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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) Articles: 1.
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“Assassins is about how society interprets the American Dream, marginalizes outsiders and rewrites and sanitizes its collective history. "Something Just Broke" is a major distraction and plays like an afterthought, shoe horned simply to appease. The song breaks the dramatic fluidity and obstructs the overall pacing and climactic arc which derails the very intent and momentum that makes this work so compelling...”
- Mark Bakalor
“I found [the Sondheim Celebration's Company] to be completely delightful. Almost all of the numbers excited and energized me, and most of the scenes were about as pitch-perfect as you can get. I just sat there with a big smile on my face the whole show.
Which is not to say that it is perfect...”
- popcornonmyknees
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