Produced, directed, and cowritten by Warren Beatty, who also stars as radical journalist John Reed, REDS is a sprawling yet highly personal epic. Focusing on Reed's tempestuous relationship with feminist Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton), the $45-million production also encompasses a capsule
history of the American Left in the early 20th century and depicts the Russian Revolution, which Reed chronicled in
Ten Days That Shook the World. Punctuated by the reminiscences of a number of Reed's real-life contemporaries (shot in stark black and white and unidentified, although they include
Rebecca West, Henry Miller, and Hamilton Fish) the three-hour-plus marathon shift...
Released:
1981
Rated:
PG
Length:
200 mins