Reds (film)

Reds
Reds
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Directed by	Warren Beatty
Written by	Warren Beatty; Trevor Griffiths
Produced by	Warren Beatty
Starring	Warren Beatty; Diane Keaton; Jack Nicholson; Paul Sorvino; Maureen Stapleton
Cinematography	Vittorio Storaro
Edited by	Dede Allen
Music by	Stephen Sondheim; Dave Grusin
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	December 4, 1981 (USA)
Running time	194 min.
Languages	English; Russian; German
Budget	$35,000,000 US (est.)

This is about the film. For the Major League Baseball team, see Cincinnati Reds. For the Super 14 rugby union team, see Queensland Reds.

Reds is a 1981 film starring Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton. It centers on the life of John Reed, the Communist, journalist, and writer who chronicled the Russian Revolution in his book Ten Days that Shook the World.

Besides Beatty and Keaton, the movie stars Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski, Jack Nicholson, Paul Sorvino, Maureen Stapleton, Ramon Bieri, Nicolas Coster and M. Emmet Walsh. It was adapted by Warren Beatty, Peter S. Feibleman (uncredited), Trevor Griffiths, Elaine May (uncredited) and Jeremy Pikser from Reed's memoir. It was directed by Beatty. It also stars (as witnesses from past events on and before WWI) the celebrated radical educator and peace activist 98-year old Scott Nearing (1883-1983), author Dorothy Frooks (1896-1997) and reporter and author George Seldes (1890-1995). It was nominated for Best Picture, but lost to Chariots of Fire.

Main historical characters

The movie won Academy Awards for:

and was nominated for:

During filming, Beatty lectured his Russian extras on the capitalist exploitation of labour, attempting to inspire them. According to the magazine Total Film in 2004, this was the 4th "dumbest decision in movie history": the extras duly went on strike, demanding higher wages.

To date, this is the last movie to receive Oscar nominations in each of the four acting categories. No film in the ceremonies since 1982 has achieved this feat.