Talk Radio

Watch "Talk Radio" (1988) online on iFILM — Oliver Stone's chamber drama built almost entirely inside a Dallas radio booth. Eric Bogosian plays Barry Champlain, a combative late-night host who insults, baits and humiliates his callers, and is adored for it. On the night his show is about to go national, the calls take a darker turn.

Bogosian adapted the script from his own stage play, drawing partly on the 1984 murder of Denver radio host Alan Berg. Stone strips away everything — no location shoots, no subplots — and lets the pressure build call by call. Alec Baldwin, John C. McGinley and a pre-fame Michael Wincott show up in supporting roles, but this is Bogosian's film from first word to last. Stream "Talk Radio" (1988) on iFILM.