Talk Radio details
| Format: | 18 DVD |
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| Starring: | Ellen Greene, Eric Bogosian, Alec Baldwin, Leslie Hope |
| Director: | Oliver Stone |
| Genre: | Drama - General |
| Studio: | NETWORK |
| Name | Discs | |
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Talk Radio |
18 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 50 minutes |
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| Rental release: | Not available for rental |
| Main languages: | English |
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Sticks and stones may break your bones but words cause permanent damage.
By Chris Nightingale from Luton, England , 07 Jul 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
Talk Radio is often considered the 'lost' Oliver Stone film as it is mostly overlooked.
Based on his own stage play (which was based on the real life of Alan Berg), Eric Bogosian stars as Barry Champlain, a larger than life talk show DJ whose powers to provoke and enrage his audience have won him national acclaim. Soon his show 'Night Talk' will begin national syndication and it is here that he must consider the relevance of his show and what it stands for.
Most of his audience adore him and phone to discuss topics ranging from 'Poisonous Air' to 'Why they don't make any more 'I Love Lucy' shows'. But on the other side are the audience who despise him ranging from the average angry guy to extreme right-wing Neo-Nazis.
Eventually his aggression to the audience, his close colleagues and the chance of going national become to much for Barry and thus one night turns into a nightmare with terrifying consequences.
Eric Bogosian is absolutely electrifying as Barry Champlain in probably his best screen performance. The remaining cast perform a superb job including Alec Baldwin as his ambitious boss, John C. McGinley as his unappreciated studio engineer, Michael Wincott as Kent - the bizarre 'future youth of this country', Leslie Hope as his girlfriend and producer and Ellen Greene as his ex-wife
I can't recommend this great little film enough. Go add to your list now!!!- Was this review helpful to you?
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(5)Brilliant actor - mediocre film version
By wikkidsmyle (438 reviews) from Newmarket , 22 Jun 2007Yes, Eric Bogosian is absolutely awesome as the ascerbic talk show host Barry Champlain and, as it's based on his own play, you get the sense that on stage, he was probably dynamite. The problem is, as with most other stage-to-screen transfers, the rawness has been polished away. Oliver Stone uses close-ups to good effect, making you feel uncomfortable as you watch Barry slowly implode under the pressure of his own ego, but ultimately, once the obvious denouement occurs, you are left feeling that you wished you'd seen the stage version instead.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Change the channel
By a customer from London, England , 11 Mar 2007This came free with the Sunday paper. If this movie was a radio show I would have changed the channel. Don't make the same mistake I did watching and waiting for it to get better.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Talk, not so cheap.
By Frenchie from Manchester, England , 03 Mar 2007A forgotton film from Oliver Stone, Talk Radio has many of the themes familliar from his better known works; personal politics, ego and greed. Eric Bogosion is excellent as a self loathing, contemped but brilliant talk radio presenter on the verge of the big time. The is n't really a plot and the story is disjointed, prehaps showing the theatrical origins of the film, but Talk Radio creates a memorable and subtle character study of man working on the edge.- Was this review helpful to you?
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The original meaning of 'awesome'.
By Anj Green from West Yorkshire, UK , 12 Aug 2006I saw this film on TV when I was in my teens and it amazed me beyond belief, now fifteen or so years later it's done it again. If you like your films with not much going on on-screen but plenty of talking then, the chances are, you'll be gripped by this film so much that it's easy to forget to breath. Not many films can boast that.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Sticks and stones may break your bones but words cause permanent damage.
By Chris Nightingale from Luton, England , 07 Jul 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
Talk Radio is often considered the 'lost' Oliver Stone film as it is mostly overlooked.
Based on his own stage play (which was based on the real life of Alan Berg), Eric Bogosian stars as Barry Champlain, a larger than life talk show DJ whose powers to provoke and enrage his audience have won him national acclaim. Soon his show 'Night Talk' will begin national syndication and it is here that he must consider the relevance of his show and what it stands for.
Most of his audience adore him and phone to discuss topics ranging from 'Poisonous Air' to 'Why they don't make any more 'I Love Lucy' shows'. But on the other side are the audience who despise him ranging from the average angry guy to extreme right-wing Neo-Nazis.
Eventually his aggression to the audience, his close colleagues and the chance of going national become to much for Barry and thus one night turns into a nightmare with terrifying consequences.
Eric Bogosian is absolutely electrifying as Barry Champlain in probably his best screen performance. The remaining cast perform a superb job including Alec Baldwin as his ambitious boss, John C. McGinley as his unappreciated studio engineer, Michael Wincott as Kent - the bizarre 'future youth of this country', Leslie Hope as his girlfriend and producer and Ellen Greene as his ex-wife
I can't recommend this great little film enough. Go add to your list now!!!- Was this review helpful to you?
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