Reds (1981)

Part of the Warren Beatty Season

Director: Warren Beatty
Certificate: BBFC 15
Length:
Format: DVD
Language: English
Country: USA

An epic interweave of revolution and romance, drama and documentary, Beatty's paean to struggle and dissent.

Other films in the Warren Beatty Season:

06

Film: Bonnie And Clyde (1967)

6 Jul 2014, 7:30 p.m.

Not only acted but also produced by Beatty, a brutal fairytale that reclaimed the gangster genre from Nouvelle Vague.

10

Film: Shampoo (1975)

10 Jul 2014, 7:30 p.m.

Set on the eve of the election of Nixon as President, Beatty as Hollywood's chic hairdresser tries to sort out his sex life. A dark politico-sexual satire on 70's America.

17

Film: The Parallax View (1974)

17 Jul 2014, 7:30 p.m.

Modelled on the Kennedy assassination, this superb political thriller, with Beatty in the lead role, sets the keynote for future conspiracy and paranoia movies.

31

Film: Bulworth (1998)

31 Jul 2014, 7:30 p.m.

This is Beatty's brilliantly conceived corrosive satire in which the politics are up-front and serious.  According to the New York Times 15 April 14, Obama has in private talked about,'…doing a Bulworth.'