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About
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
Theatrical
Jan 13, 1989
Box Office
$3.5M
Budget
$4.0M
Return
0.9x
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Ten-Four Productions, Cineplex-Odeon Films, Universal Pictures
Cast
Full credits →E
Eric Bogosian
Barry Champlain
E
Ellen Greene
Ellen
L
Leslie Hope
Laura
J
John C. McGinley
Stu
A
Alec Baldwin
Dan
J
John Pankow
Dietz
M
Michael Wincott
Kent / Michael / Joe
L
Linda Atkinson
Sheila Fleming
R
Robert Trebor
Jeffrey Fisher / Francine
Z
Zach Grenier
Sid Greenberg
T
Tony Frank
Dino
H
Harlan Jordan
Coach Armstrong
B
Bill Johnson
Fan #1
A
Anna Thomson
Woman at Basketball Game / Denise
B
Bruno Rubeo
Tony
P
Pirie MacDonald
Judge Willard
A
Allan Corduner
Vince / Morris
M
Mimi Cochran
Girl #1
R
Rockets Redglare
Killer / Redneck Caller
A
Angus G. Wynne III
Engineer
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Bad to the bone.
Quotes
See all →The Complexity of Free Speech in Media
Caller
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 judgment 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.
[hangs up]
Barry
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 asshole 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.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Confrontation Between Chet and Barry
Chet
So now everyone in the country can hear your big mouth flap.
Barry
Oh, Chet. So nice to hear from you again. Shouldn't you be out burning crosses or molesting children or something?
Chet
I'd rather be talking to you.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
