Warren Beatty was the co-writer, producer, and director of an epic drama movie.
Reds is a 1981 American epic drama film co-written , produced and directed by Warren Beatty .. Warren Beatty. Warren Beatty. epic. Epic film. drama film. Drama ( film and television ). The picture centers on the life and career of John Reed , the journalist and writer who chronicled the Russian Revolution in his book Ten Days That Shook the World .. John Reed. John Reed ( journalist ). journalist. Journalism. Russian Revolution. Russian Revolution of 1917. Ten Days That Shook the World. Ten Days That Shook the World. Beatty stars in the lead role alongside Diane Keaton as Louise Bryant and Jack Nicholson as Eugene O'Neill .. Diane Keaton. Diane Keaton. Jack Nicholson. Jack Nicholson. Louise Bryant. Louise Bryant. Eugene O'Neill. Eugene O'Neill. The supporting cast includes Edward Herrmann , Jerzy Kosinski , Paul Sorvino , Maureen Stapleton , Gene Hackman , Ramon Bieri , Nicolas Coster and M. Emmet Walsh .. Edward Herrmann. Edward Herrmann. Jerzy Kosinski. Jerzy Kosinski. Paul Sorvino. Paul Sorvino. Maureen Stapleton. Maureen Stapleton. Gene Hackman. Gene Hackman. Ramon Bieri. Ramon Bieri. Nicolas Coster. Nicolas Coster. M. Emmet Walsh. M. Emmet Walsh. The film also features , as `` witnesses , '' interviews with the 98-year-old radical educator and peace activist Scott Nearing , author Dorothy Frooks , reporter and author George Seldes , civil liberties advocate Roger Baldwin , and the American writer Henry Miller , among others .. Scott Nearing. Scott Nearing. Dorothy Frooks. Dorothy Frooks. George Seldes. George Seldes. civil liberties. civil liberties. Roger Baldwin. Roger Nash Baldwin. Henry Miller. Henry Miller. Beatty was awarded the Academy Award for Best Director and the film was nominated for Best Picture , but lost to Chariots of Fire .. Academy Award. 54th Academy Awards. Best Director. Academy Award for Best Director. Best Picture. Academy Award for Best Picture. Chariots of Fire. Chariots of Fire. Beatty , Keaton , Nicholson and Stapleton were nominated for Best Actor , Best Actress , Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress , respectively .. Best Actor. Academy Award for Best Actor. Best Actress. Academy Award for Best Actress. Best Supporting Actor. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Best Supporting Actress. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Stapleton was the only one of the four to win .. Beatty was also nominated , along with co-writer Trevor Griffiths , for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay , but lost to Chariots of Fire .. Trevor Griffiths. Trevor Griffiths. Academy Award. 54th Academy Awards. Chariots of Fire. Chariots of Fire. Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Beatty became the third person to be nominated for Academy Awards in the categories Best Actor , Director and Original Screenplay for a film nominated for Best Picture .. Best Picture. Academy Award for Best Picture. Best Actor. Academy Award for Best Actor. In June 2008 , the American Film Institute revealed its `` Ten Top Ten '' -- the best ten films in ten `` classic '' American film genres -- after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community .. American Film Institute. American Film Institute. Ten Top Ten. AFI's 10 Top 10. Reds was acknowledged as the ninth best film in the epic genre .. epic. Epic film