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Release Date
Dec 21, 1988 (USA)
DVD Release Date
• R1: Oct 31, 2000
Budget $4,000,000
Running Time
1 hour, 50 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Cineplex-Odeon Films, Ten-Four Productions
Studio Cineplex Odeon Films, Ten-Four Productions, Universal
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• Talk Radio (1988)
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Genre: Drama, Suspense, Murder, Society, True Story, Psychodrama, Satire, Hostage
Tagline: The last neighborhood in America.
Plot: Based loosely on the life of the murdered talk-radio personality Alan Berg, TALK RADIO stars monologist Eric Bogosian as the abrasive, self-loathing talk-radio host Barry Champlain. He spends his nights at Dallas station KGAB engaged in vitriolic conversations with a motley assortment of racists, anti-semites, rednecks, and all-purpose lunatics. Just having learned that his show has a chance to be picked up for national syndication, Barry seems to have ratcheted up the abuse level to new heights, worrying his co-workers. Yet while Barry's career is taking off, studio boss Dan (Alec Baldwin) angers him by trying to alter the provocative content of his show. At the same time, Barry's having problems with his girlfriend and ex-wife, Ellen (Ellen Greene). And a neo-Nazi group is making increasingly menacing calls, forcing him to the edge of a possible nervous breakdown. A compelling take on the dynamics of hate radio and the wages of narcissism, Oliver Stone's film is exceptionally well shot and acted, directed with claustrophobic concentration.
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Eric Bogosian
SubUrbia, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory |
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Eric Bogosian
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, Dolores Claiborne |
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 | Alec Baldwin
Pearl Harbor, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Aviator |
 | Michael Wincott
Alien: Resurrection, The Crow, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves |
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 | Ellen Greene
Leon, Little Shop of Horrors, Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult | |
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