Talk Radio Page #3

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
1,810 Views


- Don't I get a say in this? You know about this?|- Yeah.

Dan|- We didn't know anything about it until tonight.

No sense getting you all|excited until it panned out.

Chuck is here to be the eyes and|ears of Metro Wave, so to speak.

So to speak.|Fifteen, Bar.

Why don't you go ahead.|We can talk later.

We got a hot show. We're talking Larry King here|- coast to coast.

It's always a hot show,|Dan. Stu, find me a catheter.

Extra hot. We'll get a|contract for six months. Jawohl.

You're listening|to the best talk in Texas.

Barry Champlaign on KGAB.|You know about this?

Yeah. Chill, will you, Barry?|The bucks don't suck. Stand by.

555-TALK.|Yo.

Metro Wave Broadcasting|is a giant media corporation...

specializing|in broadcast radio.

It has 357|affiliate stations...

in the United States|and Canada.

Two minutes ago|I received a phone call...

from the man who controls|those 357 stations...

the president of|Metro Wave Broadcasting.

He asked me if Metro Wave|could pick up this show,

pick up Barry Champlaign for national|syndication, beginning Monday night.

I've had|these offers before,

and I've been asked in the past|if I could ever soften my touch,

go a little easier, and my|answer has always been the same;

Take it or leave it.

He took it.

And so,|beginning Monday night,

this show, Night Talk,|begins national broadcasting.

That means the nation|is listening.

You better have something|to say. I know I do.

And we have Chet from Mesquite|on the line.

Hello, Chet.|Hello?

You think you're so smart.|Hello?

Why are you always talkin'|about the drugs and n*ggers...

and homos and Jews?

Isn't there anything else to|talk about? You know what I hate?

I hate people who tell me what|they don't wanna talk about.

You don't wanna talk about blacks|and gays, why'd you bring them up?

Sounds like you like|talking about them.

Tell me what you wanna talk|about, or get off the phone.

Why don't you start telling|the truth? About what?

You know. People behind your|show, people who pay the bills.

Talking about the sponsors|now. Don't you act dumb with me.

What kind of a name|is Champlaign?

I want you to cancel my plane|reservations for tonight. You changed it?

I'm gonna come in tomorrow. Maybe|because it sounded too Jewish.

Call Freddie. Tell him to call me|tomorrow. Change the name, get a nose job,

same old story.|Chet, come on!

He started out a bit shaky. Your|attitude reminds me of a story.

Last summer|I visited Germany.

Wanted to take a look|at Hitler's homeland.

Are you familiar|with Adolf Hitler, Chet?

I'm familiar|with Adolf Hitler.

I bet you are.

I decided to visit the remains of a|concentration camp on the outskirts of Munich:

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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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