Oscar-winning fact-based drama, based on the life of American journalist and activist John Reed, famous for his first-hand account of the 1917 Russian Revolution. The film focuses on his relationship with writer Louise Bryant, whom he first encounters at a meeting for radical thinkers. Leaving her husband, she joins Reed on his journey to Russia as the Bolshevik uprising gets under way. Directed by and starring Warren Beatty. With Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson and Edward Herrmann