2006-10-21 20:25:24 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
The film REDS was one of Jack Nicholson's best ever performances as Eugene O'Neill (Eugene Gladstone O'Neill ) ,a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright who was a friend of the most notably Communist Party USA founder John Reed. O'Neill had a romantic relationship with Reed's wife.
In this film, he received Best Actor in a Supporting Role from the 1983 BAFTA Film Award, 1982 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, 1982 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards, and 1981 National Board of Review Award. He was nominated for the same role in 1982 Oscar's Academy Awards and Golden Globe Award. Jack Nicholson, born on April 22, 1937 is best Known as Jake Gittes in Chinatown. He has been nominated for 12 Academy Awards, and he's won three times.He first played the lead role in the 1958 The Cry Baby Killer. He first made a splash as hippie lawyer in Easy Rider in1969.
Reds is a Historical Epic and biographical movie released in 1981 with Warren Beatty (as John Reed), Diane Keaton (as Louise Bryant ), Edward Herrmann ( as Max Eastman ), Jerzy Kosinski (as Grigory Zinoviev ),and Jack Nicholson (as Eugene O'Neill) being the main casts. This film won 3 Oscars, another 18 wins & 21 nominations.
Reds depicts the life story of a radical American journalist John Reed who got involved with the Communist revolution in Russia and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.♥
2006-10-22 19:22:26 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was the 1981 film "Reds" where Jack Nicholson played Eugene O'Neill.
2006-10-22 03:41:55 · answer #2 · answered by thalterman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Reds is a 1981 film starring Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton. It centers on the life of John Reed, the Communist, journalist, and writer who chronicled the Russian Revolution in his book Ten Days that Shook the World.
Besides Beatty and Keaton, the movie stars Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski, Jack Nicholson, Paul Sorvino, Maureen Stapleton, Ramon Bieri, Nicolas Coster and M. Emmet Walsh. It was adapted by Warren Beatty, Peter S. Feibleman (uncredited), Trevor Griffiths, Elaine May (uncredited) and Jeremy Pikser from Reed's memoir. It was directed by Beatty. It also stars (as witnesses from past events on and before WWI) the celebrated radical educator and peace activist 98-year old Scott Nearing (1883-1983), author Dorothy Frooks (1896-1997) and reporter and author George Seldes (1890-1995). It was nominated for Best Picture, but lost to Chariots of Fire.
The movie won Academy Awards for:
Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Maureen Stapleton playing Emma Goldman)
Best Cinematography (Vittorio Storaro)
Best Director (Warren Beatty)
and was nominated for:
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Warren Beatty)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jack Nicholson)
Best Actress in a Leading Role (Diane Keaton)
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Picture
Best Sound
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
To date, this is the last movie to receive Oscar nominations in each of the four acting categories. No film in the ceremonies since 1982 has achieved this feat.
Nicoholson's complete filmography (70 movies) can be viewed at: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000197/
2006-10-22 06:58:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Reds; film produced and directed by Warren Beatty
2006-10-22 03:28:51 · answer #4 · answered by Babs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋