Reds is a movie directed by Warren Beatty in 1981 and based on the book Ten Days that Shook the World by John Reed, first published in 1919. The movie features Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski, Paul Sorvino, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
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Storyline
In 1915, married socialite Louise Bryant encounters the radical journalist John Reed for the first time at a lecture in Portland, Oregon, and is intrigued with his idealism. After meeting him for an interview on international politics that lasts an entire night, she realizes that writing has been her only escape from her frustrated high-society existence.
Movie vs Book
Year
1981
Minutes
195
Movie Rate
7.30
Source: IMDb
Year
1919
Pages
400
Book Rate
7.86
S: Goodreads
Book
Ten Days that Shook the World
Author: John Reed
Country: USA
First published in: 1919
Length: 400 pages
Genre: Non Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein
User polls & recommendations
“Making the book into a television show makes it feel so much more real and so much more like a real rock documentary.”
TAYLOR JENKINS REID (Writer)
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