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20. Reds (1981) Despite being a colossal platform for Warren Beatty as its director-star – perhaps the high point of his Hollywood prestige – this epic about John Reed and the October Revolution featured Jack Nicholson on scene-stealing, smouldering form as the dramatist Eugene O’Neill, who was painfully in love with Reed’s lover and then wife Louise Bryant, played by Diane Keaton. 19. The Witches of Eastwick (1987) Nicholson was deep into his grinning-devil mode for this movie, based on the John Updike novel – a mode to which he brought charisma and force, but not much depth. He is...
