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Acerbic radio talk show host Barry Champlain (Eric Bogosian) discovers that his controversial talk show is about to be “picked up” nationally. He finds himself in a state of turmoil with a crazed love life and fears that the management of the network will try to alter the content of his show. To make matters worse, he copes with the burden of being harassed by a neo-Nazi angered by his forthright opinions – angered enough to kill. Based on the play by Eric Bogosian and Tad Savinar.
"Oliver Stone’s Talk Radio makes you laugh, makes you mad and keeps you edgily watching for the killers in the shadows."
- MICHAEL WILMINGTON, Los Angeles Times
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Director: Oliver Stone
Screenplay: Oliver Stone
Cast: Eric Bogosian, Ellen Greene, Alec Baldwin, Leslie Hope, Michael Wincott, John C. McGinley
Producers: Edward R. Pressman, A. Kitman Ho
Associate Producers: Diane Schneier, Neal Weisman
Distributor: Universal Studios
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PRESS
Review by Roger Ebert, December 21, 1988
AWARDS
Won:
Silver Bear Outstanding Single Achievement (Eric Bogosian)/Berlin International Film Festival, 1989
Nominated:
Golden Bear (Oliver Stone)/Berlin International Film Festival, 1989
Best Director (Oliver Stone), Best Cinematography (Robert Richardson), Best Male Lead (Eric Bogosian)/Independent Spirit Awards, 1989
TRIVIA
The screenplay was almost entirely based on Bogosian's original play and some biographical information about Alan Berg, a Denver talk show host who was murdered by white supremacists in 1984.
Michael Wincott also played the role of Kent in the stage version.
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