Movie
Talk Radio
Adaptation film with a runtime of 110 minutes, released in 1988. Presented in English.
At a Glance
Synopsis
Monologist Eric Bogosian's one-man theater piece Talk Radio, co-written by Bogosian and Tad Savinar, is searingly brought to the screen by Oliver Stone. Bogosian plays provocateur radio talk-show host Barry Champlain, whose constant espousal of his inflammatory views and ceaseless hectoring of his callers and listeners reaps equal parts love and hate. As his program rolls on, Champlain is revealed to be just as screwed up as any of his fans, if not more. And then he pushes one caller just a bit too far. In co-adapting the play for the screen, Stone interweaves elements of Stephen Singular's factual book Talked to Death, the story of a liberal Denver radio personality who was murdered at the behest of a militant right-wing hate group. One word of warning: if you're not a fan of the sort of radio depicted herein, chances are you won't warm up to this film.
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Cast
- Eric Bogosian
- Alec Baldwin
- Ellen Greene
- Leslie Hope
- Michael Wincott
- John C. McGinley
- John Pankow
- Bill Johnson
- David Brenner
- Zach Grenier
- Linda Atkinson
- Tony Frank
- Allan Corduner
- Kevin Howard
- Bruno Rubeo
- Pirie MacDonald
- Mimi Cochran
- Chip Moody
- David Poynter
- Theresa Bell
- Eric Bogosian
- Neal Wesiman
- Bruno Rubeo
- Ellen Mirojnick
- Sam Strangis
- Park Overall
- Earl Hindman
- David Brenner
- Robert Trebor
- Diane Schneier
- Leigh French
- A. Kitman Ho
- Peter Jamison
- Greg Strangis
- Jan-Michael Vincent
- Robert Richardson
- Edward R. Pressman
- Milo
- William DeAcutis
- Tod A. Maitland
- Oliver Stone
- Anna Levine
- Derek R. Hill
- Areni Milo
- Rockets Redglare
- Alan Corduner
- Joe Hutshing
- Michael Wincott
- Billy Hopkins
