
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.
- Director
- Warren Beatty
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Tension
- Worldwide
- $40M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
27 billed performers
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Movie DNA
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What It's About
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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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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Reds returned 1.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $35M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $40M
- Release date
- Dec 25, 1981
- Runtime
- 3h 15m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- United States of America
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