Reds (Blu-ray, 25th Anniversary Edition) PG

Reds (Blu-ray, 25th Anniversary Edition)
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  • Rated: PG
  • Run Time: 3 hours, 15 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: November 7, 2006
  • Originally Released: 1981
  • Label: Paramount

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Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1981 - Best Cinematography: Vittorio Storaro
Academy Awards 1981 - Best Director: Warren Beatty
Academy Awards 1981 - Best Supporting Actress: Maureen Stapleton

Entertainment Reviews:

Certified Fresh90%

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Total Count: 41

Upright82%

AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 8,962
It is occasionally rambling and repetitious, but nearly always intelligent and engrossing. Full Review
Washington Post
May 9, 2017
Beatty, who produced, directed, helped to write and starred in this impressive work, may be forgiven for not having the heart to cut it. Full Review
The Nation
Feb 5, 2018
Beatty gives the performance of his lifetime as the erratic, possessed Reed, and his grasp of the direction of an epic film is truly astonishing. Full Review
Associated Press
Oct 22, 2018
Rating: B -- Filled with rich ideas. Full Review
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Jan 11, 2010
Rating: 3.5/4 -- As for Beatty, Reds is his bravura turn. Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
Oct 24, 2004
Beatty's passion is indisputable.
Rolling Stone
Nov 30, 2006
REDS remains a superior history lesson, thanks to Mr. Beatty's thorough command of the material and to his inclusion of real-life 'witnesses' to the life and times of Reed.
New York Times
Oct 4, 2006

Product Description:

Riding high after the box office success of SHAMPOO and HEAVEN CAN WAIT, Warren Beatty used his seemingly limitless power to write, produce, direct, and star in this epic historical romance. The film recounts a particularly eventful period in the life of notorious American communist John Reed (Beatty), who journeyed to Russia to witness the Bolshevik Revolution firsthand. Before that, he met the already wed Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton) in Portland in 1915. However, they shared such a mutual attraction for words, and each other, that soon Bryant was living with Reed in New York City. It was here where they befriended some of the early 20th Century's most recognizable faces: Eugene O'Neill (Jack Nicholson), Emma Goldman (Maureen Stapleton), Max Eastman (Richard Herrmann), and Horace Whigham (George Plimpton). Yet Reed's commitment to his craft caused an endless friction in the relationship, until Louise found her own journalistic voice, leading the couple to Russia at a crucial moment in history. But just when they appeared to have come to a perfect place in their relationship, tragedy struck.

REDS is one of the last vestiges of early Hollywood, a broad, sweeping spectacle that is simultaneously thought provoking and unabashedly entertaining. Beatty inserts fascinating interviews with actual participants from that earlier era throughout the film to provide even more context and insight. At a time when Ronald Reagan had just become the president of the United States, Beatty's sympathetic portrait of notorious American communist John Reed seemed even more daring. Yet, as it continues to age, the film only continues to grow in relevance, assuring its rightful place at the top of the Hollywood canon.

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