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Director
  
Paul Mazursky

First episode date
  
1998

Duration
  

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Biography, Drama, History

Initial DVD release
  
September 12, 2006

Language
  
English

Winchell (film) movie poster

Release date
  
November 21, 1998 (1998-11-21)

Based on
  
Walter Winchell: His Life and Times  by Herman Klurfeld

Writer
  
Herman Klurfeld (book), Scott Abbott (teleplay)

Cast
  
Stanley Tucci
(Walter Winchell),
Glenne Headly
(Dallas Wayne),
Paul Giamatti
(Herman Klurfeld),
Christopher Plummer
(Franklin D. Roosevelt),
Xander Berkeley
(Gavreau),
Kevin Tighe
(William Randolph Hearst)

Similar movies
  
Good Morning, Vietnam
,
Dallas Buyers Club
,
Goodfellas
,
Foxcatcher
,
Sleepless in Seattle
,
American Graffiti

Tagline
  
He didn't report the news ... he made it.

Winchell trailer 1999


Winchell is an HBO television film directed by Paul Mazursky which dramatizes the life of columnist Walter Winchell. It is based on the book Walter Winchell: His Life and Times by Herman Klurfeld.

Contents

Winchell (film) movie scenes

Paul winchell jerry hanging out at home


Plot

The film follows Walter Winchell from his early days as a tabloid gossip columnist to his rise as he takes on the United States' most powerful propagandist.

Cast

  • Stanley Tucci (Walter Winchell)
  • Paul Giamatti (Herman Klurfeld)
  • Christopher Plummer (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
  • Glenne Headly (Dallas Wayne)
  • Xander Berkeley (Gavreau)
  • Mary Portser (Janet Winchell)
  • Jeremy Blackman (Walter Winchell, age 8)
  • Raffi Di Blascio (Walter Winchell, age 20)
  • John O'Donohue (Harry, the doorman)
  • Michael Greene (Bellamy)
  • Megan Mullally (June Winchell)
  • Kevin Tighe (William Randolph Hearst)

    • Awards

    Stanley Tucci won a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy Award for his performance as Winchell. He was also nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award.

    References

    Winchell (film) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Winchell (film) IMDb Winchell (film) themoviedb.org