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21 November 1998 (USA) morePlot:
The true story of the influential and controversial columnist, Walter Winchell. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 6 nominations moreUser Comments:
Good Movie, But Hollywood Lets It's Bias Hang Out moreCast
(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.Parents Guide:
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Anachronisms: When Winchell does a Las Vegas nightclub act in 1958, a sign can be seen advertising a show starring Seigfried and Roy -- who didn't become headliners until years after Winchell's death. moreQuotes:
Herman Klurfeld: But he's HITLER! You're only Walter Winchell.Walter Winchell: That's where you're wrong. I'm Walter Winchell, he's only Hitler.
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Winchell is rightly portrayed as a hero for his stand against Hitler and Nationalist Socialism in the nineteen thirties when the left (yes, the left) still had hopes that this vile Communist offshoot (yes, it was an offshoot of Communism) would be the milder alternative to it's parent ideology.
William Randolph Hearst is portrayed one minute bemoaning the fact that the "liberal bastard", Roosevelt wasn't shot and the next he's praising Hitler. This feeds the lie that Hitler was some sort of conservative, when in reality (not the media's reality) he was a racist, homicidal, left wing, radical that managed to gain control of a country! Why not balance the Hearst quotes by stating the fact that the Roosevelt Administration originally had a favorable opinion of the Nationalist Socialists and used some of it's domestic programs as inspiration for some of the New Deal policies!
When Winchell turns his ire towards Communists (who caused more deaths than Hitler) the hero portion of the program ends and he's suddenly transformed into a dastardly villain.
The movie portrays Senator Joseph McCarthy as having no support and dragging Winchell down with him. McCarthy never had the support of the media that once covered up Hitler's crimes but his level of support amongst the American people of that era was and still continues to be covered up. I think the decline in Winchell's popularity was probably due more to the 1950's proliferation of similar columnists and publications.
Walter Winchell may have been an SOB but he was a great patriot!