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Mood:
- ContemplativeCaptivatingAtmosphericCleverSentimentalTense
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- Writer's LifeJournalismPoliticsLove TrianglePolitical UnrestLove and RomanceState AffairsCouples more...
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Genres:
- DramaHistoricalPeriodRomance
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- 1910s20s20th CenturyWorld War 1
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Place:
- New YorkRussiaUSA
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- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedEssentialOscar WinnerPrestigious Awards
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- Epic
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- Based on BookBiographyBased on True Story
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- SeriousRealisticSlow
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- Violent Content
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Reds, 1981
English, Russian, German, French, Finnish
USA
Profile of Reds
The mood of Reds is contemplative, captivating, and clever. The plot centers around journalism, the life of a writer, and political unrest. It is a drama, romance, and period movie. Stylistically, Reds is epic. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. Reds is set in Russia and New York. It happens during World War 1 and in the 1920s. It is drawn from a biography, originally a true story, and based on a book. Reds is known for being an Oscar winner, essential viewing, and critically acclaimed. Note that it includes violent content.
Summary of Reds
Riding high after the box office success of SHAMPOO and HEAVEN CAN WAIT, Warren Beatty used his seemingly limitless power to write, produce, direct, and star in this epic historical romance. The film recounts a particularly eventful period in the life of notorious American communist John Reed (Beatty), who journeyed to Russia to witness the Bolshevik Revolution firsthand. Before that, he met the already wed Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton) in Portland in 1915. However, they shared such a mutual attraction for words, and each other, that soon Bryant was living with Reed in New York City. It was here where they befriended some of the early 20th Century's most recognizable faces: Eugene O'Neill (Jack Nicholson), Emma Goldman (Maureen Stapleton), Max Eastman (Richard Herrmann), and Horace Whigham (George Plimpton). Yet Reed's commitment to his craft caused an endless friction in the relationship, until Louise found her own journalistic voice, leading the couple to Russia at a crucial moment in history. But just when they appeared to have come to a perfect place in their relationship, tragedy struck.
REDS is one of the last vestiges of early Hollywood, a broad, sweeping spectacle that is simultaneously thought provoking and unabashedly entertaining. Beatty inserts fascinating interviews with actual participants from that earlier era throughout the film to provide even more context and insight. At a time when Ronald Reagan had just become the president of the United States, Beatty's sympathetic portrait of notorious American communist John Reed seemed even more daring. Yet, as it continues to age, the film only continues to grow in relevance, assuring its rightful place at the top of the Hollywood canon.
Details
| Language: | English, Russian, German, French, Finnish |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 3 December 1981 |
| Runtime: | 194 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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Cast and Crew
as John Reed
as Louise Bryant
as Eugene O'Neill
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