Reds

"Not since Gone with the Wind has there been a great romantic epic like it!"

1981 3h 15m EN

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★6.9TMDB · 386

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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.

“Not since Gone with the Wind has there been a great romantic epic like it!”

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Cast

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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Warren Beatty
Writers: Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths
Languages: English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Russian
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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At 195 minutes, this is a three-hour-plus commitment — longer than 95% of films ever made.

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ERA

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45 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 6 languages: English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Russian.

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CAST

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253+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Warren Beatty, shot by Vittorio Storaro. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Stephen Sondheim. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Dede Allen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton and Edward Herrmann carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Warren Beatty directs. Vittorio Storaro behind the camera. Stephen Sondheim scores. Dede Allen cuts. A long sit — settle in. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1At 195 minutes, this is a three-hour-plus commitment — longer than 95% of films ever made.
245 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 6 languages: English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Russian.
4253+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Warren Beatty, shot by Vittorio Storaro. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Stephen Sondheim. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Dede Allen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton and Edward Herrmann carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Not since Gone with the Wind has there been a great romantic epic like it!".
10IMDB entry: tt0082979 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 18 themes, including "husband wife relationship", "world war i", "war correspondent", "biography".

The technical file

Cinematography: Vittorio Storaro
Original score: Stephen Sondheim
Editing: Dede Allen
Production design: Richard Sylbert
Costume design: Shirley Russell
Makeup / hair: Fern Buchner
Sound: Tom Fleischman
Stunt coordinator: Craig R. Baxley
Runtime: 195 min · 3h 15m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $35,000,000
Box office: $40,382,659
Return: 115% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Reds (1981)

Awards

National Board of Review Award for Best Film
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Academy Award for Best Director
Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Golden Globe Award for Best Director
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

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GenerationofSwine2023-01-12
★ 1/10
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."

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