Reds
Not since Gone with the Wind has there been a great romantic epic like it!
1981 | 195m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Warren Beatty |
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| Writer: | Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths |
| Staring: |
| An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 25, 1981 |
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| Director: | Warren Beatty |
| Writer: | Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, History |
| Keywords | husband wife relationship, world war i, war correspondent, biography, based on true story, co-workers relationship, docudrama, russian revolution (1917), russian history, greenwich village, russian civil war (1918-21), 1920s, 1910s, political repression, government witch hunt, bolshevism, soviet union history, american journalist |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Barclays Mercantile Industrial Finance, JRS Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $40,382,659
Budget: $35,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Warren Beatty | John Reed |
| Diane Keaton | Louise Bryant |
| Edward Herrmann | Max Eastman |
| Jerzy Kosiński | Grigory Zinoviev |
| Jack Nicholson | Eugene O'Neill |
| Paul Sorvino | Louis Fraina |
| Maureen Stapleton | Emma Goldman |
| Nicolas Coster | Paul Trullinger |
| M. Emmet Walsh | Speaker at Liberal Club |
| Ian Wolfe | Mr. Partlow |
| Bessie Love | Mrs. Partlow |
| MacIntyre Dixon | Carl Walters |
| Pat Starr | Helen Walters |
| Eleanor D. Wilson | Mrs. Reed |
| Max Wright | Floyd Dell |
| George Plimpton | Horace Whigham |
| Harry Ditson | Maurice Becker |
| Leigh Curran | Ida Rauh |
| Kathryn Grody | Crystal Eastman |
| Brenda Currin | Marjorie Jones |
| Nancy Duiguid | Jane Heap |
| Norman Chancer | Barney |
| Dolph Sweet | Big Bill Haywood |
| Ramon Bieri | Police Chief |
| Jack O'Leary | Pinkerton Guard |
| Gene Hackman | Pete van Wherry |
| Gerald Hiken | Dr. Lorber |
| William Daniels | Julius Gerber |
| Dave King | Allan Benson |
| Joseph Buloff | Joe Volski |
| Stefan Gryff | Alex Gomberg |
| Denis Pekarev | Interpreter in Factory |
| Roger Sloman | Vladimir I. Lenin |
| Stuart Richman | Leon Trotsky |
| Oleg Kerensky | Alexander Kerensky / Himself - Witness |
| Nikko Seppala | Young Bolshevik Soldier |
| John J. Hooker | Senator Overman |
| Shane Rimmer | MacAlpine |
| Jerry Hardin | Harry |
| Jack Kehoe | Eddie |
| Christopher Malcolm | CLP Party Member #1 |
| Tony Sibbald | CLP Party Member #2 |
| R.G. Armstrong | Government Agent |
| Josef Sommer | State Department Official |
| Jan Tříska | Karl Radek |
| Åke Lindman | Scandinavian Escort |
| Pertti Weckström | Finnish Doctor |
| Nina Macarova | Russian Nurse |
| Jose De Fillippo | Russian Doctor |
| Andreas La Casa | Little Boy |
| Roger Baldwin | Himself - Witness |
| Henry Miller | Himself - Witness |
| Adela Rogers St. Johns | Herself - Witness |
| Dora Russell | Herself - Witness |
| Scott Nearing | Himself - Witness |
| Tess Davis | Herself - Witness |
| Heaton Vorse | Herself - Witness |
| Hamilton Fish | Himself - Witness |
| Isaac Don Levine | Himself - Witness |
| Rebecca West | Herself - Witness |
| Will Durant | Himself - Witness |
| Will Weinstone | Himself - Witness |
| Emmanuel Herbert | Himself - Witness |
| Arne Swabeck | Himself - Witness |
| Adele Gutman Nathan | Herself - Witness |
| George Seldes | Himself - Witness |
| Kenneth Chamberlain | Himself - Witness |
| Blanche Hays Fagen | Herself - Witness |
| Galina von Meck | Herself - Witness |
| Art Shields | Himself - Witness |
| Andrew Dasburg | Himself - Witness |
| Hugo Gellert | Himself - Witness |
| Dorothy Frooks | Herself - Witness |
| George Jessel | Himself - Witness |
| Jacob Bailin | Himself - Witness |
| John Ballato | Himself - Witness |
| Lucita Williams | Herself - Witness |
| Bernadine Szold-Fritz | Herself - Witness |
| Jessica Smith | Herself - Witness |
| Harry Carlisle | Himself - Witness |
| Arthur Mayer | Himself - Witness |
| Miriam Margolyes | Woman with Notebook (uncredited) |
| John Ratzenberger | Communist Leader (uncredited) |
| Simon Jones | Louise Bryant's Colleague in France (uncredited) |
| Jill Goldston | Dancing Woman (uncredited) |
| Barrie Holland | WW1 American Officer (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Warren Beatty | Director, Screenplay |
| Stephen Sondheim | Original Music Composer |
| David Appleby | Still Photographer |
| Trevor Griffiths | Screenplay |
| Craig McKay | Editor |
| Dave Grusin | Original Music Composer, Additional Music |
| Michael Tronick | Music Editor |
| Jill Quertier | Set Buyer |
| Mauro Marchetti | Assistant Camera |
| Åke Lindman | Production Consultant |
| Vittorio Storaro | Director of Photography |
| Noel Davis | Casting |
| Craig R. Baxley | Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director |
| Elaine May | Additional Writing |
| Lauri Törhönen | Second Assistant Director |
| Jill Savitt | Assistant Editor |
| Jane Jenkins | Casting |
| Paul Gemignani | Music Supervisor, Conductor |
| Claire Simpson | Assistant Editor |
| Dede Allen | Editor |
| Shirley Russell | Costume Design |
| Dick Vorisek | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Paul Engelen | Makeup Artist |
| Joan Carpenter | Hairstylist |
| Nigel Wooll | Production Manager |
| Michael Green | Second Assistant Director |
| George Ball | Property Master |
| Ros Shingleton | Assistant Art Director |
| Stan Bochner | Sound Editor |
| Marjorie Deutsch | Sound Editor |
| Marshall Grupp | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Kate Hirson | Sound Editor |
| Dan Lieberstein | Sound Editor |
| Harry Peck Bolles | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Simon Holland | Art Direction |
| Tom Fleischman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Richard Pointing | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Simon Relph | Assistant Director |
| Simon Kaye | Sound Mixer |
| Rebecca Breed | Wardrobe Master |
| Jeremy Zimmermann | Casting |
| Michael Zimbrich | Third Assistant Director |
| John King | Draughtsman |
| Buzz Stephens | Draughtsman |
| Randall Coleman | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Peter C. Frank | Sound Editor |
| Darrell Hanzalik | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Hal Levinsohn | Sound Editor |
| Yvette Nabel | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Maurice Schell | Sound Editor |
| Brunilda Torres | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Jeremy Gee | Clapper Loader |
| Gillian Gregory | Choreographer |
| Laurie Shane | Gaffer |
| Gretchen Rennell | Casting |
| Tony Cridlin | Grip |
| Cath Halloran | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Beverley Keogh | Extras Casting |
| Des Edwards | Sound Mix Technician |
| Bob Dawson | Special Effects |
| Peter Verard | Carpenter |
| Juan Clemente Prosper | Location Manager |
| Fernando González | Art Direction |
| Carl Mesterton | Assistant Director |
| Katherine Wenning | Editorial Services |
| Sam Fine | Visual Effects Editor |
| Denis Hopperton | Dressing Prop |
| Richard Sylbert | Production Design |
| Patsy Pollock | Casting |
| Vicki Deason | Production Assistant |
| Bob Lawrance | Makeup Artist |
| Richard P. Cirincione | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Barry Richardson | Hairstylist |
| David Allen | Sound Engineer |
| Peter Waller | Second Assistant Director |
| Jack Carter | Construction Manager |
| Bob Spencer | Scenic Artist |
| Louis Cerborino | Sound Editor |
| Jay Dranch | Sound Editor |
| Thomas A. Gulino | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Bruce Kitzmeyer | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Jane McCulley | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Fred Rosenberg | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Jeffrey Stern | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Roberto Alberti | Focus Puller |
| David Stephenson | Boom Operator |
| Enrico Umetelli | Camera Operator |
| Ted Whitfield | Music Editor |
| Jak King | Production Accountant |
| Redmond Morris | Location Manager |
| Kathy Talbert | Casting |
| Simon Bosanquet | Location Manager |
| Linda Burtenshaw | Costume Assistant |
| Mickey Pugh | Props |
| Filippo Cafolla | Gaffer |
| David Watkins | Clapper Loader |
| Giorgio Urbinelli | Assistant Camera |
| Alan John | Assistant Accountant |
| Ian Wingrove | Special Effects |
| Bert Long | Carpenter |
| Kuki López Rodero | First Assistant Director |
| Antonio Parra | Special Effects |
| Kaj Holmberg | Production Manager |
| Vesa Tapola | Art Direction |
| Angelo Corrao | Associate Editor |
| Richard Hiscott | Additional Editing |
| Cindy Kaplan Rooney | First Assistant Editor |
| William S. Scharf | Assistant Editor |
| Ray Hubley | Assistant Editor |
| Joan Metzger | Assistant Editor |
| Sandy Varga | Post Production Accountant |
| A. Kitman Ho | Production Manager |
| Paul Hefferan | Set Decoration |
| Marilyn Putnam | Wardrobe Master |
| Jack Terry | Production Manager |
| Tom Seidman | Second Assistant Director |
| Karen Hale Wookey | Script Supervisor |
| Richard La Motte | Costume Supervisor |
| Nancy Foy | Casting |
| Donah Bassett | Negative Cutter |
| Zelda Barron | Script Supervisor |
| Stefan Wenta | Choreographer |
| Marion Dougherty | Casting |
| Michael Seirton | Set Dresser |
| Alfredo Marchetti | Grip |
| Nicolas Ede | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Eddie Francis | Props |
| Martin Evans | Best Boy Electric |
| Camillo Bazzoni | Camera Operator |
| Mario Marchetti | Grip |
| Rosalie King | Assistant Accountant |
| Dick Brown | Carpenter |
| Vicente Escrivá hijo | Production Manager |
| Enrique Gabriel | Second Assistant Director |
| Martín Díaz Porras | Wardrobe Master |
| Toivo Lehmusvirta | Unit Manager |
| Brian Peachey | Associate Editor |
| Gerald B. Greenberg | Additional Editing |
| Eric L. Beason | Assistant Editor |
| Richard Marden | Additional Editing |
| Karen I. Stern | Assistant Editor |
| Leslie Gaulin | Assistant Editor |
| Peter Odabashian | Sound Editor |
| Wayne Fitzgerald | Title Designer |
| Robert E. Warren | Second Assistant Director |
| Phil Naso | Hairstylist |
| Al Mian | Sound Mixer |
| Robert Birnbaum | First Assistant Director |
| Thomas L. Roysden | Set Decoration |
| Carolyn Elias | Hairstylist |
| Marty Levenstein | Assistant Editor |
| David Ray | Sound Editor |
| Sherri Taffel Brown | Post Production Coordinator |
| Alan Hopkins | First Assistant Director |
| Fern Buchner | Makeup Artist |
| William Loger | Wardrobe Master |
| James Quinn | First Assistant Director |
| Joseph J. Kontra | Second Assistant Director |
| William Turner | Makeup Artist |
| Bruce Bisenz | Sound Mixer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Warren Beatty | Producer |
| Dede Allen | Executive Producer |
| David L. MacLeod | Associate Producer |
| Simon Relph | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Director | Warren Beatty | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Actor | Warren Beatty | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Jackie Burroughs | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Picture | N/A | Won |
| Golden Globes | Best Actor | Warren Beatty | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Director | Warren Beatty | Won |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | Warren Beatty | Won |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Maureen Stapleton | Won |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
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this is about John Reed, right? The guy that road with Poncho Villa and wrote "Insurgent Mexico" as he covered that Civil War from the front line? That is an interesting man. That is a daring man. Agree with his politics or not, that is someone that a movie SHOULD be made about. But this isn't ... about "Insurgent Mexico" it's about his other book, "10 Days that Shook the World," the book where he wrote about something that he didn't really understand completely and was denied witness to, well, horrific mass killings. But, you know the Russian Revolution is EXTREMELY interesting isn't it? Even if he was spoon-fed what he wrote, just being there to cover that would make for one interesting film too wouldn't it? Only... it's not really about that either is it? It's kind of about John Reed not doing anything too exciting, like the took the parts of his life that you would WANT to see a movie about, and decided NOT to make the movie about those parts. And the result is that, well, honestly, it's boring. And you are left wondering "How could someone make a boring movie about John Reed?" And unfortunately you walk away from it having found out the answer to that question: "By making a movie about ONLY the boring parts of his life."
Jan 12, 2023