Reds
Produced by Paramount Pictures 1981, budget of $35 million, gross of $40 million, color 35mm negative, 1.85:1 screen ratio, mono sound, 194 mins., Laserdisc released 1981, DVD released 2003.
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Production:
- Directed by Warren Beatty
- Screenplay by Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths
- Produced by Warren Beatty, Dede Allen, Simon Relph
- Original Music by Stephen Sondheim
- song "International" by Pierre Degeyter
- Cinematography by Vittorio Storaro
- Film Editing by Dede Allen, Craig McKay
- Sound Editing by Stan Bochner
- Production Design by Richard Sylbert
- Art Direction by, Simon Holland
- Costume Design by Shirley Russell
Cast:
- Warren Beatty as John "Jack" Reed
- Diane Keaton as Louise Bryant
- Edward Herrmann as Max Eastman
- Jerzy Kosinski as Grigory Zinoviev
- Jack Nicholson as Eugene "Gene" O'Neill
- Paul Sorvino as Louis Fraina
- Maureen Stapleton as Emma "E.G." Goldman
- Nicolas Coster as Paul Trullinger
- M. Emmet Walsh as Speaker - Liberal Club
- Ian Wolfe as Mr. Partlow
- Bessie Love as Mrs. Partlow
- MacIntyre Dixon as Carl Walters
- Pat Starr as Helen Walters
- Eleanor D. Wilson as Mrs. Reed
- Max Wright as Floyd Dell
- George Plimpton as Horace Whigham
- Harry Ditson as Maurice Becker
- Leigh Curran as Ida Rauh
- Kathryn Grody as Crystal Eastman
- Brenda Currin as Marjorie Jones
- Nancy Duiguid as Jane Heap
- Norman Chancer as Barney
- Dolph Sweet as Big Bill Haywood
- Ramon Bieri as Police Chief
- Jack O'Leary as Pinkerton Guard
- Gene Hackman as Pete Van Wherry
- Gerald Hiken as Dr. Lorber
- William Daniels as Julius Gerber
- Dave King as Allan Benson
- Joseph Buloff as Joe Volski
- Stefan Gryff as Alex Gomberg
- Denis Pekarev as Interpreter in Factory
- Roger Sloman as V.I. Lenin
- Stuart Richman as L. Trotsky
- Oleg Kerensky as A. Kerensky/Witness
- Nikko Seppala as Young Bolshevik Soldier
- John J. Hooker as Senator Overman
- Shane Rimmer as MacAlpine
- Jerry Hardin as Harry
- Jack Kehoe as Eddie
- Christopher Malcolm as C.L.P. Party Member
- Tony Sibbald as C.L.P. Party Member
- R.G. Armstrong as Government Agent
- Josef Sommer as State Department Official
- Jan Triska as Karl Radek
Links:
- Credits from the IMDB for the title: Reds
- Robert A. Rosenstone. "Reds as History," Reviews in American History, Sep., 1982, 297-310. article
- Internationale song
- Bolshevik Revolution
revised 1/10/06 by Steven Schoenherr at the University of San Diego | Filmnotes