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A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.

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Grigory Zinoviev
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Louis Fraina
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Paul Trullinger
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Speaker - Liberal Club
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Mr. Partlow
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MacIntyre Dixon ...
Carl Walters
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Helen Walters
Eleanor D. Wilson ...
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American journalist John Reed journeys to Russia to document the Bolshevik Revolution and returns a revolutionary. His fervor for left-wing politics leads him to Louise Bryant, then married, who will become a feminist icon and activist. Politics at home become more complicated as the rift grows between reality and Reed's ideals. Bryant takes up with a cynical playwright, and Reed returns to Russia, where his health declines. Written by Jwelch5742

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25 December 1981 (USA)  »

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$35,000,000 (estimated)
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The release schedule of actress Diane Keaton's next picture, Shoot the Moon (1982) co-starring Albert Finney, was changed in order not to hamper her campaign for a Best Actress Academy Award for this movie. See more »

Goofs

In the kitchen, after Eddie says that he missed the meeting with Levine because he had to take his wife to the clinic, Jack opens a cabinet door to get a pill bottle. Louise hands him the pill bottle. Jack turns to face her and takes a step away from the cabinets. From Louise's POV, we see Jack with the cabinet door wide open behind him. The shot shifts to Jack's POV of Louise, then back to her POV of Jack. The cabinet door is now closed. See more »

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[first lines]
Witness 1: [voiceover] Was that in 1913 or 17? I can't remember now. Uh, I'm, uh, beginning to forget all the people that I used to know, see?
Witness 2: [voiceover] Do I remember Louise Bryant? Why, of course, I couldn't forget her if I tried.
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As the credits roll, additional interviews with the 'witnesses' play. See more »

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The Crazy Otto Rag
Written by Edward R. White & Mack Wolfson (as Maxwell A. Wolfson) & Luigi Creatore & Hugo Peretti
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Great piece of political discussion and drama
27 June 2000 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

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+


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