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Sondheim was hired by Warren Beatty to write the complete score for his film Reds, in which Beatty starred with Diane Keaton. As Sondheim would score the scenes, Beatty would sit and squirm, until finally he told Sondheim that he didn't like the music that illustrated what the characters were feeling. After much discussion, Sondheim ascertained that what Beatty really wanted was a love theme he could use throughout the picture. So, Sondheim delivered the beauty in "Goodbye For Now". Ultimately, David Grusin would write the rest of the score, as Sondheim was immersed in the intensely troubled preview period for Merrily We Roll Along. But his theme shines throughout the film, a truly lovely paen to the film's lovers.

- Bruce Kimmel


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Film Information:  

Opened ............................ 1981
Directed ................. Warren Beatty
Written .................. Warren Beatty
....................... Trevor Griffiths
Cinematography ........ Vittorio Storaro
Music ................. Stephen Sondheim
........................... David Grusin
Production Design ...... Michael Seirton
........................ Richard Sylbert
Costume Design ......... Shirley Russell
Film Editing ................ Dede Allen
............................ Craig McKay
............................ Simon Relph
Produced ................. Warren Beatty


 
Film Cast:    

John Reed ................ Warren Beatty
Louise Bryant ............. Diane Keaton
Max Eastman ............ Edward Herrmann
Grigory Zinoviev ........ Jerzy Kosinski
Eugene O'Neill .......... Jack Nicholson
Louis Fraina .............. Paul Sorvino
Emma Goldman ......... Maureen Stapleton
Paul Trullinger ......... Nicolas Coster
Speaker ................. M. Emmet Walsh
Mr. Partlow .................. Ian Wolfe
Mrs. Partlow ............... Bessie Love
Carl Walters ........... MacIntyre Dixon
Helen Walters ................ Pat Starr
Mrs. Reed ............ Eleanor D. Wilson
Floyd Dell .................. Max Wright
Horace Whigham ......... George Plimpton
Maurice Becker ............ Harry Ditson
Isa Ruth .................. Leigh Curran
Crystal Eastman .......... Kathryn Grody
Marjorie Jones ........... Brenda Currin
Jane Heap ................ Nancy Duiguid
Barney .................. Norman Chancer
Big Bill Haywood ........... Dolph Sweet
Police Chief ............... Ramon Bieri
Pinkerton Guard ........... Jack O'Leary
Pete Van Wherry ........... Gene Hackman
Dr. Lorber ................ Gerald Hiken
Julius Gerber .......... William Daniels
Allan Benson ................. Dave King
Joe Volski ............... Joseph Buloff
Alex Gomberg .............. Stefan Gryff
V.I. Lenin ................ Roger Sloman
L. Trotsky .............. Stuart Richman
Witness .................. Oleg Kerensky
Senator Overman ......... John J. Hooker
MacAlpine ................. Shane Rimmer
Harry ..................... Jerry Hardin
Eddie ....................... Jack Kehoe
Government Agent ........ R.G. Armstrong
State Department Official . Josef Sommer
Karl Radek .................. Jan Triska
Scandinavian Escort ........ Eke Lindman
Russian Nurse ............ Nina Macarova
Russian Doctor ........ Jose De Fillippo
Little Boy ............. Andress La Casa



Songs:    

 1. Goodbye For Now



Recordings:

 1. Original Soundtrack Recording, 1981
    (Columbia, BJS 37690)

 2. Reds (VHS), 1982 
    (Paramount Home Video, 1331)

 3. Sondheim at the Movies, 1997
    (Varese Sarabande, VSD-5805)  



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