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Release Date:
4 December 1981 (USA) moreTagline:
Not since Gone With The Wind has there been a great romantic epic like it!Plot:
A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Won 3 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 21 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(10 articles)
$100 Million. No Questions Asked. (From FilmExperience. 26 April 2009, 6:47 PM, PDT)
Can Amy Adams really pull off an upset at the Oscars?
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Great piece of political discussion and drama moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Warren Beatty | ... | John Reed | |
| Diane Keaton | ... | Louise Bryant | |
| Edward Herrmann | ... | Max Eastman | |
| Jerzy Kosinski | ... | Grigory Zinoviev | |
| Jack Nicholson | ... | Eugene O'Neill | |
| Paul Sorvino | ... | Louis Fraina | |
| Maureen Stapleton | ... | Emma Goldman | |
| Nicolas Coster | ... | Paul Trullinger | |
| M. Emmet Walsh | ... | Speaker - Liberal Club | |
| Ian Wolfe | ... | Mr. Partlow | |
| Bessie Love | ... | Mrs. Partlow | |
| MacIntyre Dixon | ... | Carl Walters | |
| Pat Starr | ... | Helen Walters | |
| Eleanor D. Wilson | ... | Mrs. Reed | |
| Max Wright | ... | Floyd Dell |
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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USA:PG (re-rating after appeal) | USA:R (original rating) | Australia:M | UK:15 (cut) | Singapore:M18 | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Finland:K-16 | Norway:12 | Sweden:11Fun Stuff
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The poem that Jack Nicholson gives Diane Keaton was a real poem that he had actually written for her. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: The pet dog is a Golden Retriever but the first Golden (Champion Speedwell Pluto) wasn't imported into the US from England until 1930 moreQuotes:
John Reed: Look, what does a capitalist do? Let me ask you that, Mike. Huh? Tell me. I mean, what does he make, besides money? I don't know what he makes. The workers do all the work, don't they? Well, what if they got organized? moreSoundtrack:
Just a Little Love Song moreFAQ
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Warren Beatty makes himself the only director to get Oscar nominations in Best Producer (picture), director, actor and writer twice (Heaven Can Wait is the other one), and he won his only Oscar (besides his honorary Thalberg award in 2000) for direction here. And it is well deserved. Mainly because this is the best film about communism and other political issues ever made.
Here, Beatty portrays journalist and idealist John Reed to maximum potential. He also comes of great with Diane Keaton as his love. Long, yet immensly entertaining and interesting, which was one of the few political films (besides maybe South Park) that got me thinking about communism. By the way, this film also won best conematography (Vittoro Storatto) and Best Supporting Actress (Maureen Stapleton as Emma Goldman), though I think it should've also won Oscars for Nicholson and Beatty. One of the better films (top 20) of the decade. A+