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Talk Radio (1989)

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Reviews Counted: 25 Fresh: 20  Rotten:5 Average Rating: 6.7/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Synopsis: 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... 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. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Eric Bogosian, Ellen Greene, Alec Baldwin, Leslie Hope, Michael Wincott

Director: Oliver Stone

DVD Info

Release:

Oct 31, 2000

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
  • Single Side - Single Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Surround - English

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  • Production Notes
  • Biographies - 1. Cast & Crew

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Daniel M. Kimmel
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He asks an accepting audience, both in the film and in the theater: How much crap will you take, and why?

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09/06/04
Norm Schrager
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Talk Radio...is a nearly perfect example of how not to make a movie of a play.

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08/30/04
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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One of Stone's unqualified failures, by which I mean that even his usually muscular style can't partially redeem.

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07/04/04
Jake Euker
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Holds up a disturbing image of a consumer culture where trash is viewed as treasure and excess spells success.

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Darrin Keene
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01/30/03
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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Far more Eric Bogosian than Oliver Stone, and still timely, even after fifteen years.

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10/03/02
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium
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Oliver Stone's overly dramatic new ending puts a damper on things, but Bogosian has never been more magnetic

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09/27/02
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times
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Powerful. Eric Bogosian is a revelation.

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09/18/02
Clint Morris
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