Reds

Name: Reds
Director: Warren Beatty
Released: 1981-01-01

1981 film by Warren Beatty

FilmfilmQ597239

Also known as '' Reds ''

Released: 1981
, April 23, 1982
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Director: Warren Beatty
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Screenwriter: Warren Beatty
, Trevor Griffiths
Producer: Warren Beatty
Cast: Warren Beatty
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4.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=45568.htmlRetrieved 2016-04-13
5.Stated in The Movie Database
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, Diane Keaton
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, Jack Nicholson
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3.Stated in The Movie Database
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, Paul Sorvino
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Runtime: 194 min
Genre: biographical film
, drama film
, romance film
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Country of origin: United States

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Reds is a 1981 American epic historical drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Warren Beatty, about the life and career of John Reed, the journalist and writer who chronicled the October Revolution in Russia in his 1919 book Ten Days That Shook the World. Beatty stars in the lead role alongside Diane Keaton as activist Louise Bryant and Jack Nicholson as playwright Eugene O'Neill.

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Director of photography: Vittorio Storaro
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Picture(February 11, 1982) statement is subject of: 54th Academy Awards · nominee: Warren Beatty
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress(February 11, 1982) statement is subject of: 54th Academy Awards · nominee: Maureen Stapleton
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor(February 11, 1982) statement is subject of: 54th Academy Awards · nominee: Jack Nicholson
Academy Award for Best Actor(February 11, 1982) statement is subject of: 54th Academy Awards · nominee: Warren Beatty
Academy Award for Best Actress(February 11, 1982) nominee: Diane Keaton · statement is subject of: 54th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Director(February 11, 1982) nominee: Warren Beatty · statement is subject of: 54th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Cinematography(February 11, 1982) nominee: Vittorio Storaro · statement is subject of: 54th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Film Editing(February 11, 1982) nominee: Dede Allen, Craig McKay · statement is subject of: 54th Academy Awards
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Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay(February 11, 1982) nominee: Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths · statement is subject of: 54th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Costume Design(February 11, 1982) nominee: Shirley Ann Russell · statement is subject of: 54th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Production Design(February 11, 1982) nominee: Richard Sylbert, Michael Seirton · statement is subject of: 54th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Sound(February 11, 1982) nominee: Dick Vorisek, Tom Fleischman · statement is subject of: 54th Academy Awards
Filming location: Finland
Movement: New Hollywood
Film editor: Dede Allen
Title: Reds
Production designer: Richard Sylbert
Color: color
black-and-white
FSK film rating: FSK 12
Narrative location: Finland
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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Distribution format: video on demand
Assessment: Bechdel test assessment outcome: Q105773168 · criterion used: considering named characters only
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1.Stated in Bechdel Test Movie ListRetrieved 2017-12-10
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Review score: 7.3/10(February 21, 2026) review score by: IMDb · number of reviews/ratings: 27,000 global user rating
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76/100(January 16, 2026) review score by: Metacritic · number of reviews/ratings: 16 critic review
90%(January 16, 2026) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 50 critic review
7.8/10(October 6, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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Characters: John Reed
Louise Bryant
Max Eastman
Grigory Zinoviev
Eugene O'Neill
Louis C. Fraina
Emma Goldman
Julius Gerber
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Floyd Dell
Maurice Becker
Ida Rauh
Crystal Eastman
William Dudley Haywood
Jane Heap
Allan Louis Benson
Vladimir Lenin
Leon Trotsky
Alexander Kerensky
Lee Slater Overman
Karl Radek
Kijkwijzer rating: 12 content descriptor: Violence
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1.kijkwijzer.nl/films/reds/Retrieved 2025-06-22
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Set in period: 1920s
World War I
1910s
20th century
Main subject: World War I
John Reed
Louise Bryant
October Revolution

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