Talk Radio Page #8

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
1,964 Views


to fight a war they have|no chance of winning?

And what if your country|is slipping away, lost?

I know the argument, friend.

It's the great theory of|history. I've heard it before.

It says,|"When things ain't good,

"instead of getting down|and doing something about it,

instead of changing your life, it's a hell|of a lot easier to blame somebody else."

And it just don't wash|in my book.

Well, that's a very nice|speech, Barry, Mm-hmm.

but it seems to me you're making|pretty good money on that station.

And since you're an outsider|to these parts and all,

it seems difficult, I guess, to relate|to the common-folk problems out here.

There is no room for self-pity,|sir, in my life or yours.

Now, you ought to read the Turner Diaries,|Barry, by William Pierce. It's all there.

Mm-hmm.|It says...

Yes, I'm familiar with that novel|- a product of the enlightened man.

Now, let me finish!|Barry, I got Beauty on five.

What it does is lays out the plan|for the coming revolution. Mm-hmm.

See, the word "America, "Barry, means|"heavenly kingdom" in the gothic language.

Yeah. It's the real new|Jerusalem of Scripture.

It shows you how the Jews|are impostors who took...

Yeah, yeah, yeah. For those|of you who don't know it,

it starts idiotically enough in|the year 1991. That's correct.

It's written as a diary by a young,|white, racist, electrical engineer...

who joins an underground|paramilitary organization...

known as "The Order."|That's right.

Oh, am I doing all right?|Oh, great.

They institute a revolution|against ZOG,

the Zionist Occupied Government|of America.

And along the way, they kill|all the mongrel races...

Jews, blacks,|homosexuals, feminists...

and other mud people.

It's an idiotic book written for|people with bubble gum brains...

who never got out of the fourth|grade, watching reruns of The Blob.

Easy, Barry.|You're part of the problem.

You're another Jew,|another weed-eating Jew,

in control of the media|of this country.

And from there, you pass judgement|on that which you don't know.

And there will come a day for you,|Barry, and thousands of others like you...

who have slept with black women,|who have lied to us...

when you will hang from your neck|with a placard around it saying,

"I betrayed my race. "

Well, what can you say to|a paranoid schizophrenic...

who's a coward for hanging up, except|that I guess the day that I hang,

I'll probably defend the a**hole|who hung me.

Talk radio. Free speech|isn't really free at all.

It's actually a little bit like Russian|roulette. A very expensive commodity.

You never know what's gonna come up|the next time you push the button.

Yeah, you're on Night Talk.|I changed my name...

and didn't have any trouble|getting Social Security.

My birth certificate has|my name spelled differently.

And I-|Hello?

Yeah, it's very interesting.|What's your view on lesbian priests?

My view on what?|How about masturbation?

You got any view on that?|No, I don't.

How about that law in Arizona|where it's a felony...

to go around with|an erection in your pants?

What do you think about that? Well,|I-I'm not really calling about that.

Mm-hmm. If they wanna|do it, let 'em do it.

Yeah, what?

Kent's on three. I don't|think you should take the call.

Lose him, Barry.|Barry? Hello?

Yeah, yeah. Well, that's just fine|for you. Tell him to shoot it to me.

Hello, Barry? Hello?|Well, good, good.

That's good for you.

Gee, tonight's just|a walk down memory lane.

And we have Kent with us|once again.

Yeah, Kent. I didn't|mean to hang up on you.

Yeah, but you did. Listen, Kent,|you're a fake. You're a hoax.

You call up with some fake-o story|about how you and your girlfriend...

are taking drugs|and she's O.D.'d...

and your parents are in Acapulco. Fiji.

Oh, Fiji, right.|An important detail.

You're just this poor, mixed-up|kid. You don't know what to do.

I think she's dead!|What are you trying to tell me?

That your girlfriend O.D.'d? Now|she's dead? I don't know, okay?

I just can't get her to wake|up! Yeah, we heard that already.

There's foam coming|out of her mouth. What?

Foam coming out of her mouth.

Let's dump this guy, now.|It's Barry's show, boss.

That's it. That's it.|Listen!

My parents are in Fiji,|okay?

And the stuff about my girlfriend|- Yeah, what?

She|- Come on, Kent. Spit it out.

No, you'll cut me off!|I won't cut you off, Kent.

You promise?

I promise I won't|cut you off, Kent.

I made the whole thing up!

Kent? I lied. I'm cutting you off. What?

Get the hell out of here. No,|please! Look, I'm not Iying!

I gotta talk to you.|You gotta talk to me?

What are you gonna talk about?|Your mother just slit her wrists?

She's bleeding to death?

How about your father? Got a shotgun|in his mouth? Gonna blow his brains out?

Tell me, who else is dead?|Come on. Who's dead, Kent?

Who's dead? Who's dead?|Tell me, who's dead?

No one's dead!|No one's dead, Barry.

Come on. Look.

I just wanted to talk. We're|talking. You got two seconds. Talk.

Okay, I listen to you all|the time, you know. Mm-hmm.

I think about what you say, Bar. Yeah.

You say such cool stuff.|Mm-hmm.

Well, I just didn't know|what to say, you know.

Look, I wanted to meet you.

Now you're goofing on me.|You wanted to meet me?

You can meet me anytime you want.|I'm right here in the station.

You're at the station? I'm not|the president, for God's sakes.

I'm right here, downtown,|in the studio.

So I could just come down?|You could just come down.

Now? Right now?|Now.

What do you mean, right now? Right now.

I'll just come down.|I'm on the air, Kent.

Please?

Sure, Kent. Why not?|Come on down. Really?

I'd love to meet you.|Just hurry up. Allright!

I'm halfway through the show. We're|at the end of the first hour...

of exciting and intellectual|conversation here on Night Talk.

Don't go away. We have the|news and the weather coming up.

And then we'll be back|with more Night Talk.

Barry.|Dan.

Laura, call down and tell|Security there's a kid coming.

Dan, you want anything?|Coffee? Tea? Insulin?

Crack?|We have it all right here.

Barry, you should ask me if you|wanna have a guest on the show.

Why? 'Cause I'm the|boss, Barry. That's why.

Dan, I'll do my job,|you do yours, okay?

He is not coming on the show.|That's it. We have too much riding...

on what's going on here tonight.|What's going on here tonight?

If they think for one minute that|you're undependable, it's over.

Dan, Metro Wave bought my show.|All right?

This is my show.|I put who I want on my show.

If I wanna have Charlie Manson on|my show, I'll put him on the show.

Or Ted Bundy|- Or how about this. I have David Berkowitz,

Bernard Goetz,|John Hinckley on.

We do a special on gun|control. How would that be?

Or how about that postman from|Oklahoma who killed 14 people, Dan?

He killed his boss. We|bring him on the show. Cut.

We bring you on as a|special guest. Out. Out.

We're gonna bring these guys on the|show. We'll have a terrific show.

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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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