Rent Talk Radio (1988)
3.7 of 5 from 63 ratings
1h 45min
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- Synopsis:
Words can kill...Shock-jock Barry Champlain (Eric Bogosian) receives the biggest break of his career when his local radio show is targeted to become nationally syndicated. Glib, cynical, cruel but often very funny, Champlain is skilled in pushing people s buttons and touching callers' raw nerves. But with fame and success literally knocking at the door to his studio, Champlain does not relax or celebrate. Instead, he sweeps up his ex-wife (Ellen Green), his co-workers and his unstable radio audience into a darkly comic marathon bout of compulsive risk-taking. Shock radio is "just a job", Champlain is told, just a form of entertainment, a show. But both he and his fans - the marginal, the pathetic, the angry, the lost, the confused, the extreme, the desperate and the dangerous - know better. They know that talk radio is not cheap and they know that words can kill... - Actors:
- Eric Bogosian, Ellen Greene, Leslie Hope, John C. McGinley, Alec Baldwin, John Pankow, Michael Wincott, Linda Atkinson, Robert Trebor, Zach Grenier, Tony Frank, Harlan Jordan, Bill Johnson, Kevin Howard, Anna Levine, Bruno Rubeo, Pirie MacDonald, Allan Corduner, Mimi Cochran, Rockets Redglare
- Directors:
- Oliver Stone
- Producers:
- A. Kitman Ho, Edward R. Pressman
- Voiced By:
- Peter Zapp, Carl Kissin, Park Overall, Michele Mariana, Earl Hindman, John Seitz, Kyle McClaran, Dee Pyland, Daniel Escobar, William De Acutis, Frederica Meister, Luis Barajas, Vernie Bailey, Martin Rayner, Alan Clark, Moby, John B. Wells, Leigh French, Walter Lynn
- Writers:
- Stephen Singular, Eric Bogosian, Tad Savinar, Oliver Stone
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- Top 10 Films About Radio: Rock to Rap, Top Films
- Awards:
1989 Berlinale Silver Bear For An Outstanding Single Achievement
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Reviews (1) of Talk Radio
Sharp & Gripping - Talk Radio review by griggs
Oliver Stone’s Talk Radio might be his best non-war film. However, how much of it is indeed “his” is up for debate—Eric Bogosian, who stars, also wrote the original play. It’s a sharp, gripping ride that rarely falters, packed with foreshadowing leading to an ending that still manages to surprise.
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