In a 1981 film Warren Beatty played this newspaperman who covered the Russian Revolution
The picture centers on the life and career of John Reed, the 
journalist and writer who chronicled the Russian Revolution in his book .... Peter 
Biskind wrote about the making of Reds, "Beatty's relationship with Keaton barely
... [DOC] [TLE] Reds (1981) - IMDb [PAR] Biography  A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist 
revolution in ... With Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann, Jerzy 
Kosinski.