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6.9An 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.
Released: 1981-12-25195 minDir: Warren BeattyDrama, History, RomanceBudget: $35.0MBox office: $40.4M
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Cast
- Warren Beatty as John Reed
- Diane Keaton as Louise Bryant
- Edward Herrmann as Max Eastman
- Jerzy Kosiński as Grigory Zinoviev
- Jack Nicholson as Eugene O'Neill
- Paul Sorvino as Louis Fraina
Themes
- husband wife relationship
- world war i
- war correspondent
- biography
- based on true story
- co-workers relationship
- docudrama
- russian revolution (1917)
- russian history
- greenwich village
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
25,850 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Metacritic
76/100
- Year
- 1981
- Runtime
- 195 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, History
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Won 3 Oscars. 22 wins & 37 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Warren Beatty
- Screenplay by
- Warren Beatty Trevor Griffiths
- Produced by
- Warren Beatty
- Starring
- Warren Beatty Diane Keaton Edward Herrmann Jerzy Kosiński Jack Nicholson Paul Sorvino Maureen Stapleton
- Cinematography
- Vittorio Storaro
- Edited by
- Dede Allen Craig McKay
- Music by
- Stephen Sondheim Dave Grusin
- Production companies
- Barclays Mercantile Industrial Finance JRS Productions
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release date
- December 4, 1981 ( 1981-12-04 )
- Running time
- 195 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English Russian German
- Budget
- $32 million
- Box office
- $40.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Movement
- New Hollywood
- Director
- Warren Beatty
- Screenwriter
- Trevor Griffiths
- Composer
- Stephen Sondheim
- Producer
- Warren Beatty
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Vittorio Storaro
- Narrative location
- Finland
- Filming location
- Finland
- Duration
- 194
- FilmAffinity ID
- 580772
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1982-04-23
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- film editor
- Dede Allen
- title
- Reds
- distributed by
- Fandango at Home
- production designer
- Richard Sylbert
- color
- black-and-white
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 7.3/10
- characters
- Karl Radek
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