Reds (1981)
- Starring:
- Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, (more)
- Director(s):
- Warren Beatty
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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Few filmmakers other than Warren Beatty would have had the courage and vision to fashion an epic film from the life of famed American Communist John Reed (who is the only US citizen buried in the Kremlin). The film is an effort to humanize a political movement that has previously been depicted on screen in a series of unsubtle and prejudicial broad strokes. The film begins in 1915, when Reed (Beatty) makes the acquaintance of married Portland journalist Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton). So persuasive is Reed's point of view--and so charismatic is Reed himself-- that Bryant kicks over the traces and joins Reed and his fellow radicals. Among the famous personages depicted herein are Emma Goldman (Maureen Stapleton), Eugene O'Neill (Jack Nicholson) and Max Eastman (Richard Herrmann). The second half of this nearly-200-minute film skims through the years when Reed, now a Russian resident, becomes disillusioned by the harsh realities of Bolshevism. Despite the celebrity line-up of real-life "witnesses" to the events depicted in the film (ranging from novelist Henry Miller to comedian George Jessel!), historians took Reds to task for its oversimplification of events and its laundering of the notoriously promiscuous Louise Bryant. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 195 mins
Complete Cast:
- Warren Beatty - John Reed
- Edward Herrmann - Max Eastman
- Jack Nicholson - Eugene O'Neill
- Maureen Stapleton - Emma Goldman
- M. Emmet Walsh - Speaker at the Liberal Club
- Bessie Love - Mrs. Partlow
- Arthur Mayer - Witness
- William Daniels - Julius Gerber
- Tony Sibbald - CLP Member
- Harry Ditson - Maurice Becker
- Stefan Gryff - Alex Gomberg
- Dolph Sweet - Big Bill Haywood
- Art Shields - Witness
- MacIntyre Dixon - Carl Walters
- Jan Triska - Karl Radek
- Shane Rimmer - MacAlpine
- Pat Starr - Helen Walters
- Will Durant - Witness
- George Jessel - Witness
- Ake Lindman - Escort
- Hamilton Fish III - Witness
- Roger Sloman - Vladimir Lenin
- Brenda Currin - Marjorie Jones
- George Plimpton - Horace Whigham
- Diane Keaton - Louise Bryant
- Jerzy Kosinski - Grigory Zinoviev
- Paul Sorvino - Louis Fraina
- Nicolas Coster - Paul Trullinger
- Ian Wolfe - Mr. Partlow
- Gerald Hiken - Dr. Lorber
- Christopher Malcolm - C.I.P. Party Member
- Josef Sommer - Official
- Rebecca West - Witness
- Stuart Richman - Leon Trotsky
- Ramon Bieri - Police Chief
- R.G. Armstrong - Agent
- Gene Hackman - Pete Van Wherry
- Jack Kehoe - Eddie
- Norman Chancer - Barney
- Dave King - Allan Benson
- Max Wright - Floyd Dell
- Roger Baldwin - Witness
- Jack O'Leary - Pinkerton Guard
- Joseph Buloff - Joe Volski
- Jerry Hardin - Harry
- Kathryn Grody - Crystal Eastman
- Leigh Curran - Ida Rauh
- Eleanor D. Wilson - Mrs. Reed
- Director(s):
- Warren Beatty
- Writer(s):
- Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths
- Producer(s):
- Warren Beatty, Dede Allen, Simon Relph
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Not For Children, Adult Language, Violence, Adult Situations)
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- 1982 - Reds - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Supporting Actress
- 1982 - Reds - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Supporting Actor
- 1981 - Reds - Directors Guild of America - Best Director
- 1981 - Reds - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Director
- 1981 - Reds - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Supporting Actress
- 1981 - Reds - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Cinematography
- 1981 - Reds - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Director
- 1981 - Reds - National Board of Review - Best Director
- 1981 - Reds - National Board of Review - Best Supporting Actor
- 1981 - Reds - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Picture
