Talk Radio

12/21/19881h 49m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The last neighborhood in America. ~

Overview:

A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.

Director:

Oliver Stone

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$4,000,000.00

Revenue:

$3,468,572.00

Key words:

anonymity
radio presenter
radio transmission
success
jewish american

Cast

Eric Bogosian

~ as ~

Barry Champlain

Ellen Greene

~ as ~

Ellen

Leslie Hope

~ as ~

Laura

John C. McGinley

~ as ~

Stu

Alec Baldwin

~ as ~

Dan

John Pankow

~ as ~

Dietz

Michael Wincott

~ as ~

Kent / Michael / Joe

Linda Atkinson

~ as ~

Sheila Fleming

Robert Trebor

~ as ~

Jeffrey Fisher / Francine

Zach Grenier

~ as ~

Sid Greenberg

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Reviews (1)

GenerationofSwine
Written 2 year(s) ago
10
This is typical Oliver Stone...no, wait, I didn't mean that in a bad way. I actually meant that in a very positive way.

Our protagonist is a Glenn Beck type, overly opinionated, thuggish, personality meets the shock jock ratings whore...and, in a way that only Stone can achieve, he is treated pretty fairly.

In fact, just about everyone in the film right down to the Neo Nazis are treated pretty fairly. But this was the man, with traditionally liberal values, that was able to make Nixon look sympathetic and gave W a fair shake.

Obscene Racists are treated like humans. Gotta love Stone. Any other director would have made them a walking stereo-type with no personality.

So what you have here is a wonderfully unique film that, despite it being Stone, really feels honest and unbiased.

It's an INSANELY UNDER-RATED FILM.