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Reds is a 1981 American epic film that was co-written, produced, directed by and starred Warren Beatty. It centers on the life and career of John Reed, the revolutionary communist, journalist, and writer who chronicled the Russian Revolution in his book 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.
The supporting cast of the film includes Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski, Paul Sorvino, Maureen Stapleton, Gene Hackman, Ramon Bieri, Nicolas Coster and M. Emmet Walsh. The film also features, as "witnesses," interviews with the 98-year old radical educator and peace activist Scott Nearing (1883–1983), author Dorothy Frooks (1896–1997), reporter and author George Seldes (1890–1995), civil libertarian Roger Baldwin (1884–1981), and the American writer Henry Miller (1891–1980), among others.
Beatty was awarded the Academy Award for Best Director for the film. Reds was also nominated for Best Picture, but lost to Chariots of Fire. Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton were nominated for Best Actor and Best Actress, but lost to Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn in On Golden Pond.
Actors: Jesse Garcia (actor), Scott Butler (actor), Rosa Isela Frausto (actress), Güstavo Stebner (writer), Güstavo Stebner (director), Dove Meir (actor), Tia Barr (actress), Ezra Saint James (actress), Ami Sheth (actress), Lizzie Thrasher (actress), Jordan Wentz (actor), Valerie Farrow (actress), Terrence Terrell (actor), Larayia Gaston (actress), Molly Marlette (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Joe Gariffo (actor), John D'Alonzo (actor), James Baker (actor), Justine Conte (writer), Justine Conte (producer), Justine Conte (director), Justine Conte (editor), Tom Tansey (actor), Christina Lanni (producer), Christina Lanni (editor), Christina Lanni (writer), Jessica Garvey (actress), Aubrey Grant (actor), Jenny Roman (miscellaneous crew), Alli Kelly (actress),
Plot: When the young and beautiful Danielle locks eyes with the mysterious Luke on the subway train, she is instantly pulled into a dark underworld of crime and seduction. After a number of unexplainable run-ins with the mystery man, Danielle finally decides to follow him and find out who he is once and for all. She witnesses an attempt on his life and makes the bold decision to take him in. When she agrees to join Luke on a risky heist, things start to go downhill...fast. Now Danielle must cope with a fleeing lover, dangerous gangsters, and the consequences of murder.
Keywords: neo-noir, student-filmActors: Shelley Winters (actress), Nick Dimitri (actor), Betty A. Griffin (miscellaneous crew), Antonio Fargas (actor), Shep Houghton (miscellaneous crew), John Alderman (actor), Eugene Jackson (actor), Paul Koslo (actor), Bernie Casey (actor), Bill McKinney (actor), Jack Starrett (director), Don Record (miscellaneous crew), Joe Tornatore (actor), Stack Pierce (actor), Beach Dickerson (actor),
Plot: Cleopatra Jones is a United States Special Agent assigned to crack down on drug-trafficking in the U.S. and abroad. After she burns a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug-lord Mommy is furious at the loss of her supply and vows to destroy Cleopatra Jones. Mommy uses her connections with bad cops on the force to cause trouble for Cleopatra's friends and set her up for an attack. Meanwhile, Mommy is having trouble with some of her pushers, like the renegade Doodlebug.
Keywords: african-american, aviation, blaxploitation, boneyard, brother-sister-relationship, camel, character-name-in-title, chase, chevrolet-corvette, crooked-copActors: Harry Lauter (actor), Herbert Lytton (actor), Robert Burton (actor), Lyle Latell (actor), Donald Kerr (actor), Michael Jeffers (actor), Phil Arnold (actor), John Crawford (actor), John Doucette (actor), Charles Cane (actor), Douglas Evans (actor), Willis Bouchey (actor), Glenn Ford (actor), John Close (actor), Mike Mahoney (actor),
Plot: Dave Bannion is an upright but unscrupulous cop on the trail of a vicious gang he suspects holds power over the police force. Bannion is tipped off after a colleague's suicide and his fellow officers' suspicious silence lead him to believe that they are on the gangsters' payroll. When a bomb meant for him kills his wife instead, Bannion becomes a furious force of vengeance and justice, aided along the way by the gangster's spurned girlfriend Debbie. As Bannion and Debbie fall further and further into the Gangland's insidious and brutal trap, they must use any means necessary (including murder) to get to the truth.
Keywords: anonymous-telephone-call, arm-twisted, b-girl, balcony, bandage, bar, barmaid, bartender, based-on-novel, bedThis beautiful blend, I knew her through a mutual friend
She was a work of art, a part of my heart from back then
A brown skin singer, with a knack for actin, Alana's whole attraction
Just fractionally based on surface, I got into her mental on purpose
And with alertness, as I flirt with her emotion
Walls we built up out of nervousness was broken
I reminisce on how this Black Thought had her open
Wit da energy that got the whole summertime smokin very hypnotized
When it was time we spent time
It's no way to rewind or prevent
time from slipping away like day, into the dark
and the way that things fall apart, will make some start
to feel more, weak or insecure
But for whatever reason our relationship remain mature
Even when she caught feelings cuz I stay on tour
As I reflect on before, and recap the situation
I guess from experience, comes education
We set on a path to opposite destinations
It's best to chalk it up and add it to the elevation
Then eventually flow on to lost communication
I called but lost all information
And with time forgot it, it's not like I'm all in tears about it
But the fact still remains that I miss the Hypnotic
[Chorus: x2]
You're a shinin' star
No matter where you are
For the world to see
What you truly be
She was the hypnotic, and potent as a narcotic
the bizarre logic of it all, is why the clock tick
pages of the calendar flip, we can't stop it
time will either tell the tale, or turn a love toxic
now was she real, or an illusion of this optical
confusion with the accent of ancient Egypt
or could it be that she's the one I was supposed to be with
and together walked this twisted, staircase is somethin realistic
damn, her lips having me addicted to her presence
front page material on essence, a queen, imperial before her
adolescence
and as she grew into a woman she became refine
I never knew another like her in my lifetime
so now I travel through a tunnel of space, without a place
on the face of this earth, with this pain gettin worse
drivin me insane, or release I'm touchin the brink, of sanity
to think of how I can link, or contact her
I was a fool before, but more wise after the fact
I'm analyzin how I'm wantin her back
and wonderin exactly where she could be on the map
I'm just sittin here spinning the world on one finger
reoccuring thoughts of this brown skin singer
yo, the psychotic, the hypnotic, yo check it out
the most melodic hypnotic, yeah
[Chorus x4]
You're my shinin star
No matter where you are
Dont know what to say