Director: | Paul Mazursky |
Composer: | Bill Conti |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Executive Producer: | Robert N. Fried |
Producer: | Stan Wlodkowski |
Cinematography: | Robbie Greenberg |
Editor: | Stuart H. Pappé |
Runtime: | 108 minutes |
Company: | Fried Films |
Network: | HBO |
Winchell is a 1998 American biographical drama television film about the life of Walter Winchell, directed by Paul Mazursky and written by Scott Abbott. The film is based on the 1976 book Winchell, His Life and Times by Herman Klurfeld. It stars Stanley Tucci as Walter Winchell, with Glenne Headly, Paul Giamatti, Xander Berkeley, Kevin Tighe, and Christopher Plummer in supporting roles.
The film won three Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for Tucci, who also received a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for his performance.
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.[1] [2]