Talk Radio is a 1988 film, starring Eric Bogosian as a controversial "shock jock". It is directed by Oliver Stone, and is based in combination on the play by Eric Bogosian and Tad Savinar and on the real life murder of radio host Alan Berg by Neo-Nazishttp://www.wfmu.org/LCD/GreatDJ/berg.html, which was chronicled in the book, Talked to Death: The Life and Murder of Alan Berg by Stephen Singular.
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. Written by Mark Thompson
