Product Information
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.Product Identifiers
EAN5027626231446
eBay Product ID (ePID)47772518
Product Key Features
ActorBill Johnson, Alec Baldwin, Zach Grenier, Michael Wincott, Eric Bogosian, Leslie Hope, David Brenner, Ellen Greene
Film/TV TitleTalk Radio
DirectorOliver Stone
Release Year2005
FeaturesOriginal Theatrical Trailer
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Certificate18
Number of Discs1
Additional InformationBased 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.
ReviewsTime Out - Bogosian commands attention in a patented tour-de-force., Uncut - Persuasive performances throughout., Total Film - Talk Radio has never seemed more relevant or incendiary.