The read
A Balasaur Score of 76 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 90%, Metacritic 76/100. Scores higher than 85% of the 1,355 1980s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 3h 15m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Metacritic76/100
384 audience votes
Key crew
- Warren BeattyDirector
- Stephen SondheimOriginal Music Composer
- Dave GrusinOriginal Music Composer
- Warren BeattyWriter
- Trevor GriffithsWriter
Cast
- Warren BeattyJohn Reed
- Diane KeatonLouise Bryant
- Edward HerrmannMax Eastman
- Jerzy KosińskiGrigory Zinoviev
- Jack NicholsonEugene O'Neill
- Paul SorvinoLouis Fraina
- Maureen StapletonEmma Goldman
- Nicolas CosterPaul Trullinger
- M. Emmet WalshSpeaker at Liberal Club
- Ian WolfeMr. Partlow
- Bessie LoveMrs. Partlow
- MacIntyre DixonCarl Walters
Stills
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Themes
husband wife relationshipworld war iwar correspondentbiographybased on true storyco-workers relationshipdocudramarussian revolution (1917)russian historygreenwich villagerussian civil war (1918-21)1920s
The Best Movies of 1981
Reds is #19 of 60
