Winchell Movie Review 1998

Flamboyant biopic of powerful journalist/radio personality Walter Winchell (Tucci), whose career stretched from the 1930s into the '50s. Winchell blurred the line between hard news and tabloid gossip and used his influence politically to re-elect President Roosevelt and get the U.S. involved in WWII. But he was also arrogant and mean-spirited and his grandiosity eventually proved to be his downfall. Based on the 1976 book "Walter Winchell: His Life and Times" by Winchell's longtime ghostwriter Herman Klurfeld.

Distribution

HBO, 1100 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10036, Phone: (212)512-7400, Fax: (212)512-7498, URL: http://www.hbo.com, Remarks: Online sales through www.store.hbo.com

Available on VHS
Running time 105 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

This Is Your Life, Period Piece: 20th Century, Front Page, Radio

Screenplay

Scott Abbott

Cast

Stanley Tucci, Paul Giamatti, Glenne Headly, Christopher Plummer, Xander Berkeley, Kevin Tighe, Frank Medrano, Vic Polizos, Megan Mullally, Victoria Platt

Cinematography

Robbie Greenberg

Director

Paul Mazursky

Music

Bill Conti

Producer

Stanley Wlodkowski, Rob Fried, HBO Pictures