Reds 25th Anniversary Special Collector’s Edition
Paramount Home Entertainment is marking the 25th anniversary of
Reds, the movie that propelled Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson to even greater heights of stardom with a first-time ever DVD of the film.
When it first came out The New York Times described Mr Beatty’s work thusly: “(A) remarkably rich, romantic film that dramatizes – in a way that no other commercial movie in my memory has ever done – the excitement of being young, idealistic and foolish in a time when everything still seemed possible.”
Reds tells the story of the love affair between activists Louise Bryant (Keaton) and John Reed (Beatty). Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous start of the twentieth century, the two journalists’ on-again off-again romance is punctuated by the outbreak of World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution.
Beatty won best director for the film and Reds was nominated for 12 Academy Awards overall. The film also includes great performances by Maureen Stapleton and Gene Hackman.
The two-disc set, Beatty’s first DVD, contains various featurettes and documentaries that are also of interest.
Warren Beatty Stars In The Governator II
Seventies sex symbol Warren Beatty makes
a dramatic comeback in this sequel about a
has-been actor who thinks he might know a
thing or two about politics.
Hot on the heels of the surprise 2003 hit The
Governator — the gripping thriller turned comedy
turned tragedy which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger –
this second part portrays the governator’s left-wing
mega alter ego in a daring high-wire act in which he
speaks on behalf of the California’s poor and
underprivileged without ever having to meet them.
In his most challenging role to date, Beatty
takes on the task of keeping himself and a coterie
of liberal elitist pals moving from cocktail party
to cocktail party while at the same time convincing
the state’s lower castes that he feels their pain.
Joined by an outstanding team of supporting actors that includes
Sean Penn, Barbra Streisand and Arriana Huffington,
Beatty was simply made for this role.
Opens sometime in late 2006.
