Reds
In 1915, married socialite Louise Bryant encounters the radical journalist John Reed for the first time at a lecture in Portland, Oregon, and is intrigued with his idealism. After meeting him for an interview on international politics that lasts an entire night, she realizes that writing has been her only escape from her frustrated high-society existence. Inspired to leave her husband, Bryant joins Reed in Greenwich Village, New York City, and becomes acquainted with the local community of activists and artists, including anarchist and author Emma Goldman and the playwright Eugene O'Neill. Later, they move to Provincetown, Massachusetts, to concentrate on their writing, becoming involved in the local theater scene. Through her writing, Bryant becomes a feminist and radical in her own right. Reed becomes involved in labor strikes with the "Reds" of the Communist Labor Party of America. Obsessed with changing the world, he grows restless and heads for St. Louis to cover the 1916 Democratic Convention.
MPAA Rating: | PG |
Genre: | Biography, Drama, History, Romance |
Country: | United States, United Kingdom, Canada |
Produced By: | Simon Relph, David Leigh Macleod, Warren Beatty, Dede Allen |
Directed By: | Warren Beatty |
Written By: | Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths |
Cast: | Pat Starr, Diane Keaton, Max Wright, Shane Rimmer, Jerry Hardin, Jack O'Leary, Ramon Bieri, Josef Sommer, Joseph Buloff, Åke Lindman, William Daniels, M. Emmet Walsh, Janet Henfrey, R.G. Armstrong, Christopher Malcolm, Dolph Sweet, Richard LeParmentier, Ralph Morse, Eleanor D. Wilson, Kathryn Grody, Gerald Hiken, Miriam Margolyes, Stuart Richman, MacIntyre Dixon, Anthony Forrest, Brenda Currin, Warren Beatty, Harry Ditson, Leigh Curran, Harry Fielder, Norman Chancer, Simon Jones, Maureen Stapleton, Jack Kehoe, Dave King, Ian Wolfe, Jack Nicholson, Bessie Love, Roger Sloman, Stefan Gryff, Edward Herrmann, Paul Sorvino, Dwayne Brenna, John Herman Shaner, Gene Hackman, Jerzy Kosinski, Nikko Seppala, Jan Tríska, Mario Gallo, Pertti Weckström, Burnell Tucker, George Plimpton, Henry Miller, John Ratzenberger, Nicolas Coster, Tony Sibbald |
In Theaters: | Dec 25, 1981 |
Runtime: | 3 hours 15 minutes |
Production: | Barclays Mercantile Industrial Finance, JRS Productions |
Box Office: | $40,382,659 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |