Release Date: 27 May 1996 (USA)
Director: Jaime Hellman
Writer: Jaime Hellman
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Plot Outline: An explosive thriller starring international star Eric Roberts. A controversial talk show host becomes involved in the murder of a beautiful woman in a war for ratings that becomes deadly. Karlin Pickett (Eric Roberts) is a Los Angeles disc jockey who shocks his audience with outrageous stunts and crude jokes. Jon Price (Jason Gedrick) is a young disc jockey who joins the Karlin Pickett Show, but gets more then he bargained for when Pickett wants to offer him a new life with a new job. Jon's beautiful girlfriend, Sharon (Jennie Garth) wants her old life and her old boyfriend back, but the allure of fame and success begins to tear their life apart. When women start turning up dead and the alleged killer keeps calling the station, the ratings go through the roof and the cops begin looking for clues on Power 98. Out to catch a killer, Detective Dimotto (Larry Drake) follows a path of clues that leads to the chilling conclusion. In a shocking ending with plot twists and flying bullets, someone is going to pay for murder while the entire city listens.
Jennie's Character: Sharon Penn.
Cast:
Eric Roberts ... Karlin Pickett
Lisa Thornhill ... Vivian Porter
Jason Gedrick ... Jon Price
Jack Betts ... Waldo Marcel
Michael Mantell ... Lester Correl
Jennie Garth ... Sharon Penn
Jim Fyfe ... Roger Zalman
Stephen Tobolowsky ... Rick Harris
Sadie Stratton ... Joy (as Sadie Kratzig)
Leslie Bega ... Denise
Kristin Dattilo ... Betsy
Leonora Scelfo ... Cynthia Berkley
James Pickens Jr. ... Det. Wilkinson
Tara Ellison ... Poker Woman
Kimberly Flynn ... Rosie |