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Overview
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Writers (WGA):
Herman Klurfeld (book)
Scott Abbott (teleplay)
Release Date:
21 November 1998 (USA) more
Plot:
The true story of the influential and controversial columnist, Walter Winchell. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 6 nominations more
User Comments:
Winchell who? more (9 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Stanley Tucci | ... | Walter Winchell |
 | Glenne Headly | ... | Dallas Wayne |
 | Paul Giamatti | ... | Herman Kurfeld |
 | Christopher Plummer | ... | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
 | Xander Berkeley | ... | Gavreau |
 | Kevin Tighe | ... | William Randolph Hearst |
 | Frank Medrano | ... | Melvin Diamond |
| Vic Polizos | ... | Sam Hague |
 | John F. O'Donohue | ... | Harry the Doorman (as John O'Donohue) |
| Michael Greene | ... | Bellamy |
| Rod McCary | ... | Emcee |
 | Victoria Gabrielle Platt | ... | Josephine Baker |
| Rabbi Jonathan Aaron | ... | Rabbi |
 | Pat Asanti | ... | Vaudeville Magician |
 | Sean Michael Allen | ... | Mirror Reporter (as Sean Barnes) |
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Rated R for language and a scene of strong sexuality.
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Runtime:
105 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Argentina:16 | Iceland:12 | Germany:6 | UK:15 | USA:R
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Revealing mistakes: Near the end of the film there is a shot of two newspaper headlines: one saying Winchell lost his radio show and the other that the Stork Club was closing. The articles under the headlines do not refer to either subject, and most of the wording in one article is repeated exactly in the other. more
Quotes:
Walter Winchell:
Hitler hates me. He hates me!
Newstand Operator:
Yeah, well, Joe Stalin hasn't sent me a Christmas card either.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1999) (TV) more
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Rain more
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"Winchell", a Tucci tour-de-force and docudrama, tells a somewhat biased story of Walter Winchell, renown gossip columnist of the 30's and 40's who rose to considerable influence and fame in the early days of radio as the most listened to reporter in America only to die in obscurity in 1972. An okay biography, this journeyman HBO flick does a good job of hitting the high points of Winchell's life but will have little value to those with no particular interest in the period or the man as he simply wasn't, by cinematic standards, that interesting.