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Besides Beatty and Keaton, the movie stars Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski, Jack Nicholson, Paul Sorvino, Maureen Stapleton, Gene Hackman, Ramon Bieri, Nicolas Coster and M. Emmet Walsh. It was adapted by Warren Beatty, Peter S. Feibleman (uncredited), Trevor Griffiths, Elaine May (uncredited) and Jeremy Pikser from Reed's memoir. It was directed by Beatty. Edward Herrmann (born July 21, 1943) is an American television and film actor. ... Jerzy Kosiński. ... This article refers to the actor. ... Paul Anthony Sorvino (born April 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York City) is an Italian-American character actor whose career has largely been the portrayal of authority figures, both as legal enforcer and criminal, in television, stage, and film. ... Maureen Stapleton. ... Gene Hackman (born Eugene Allen Hackman[1] on January 30, 1930) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. ... Ramon Bieri (born June 16, 1929; died May 27, 2001) is an American actor. ... Nicolas Coster (born December 3, 1934 in London, United Kingdom) is a British-born American actor, most known for his work in daytime drama and as a character actor on nighttime television series. ... M Emmet Walsh as the private detective in Blood Simple Michael Emmet Walsh (born March 22, 1935 in Ogdensburg, New York) is an American character actor who has appeared in over 100 film and television productions. ... Trevor Griffiths (born 4 April 1935 in Manchester) is an English dramatist. ... Elaine May (b. ...

The film also features, as "witnesses," interviews with the celebrated radical educator and peace activist 98-year old Scott Nearing (1883-1983), author Dorothy Frooks (1896-1997), reporter and author George Seldes (1890-1995), and the American writer Henry Miller (1891-1980), among others. Warren Beatty was awarded the Oscar for Best Director for the film. It was also nominated for Best Picture, but lost to Chariots of Fire. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Helen and Scott Nearing. ... Dorothy Frooks (February 12, 1896 - April 13, 1997) was an American author, publisher, military figure and actress. ... George Seldes (November 16, 1890 – July 2, 1995) was an influential American investigative journalist and media critic. ... Henry Miller photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1940 Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American writer and, to a lesser extent, painter. ... // The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. ... Chariots of Fire is a British film released in 1981. ...

Main historical characters

• John Silas Reed - (played by Warren Beatty)
• Louise Bryant - (played by Diane Keaton)
• Max Eastman - (played by Edward Herrmann)
• Grigory Zinoviev - (played by Jerzy Kosinski)
• Eugene O'Neill - (played by Jack Nicholson)
• Emma Goldman - (played by Maureen Stapleton)

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The Witnesses

Some are very well known, others not so.

• Roger Nash Baldwin - (founder of the ACLU)
• Henry Miller - (Writer)
• Adela Rogers St. Johns - (Journalist, novelist, and screenwriter)
• Dora Russell - (Feminist and progressive campaigner)
• Scott Nearing - (Conservationist, peace activist, educator and writer)
• Tess Davis
• Hamilton Fish III - (Congressman)
• Isaac Don Levine
• Rebecca West - (Feminist and writer)
• Will Durant - (Philosopher, historian, and writer)
• Will Weinstone
• Emmanuel Herbert
• Arne Swabeck - (American Communist leader)
• Adele Gutman Nathan
• George Seldes - (Investigative journalist and media critic)
• Kenneth Chamberlain
• Blanche Hays Fagen
• Galina von Meck
• Art Shields
• Andrew Dasburg
• Hugo Gellert - (Illustrator and satirist)
• Dorothy Frooks - (Author, publisher, military figure and actress)
• George Jessel - (Actor, singer, songwriter, and movie producer)
• Jacob Bailin
• John Ballato
• Lucita Williams
• Bernadine Szold-Fritz
• Jessica Smith - (Editor and activist)
• Harry Carlisle
• Arthur Mayer

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Awards

The movie won Academy Awards for: Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ...

• Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Maureen Stapleton playing Emma Goldman)
• Best Cinematography (Vittorio Storaro)
• Best Director (Warren Beatty)

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• Best Actor in a Leading Role (Warren Beatty)
• Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jack Nicholson)
• Best Actress in a Leading Role (Diane Keaton)
• Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
• Best Costume Design
• Best Film Editing
• Best Picture
• Best Sound
• Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.

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Trivia

• During filming, Beatty lectured his Russian extras on the capitalist exploitation of labour, attempting to inspire them. According to the magazine Total Film in 2004, this was the 4th "dumbest decision in movie history": the extras duly went on strike, demanding higher wages.

• To date, this is the last film to receive Oscar nominations in each of the four acting categories. No film since Reds has achieved this feat.

• Warren Beatty began filming interviews with the "witnesses" in the early 1970s.

• Gene Hackman performed in an unbilled cameo role as Pete Van Wherry. The scene in which he tells Jack Reed that Louise Bryant no longer works for him took exactly 100 takes to shoot. Hackman vowed that he would not shoot a 101st take and he did not.

• In a 1981 interview with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd on a talk show (included as a bonus on the 'Best of Saturday Night Live: John Belushi' DVD), Belushi and Aykroyd mentioned 'Reds' as one of their favorite recent movies.

• Part of the movie, the October Revolution part, was shot at Helsinki specialy in Suomenlinna and in the Helsinki Senate Square,

• Jerzy Kosinski played the role of Bolshevik revolutionary and Politburo member Grigory Zinoviev. The Time magazine critic wrote: "As Reed's Soviet nemesis, novelist Jerzy Kosinski acquits himself nicely--a tundra of ice against Reed's all-American fire." Newsweek complimented Kosinski's "delightfully abrasive" performance."[1]

• The movie was not released on DVD until 2006.

• This was the last major Hollywood film released with an Intermission.

• Beatty wanted to cast his friend Nicholson as Eugene O'Neill but was unsure if the actor would accept the part since Beatty felt it wasn't a big role. When Beatty had a conversation with Nicholson, he described the character as someone who could take a woman away from John Reed (Beatty). Nicholson said the only person who could pull that off was him and he signed onto the film. Although upon accepting the role, Nicholson had just finished work on The Shining and producers on the film had observed his appearance as being messy and overweight. But as soon as filming began, Nicholson had changed his appearance and shed a considerable amount of weight for the part.

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External links

• Reds at the Internet Movie Database