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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Reds

The Numbers Rating: 7.50 (2 votes) Rate it - Rating Details
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 94% - Fresh
Theatrical Performance
Total US Gross $50,000,000
Released December 4, 1981
October 17, 2006 (DVD Sale)
Production Budget $33,500,000
Highest Combined Star Gross245 (see full chart)
Keywords Biography
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Source Based on Book/Short Story
Major Genre Drama
Country United States
Production Method Live Action
Creative Type Historical Fiction
Time Frame 1910-1920
Director Warren Beatty

Synopsis

Nominated for 12 Academy® Awards and winning three Oscars including Best Director for Warren Beatty, this epic mixes drama and interviews with major social radicals of the period. REDS tells the story of the love affair between activists Louise Bryant and John Reed. Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous start of the twentieth century, the two journalists' on-again off-again romance is punctuated by the outbreak of World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution. REDS stars Academy Award® Winners Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Maureen Stapleton and Gene Hackman.

Cast

Diane Keaton    Lousie Bryant
Jack Nicholson    Eugene O'Neill
Paul Sorvino    Louis Fraina
John Ratzenberger    Communist Leader
Warren Beatty    John Reed
Gene Hackman    Pete Van Wherry
M. Emmet Walsh    Speaker - Liberal Club
Edward Herrmann    Max Eastman
Maureen Stapleton    Emma Goldman
R.G. Armstrong    Government Agent
Jack Kehoe    Eddie
Josef Sommer    State Department Official

Weekend Chart Record

DateRank Gross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
12/4/1981 2 $2,411,083   389 $6,198 $2,411,083 3
1/1/1982 8 $3,728,000   665 $5,606   31
1/8/1982 5 $2,379,809 -36.16% 644 $3,695 $20,912,446 38
1/15/1982 4 $2,181,946 -8.31% 626 $3,486 $23,760,547 45
1/22/1982 10 $1,220,633 -44.06% 573 $2,130 $25,523,000 52
1/29/1982 9 $1,147,395 -6.00% 419 $2,738 $26,950,104 59
2/5/1982 10 $886,581 -22.73% 369 $2,403 $28,116,972 66
2/12/1982 5 $1,929,964 +117.69% 554 $3,484 $30,184,831 73
2/19/1982 7 $1,272,275 -34.08% 576 $2,209 $31,802,166 80