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Reds (1981)

15 194 min  -  Biography | Drama | History  -   4 December 1981 (USA)
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A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.

Director:

Warren Beatty
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Warren Beatty ...
Diane Keaton ...
Edward Herrmann ...
Max Eastman
Jerzy Kosinski Jerzy Kosinski ...
Grigory Zinoviev
Jack Nicholson ...
Paul Sorvino ...
Louis Fraina
Maureen Stapleton ...
Nicolas Coster ...
Paul Trullinger
M. Emmet Walsh ...
Speaker - Liberal Club
Ian Wolfe Ian Wolfe ...
Mr. Partlow
Bessie Love Bessie Love ...
Mrs. Partlow
MacIntyre Dixon MacIntyre Dixon ...
Carl Walters
Pat Starr Pat Starr ...
Helen Walters
Eleanor D. Wilson Eleanor D. Wilson ...
Mrs. Reed
Max Wright ...
Floyd Dell
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Storyline

This movie tells the true story of John Reed, a radical American journalist around the time of World War I. He soon meets Louise Bryant, a respectable married woman, who dumps her husband for Reed and becomes an important feminist and radical in her own right. After involvement with labor and political disputes in the US, they go to Russia in time for the October Revolution in 1917, when the Communists siezed power. Inspired, they return to the US, hoping to lead a similar revolution. A particularly fascinating aspect of the movie is the inclusion of interviews with "witnesses", the real-life surviving participants in the events of the movie. Written by Reid Gagle  

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Not since Gone With The Wind has there been a great romantic epic like it!

Genres:

Biography | Drama | History | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian | German | French | Finnish (a few words)

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Adoomim See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$2,325,029 (USA) (6 December 1981) (396 Screens)

Gross:

$40,382,659 (USA)
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Company Credits

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

The role of Eugene O'Neill was always intended for Jack Nicholson. According to Warren Beatty, he believed that Nicholson was the only person who "could take her girl" (Diane Keaton) away from him. See more »

Goofs

Factual errors: During the tram ride in Petrograd there is a modern traffic sign visible (a yellow line on red background: forbidden driving direction). See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Witness 1: [voiceover] Was that in 1913 or 17? I can't remember now. Uh, I'm, uh, beginning to forget all the people that I used to know, see?
Witness 2: [voiceover] Do I remember Louise Bryant? Why, of course, I couldn't forget her if I tried.
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Crazy Credits

As the credits roll, additional interviews with the 'witnesses' play. See more »

Connections

Referenced in "Wings: Crate Expectations (#3.7)" (1991) See more »

Soundtracks

"The Crazy Otto Rag"
Written by Edward R. White & Mack Wolfson (as Maxwell A. Wolfson) & Luigi Creatore & Hugo Peretti (as Hugo E. Peretti) See more »