Warren Beatty directs and stars in this epic tale about the life and times of John Reed, the radical, left-wing american journalist, who witnessed the Communist revolution in Russia.

Beatty plays Reed, who travelled to Russia to chronicle the October Revolution, famously recording his experiences in the book Ten Days That Shook the World. Reed’s romance with fellow journalist and activist Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton) is the central motif.

Beatty intersperses the historical drama with interviews in which ‘The Witnesses’ recount their memories of Reed and Bryant and the era that inspired them. Reds stands alone as a bold and sympathetic Hollywood portrayal of revolutionaries, from the year Ronald Reagan became president and the Cold War entered a deep freeze