Revolutionary Road

Mrs. Helen Givings is a fictional character from Revolutionary Road.

Release date:December 26, 2008

Directed by:Sam Mendes

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Runtime:119 minutes

Revolutionary Road is a 2008 American-British drama film, based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Richard Yates, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Her performance earned Kate Winslet a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, and the film was nominated for a... further three Golden Globes, six BAFTA's and three Oscars. The film premiered in Los Angeles on 15 December 2008, followed by a limited US release on 26 December 2008 and a wide US release on 23 January 2009. In most other countries it was released between 15 and 30 January 2009. It was the first film in which DiCaprio and Winslet have co-starred since the 1997 film Titanic. It also included Titanic co-star Kathy Bates. In the late 1940s, Frank Wheeler meets April 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 the same company at which his father worked and he and April marry. In 1955, the Wheelers move to 115 Revolutionary Road in suburban Connecticut when April becomes pregnant.
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