Talk Radio Page #2

Synopsis: An acerbic radio talk show host based in Dallas starts what could be an important few days when he discovers that his controversial late night show is about to be "picked up" by a nationwide network of radio stations. However, all is not perfect for him, because on top of troubles with his love life and fears that the management of the network will try to alter the content of his show he has to cope with a neo-nazi group who have been angered by his forthright opinions.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Oliver Stone
Production: MCA Universal Home Video
  3 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
R
Year:
1988
110 min
1,797 Views


But it's all right for our tax|dollars, four billion of them,

to go into a system|that's a complete joke.

More drugs than ever|are coming into this country.

Our courts, our jails|are clogged with cases.

The other night up in New York City,|crack dealers killed another cop.

Any kid who wants a hit|can get one. That's right.

When are we gonna|wake up, Rhonda?

When are we going to admit that drug|prohibition is not working in this country?

I think-|Know what I think?

I think we should legalize all|drugs, as sinister as that sounds.

That's the dumbest thing|I ever heard. Is it?

A junkie could go to a|drugstore, More stuff, Laura.

sign his name,|get the stuff for a buck...

then he doesn't have to rob or|kill for his habit. Thanks, Ellen.

You cannot let children|have drugs.

Why not? They're gonna|get it anyway. Why not?

In America today we're talking about|shooting up in the eighth grade.

We have a moral obligation|to the children.

Know what the most|dangerous drug is?

It's heroin.|No, it's legal.

It's tobacco.|It kills 350, 000 people a year.

You know how much coke, crack,|heroin, pot kill every year?

Four thousand people. Will you|listen to sense? Hello? Let me check.

Will you listen to logic,|please?

The only people who benefit|from prohibition...

are the gangsters|makin' the money on it,

the politicians condemning|it and gettin' your vote.

And who foots the bill?|You, Rhonda Q Sucker!

I beg your pardon!|It would end tomorrow.

The $200 billion drug problem in this|country could disappear overnight.

Legalize the damn stuff. Do it|today, right after this message.

I'm Barry Champlaign.|This is Night Talk.

We're gonna go to a message. I'll|be right back after I shoot up.

Who's the schlub?

Barry, Dan and I wanted to tell you|before the show we have some good news.

Barry? Dan, I can't talk|right now. I gotta take a leak.

I'll catch you later,|okay?

Stu, cool it with the baseball calls|and the transvestites. How's the lines?

I got five hanging on|already. Give me 45.

You got it. Barry, I'd like|you to meet Chuck Dietz,

V.P. in charge of advertising,|Metro Wave, Chicago.

Really? Very nice to meet|you. It's my pleasure.

I've been reading all|your press clippings...

and listening to tapes|of your shows for weeks.

And?|And you're really something.

You're very funny.|I try to amuse.

I'm in the middle of a show. I've|gotta move it along. Genius at work.

Metro Wave's picking up the show starting|Monday, linking it to a national feed.

Some people at Humphrey's Coffee|want to sponsor the show nationally.

We're at cold; 30, Bar.

Wait a minute. The show's going|national starting Monday night?

When did this happen?

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Eric Bogosian

Eric Bogosian (born April 24, 1953) is an American actor, playwright, monologuist, novelist, and historian. more…

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