spoiler for some strange reason oliver stone talk radio base on the stephen singular book talk to death and the film star eric bogosian play and about the 1984 murder of denver talk show host alan berg and have never get the recognition that it so rightfully deserve . the 1988 movie be prophetic enough to recognize the underground movement that be develop in the farm and hinterland of america . a movement that spawn and some seven year later and the like of an angry and disgruntle gulf war veteran timothy mcveigh who hatred for the u government action in wacco texas lead to his and friend and terry nichols and detonation of the u federal building in oklahoma city on april 19 and 1995 that take the life of 168 people and the bad act of terrorism on u soil up to that time . the movie be and as far a i know and the first time that any major branch of the entertainment medium mention and elaborate on the rural militia novel the turner diary by the late william l. pierce and that have since become a chill underground classic . the turner diary forecast a domestic and utterly disastrous terrorist attack and like the oklahoma city bombing and on a u government federal facility which be the fbi building in washington d. c. dallas radio station kgab talk show host barry champlain and eric bogosian and be the top rat show in the dallas listen area and be now about to go national . barry get his high rating by his razor sharp wit and abusive behavior when he on the air . take on all comer and duck no issue and no matter how unpopular or taboo they be and have get barry to be the most listened to as well a hat man on radio . barry be a showman at heart and not think that his talk can lead to violence keep up his abrasiveness to his call in listener a his rating go up to the celling . but there be those in the listening audience and mostly ultra right wing type and that do not take too kindly to his in your face attitude . one of them decide to take matter into his on hand at barry expense . powerhouse performance by eric bogosian a the tragic barry champlain who cross the line from entertainment to hard reality in his action on the radio . thinking that he not that important to be seek out and murder for his on the air opinion which be enemy dislike he find out only too late that there be those out there who be crazy enough to do to him on the outside . also in the movie talk radio be a very young alic baldwin a barry bos dan who try to have him soften his tone but in the end go along with his talk show style since he kill the competition not realize that in the end it him that he will end up get kill . both ellen green and leslie hope be the two woman in barry life his ex wife ellen and now lover and talk show producer laura whom barry use to his advantage and almost end up lose both of them at the same time . the 1988 film talk radio be so far ahead of it time that even if you watch it now in 2005 you still think that it too disturb to be show to an over sensitive and delicate american public .