Reds
“Not since Gone with the Wind has there been a great romantic epic like it!”
An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.
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Cast
86 people
Warren Beatty
John Reed
Known for
Bonnie and Clyde
Dick Tracy
Diane Keaton
Louise Bryant
Known for
The Godfather Part II
Annie Hall
Edward Herrmann
Max Eastman
Known for
Gilmore Girls
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
Jerzy Kosiński
Grigory Zinoviev
Also in
A Fool and His Money
Łódź Ghetto
Jack Nicholson
Eugene O'Neill
Known for
The Shining
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Paul Sorvino
Louis Fraina
Known for
GoodFellas
Godfather of Harlem
Jerzy Kosinski
Grigory Zinoviev
Maureen Stapleton
Emma Goldman
Known for
The Money Pit
Cocoon
Nicolas Coster
Paul Trullinger
Known for
Police Squad!
Lessons in Chemistry
M. Emmet Walsh
Speaker at Liberal Club
Known for
Blade Runner
Wild Wild West
Ian Wolfe
Mr. Partlow
Known for
THX 1138
Witness for the Prosecution
Bessie Love
Mrs. Partlow
Known for
The Lost World
The Broadway Melody
Warren Beatty Director · Trevor Griffiths Writer Elaine May Writer
Worldwide gross $40M · Budget $35M · United States release December 25, 1981
Box office
Budget
$35,000,000
Worldwide gross
$40,382,659
Gross vs. budget
1.2×
Production
JRS Productions
Production
Barclays Mercantile Industrial Finance
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Reds: The John Reed Story · John Reed: The Ten Days That Shook the World · The John Reed and Louise Bryant Story
Working titles
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Finnish · French · German · Italian · Russian
Release dates
United States · December 3, 1981
Premiere
United States · December 25, 1981
Theatrical
Argentina
March 25, 1982 · Theatrical
Australia
March 4, 1982 · Theatrical
Belgium
April 15, 1982 · Limited theatrical
Brazil
February 22, 1982 · Theatrical
Colombia
April 1, 1982 · Theatrical
Denmark
March 29, 1982 · Theatrical
Finland
April 9, 1982 · Theatrical
France
April 7, 1982 · Theatrical
Germany
April 23, 1982 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
May 13, 1982 · Theatrical
Ireland
May 14, 1982 · Theatrical
Italy
April 16, 1982 · Theatrical
Japan
April 10, 1982 · Theatrical
Mexico
June 24, 1982 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 8, 1982 · Theatrical
October 5, 2003 · TV
February 1, 2007 · Physical
February 13, 2013 · Physical
Portugal
April 1, 1982 · Theatrical
Spain
March 28, 1982 · Theatrical
Sweden
April 7, 1982 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 25, 1982 · Theatrical
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