
Premiere
23
Dec1988
Box office×0.87
Budget$4M
Gross$3M
About
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Starring

Eric Bogosian
Barry Champlain

Ellen Greene
Ellen

Leslie Hope
Laura

John C. McGinley
Stu

Alec Baldwin
Dan

John Pankow
Dietz

Michael Wincott
Kent / Michael / Joe
Linda Atkinson
Sheila Fleming

Robert Trebor
Jeffrey Fisher / Francine

Zach Grenier
Sid Greenberg

Tony Frank
Dino
Harlan Jordan
Coach Armstrong

Bill Johnson
Fan #1
Kevin Howard
Fan #2

Anna Thomson
Woman at Basketball Game / Denise
Bruno Rubeo
Tony

Pirie MacDonald
Judge Willard

Allan Corduner
Vince / Morris
Mimi Cochran
Girl #1

Rockets Redglare
Killer / Redneck Caller

Oliver Stone
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