Editing Reds (film) (section)

===Financing===
Beatty achieved tremendous success with 1978's ''[[Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)|Heaven Can Wait]]'', which he produced, starred in, co-wrote and co-directed for [[Paramount Pictures]]. The success gave Beatty the clout to seek funding for his long nurtured ''Reds'' project, which was difficult to secure because of the controversial [[Communism|communist]] subject matter and high price tag. Beatty succeeded in interesting both [[Warner Bros.]] and Paramount, before the head of [[Gulf and Western Industries|Gulf & Western]] (Paramount's parent company), [[Charles Bluhdorn]], agreed to finance the project. Bluhdorn soon had second thoughts, and attempted to dissuade Beatty with the promise of underwriting a $25 million alternative to ''Reds'' of Beatty's choice, but Beatty remained committed.<ref name="Biskind" />