </P> <P> The film premiered in Los Angeles on 15 December 2008, followed by a limited U.S. release on 26 December 2008 and a wide U.S. release on 23 January 2009 . In most other countries, it was released between 15 and 30 January 2009 . </P> <P> In 1948, Frank Wheeler (DiCaprio) meets April (Winslet) at a party . He is a longshoreman, hoping to be a cashier; she wants to be an actress . Frank later secures a sales position with Knox Machines, for which his father worked for 20 years, and April and he marry . The Wheelers move to 115 Revolutionary Road in suburban Connecticut when April becomes pregnant . </P> <P> The couple becomes close friends with their realtor Helen Givings (Bates) and her husband Howard Givings (Richard Easton), and neighbor Milly Campbell (Kathryn Hahn) and her husband Shep (David Harbour). To their friends, the Wheelers are the perfect couple, but their relationship is troubled . April fails to make a career out of acting, while Frank hates the tedium of his work . Meanwhile, Helen asks the couple to meet her son, John (Shannon), who had been declared insane, to try to help better his condition . They accept . </P>

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