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Straight Talk
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6.0Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in show, it is clear she is a natural and is hired on the spot. But the station insists she call herself Doctor, and as her popularity grows a local reporter starts digging for the truth. Problem is, the more he is around her the more he fancies her.
Released: 1992-04-0391 minDir: Barnet KellmanComedy, RomanceBox office: $21.2M
Cast
- Dolly Parton as Shirlee Kenyon
- James Woods as Jack Russell
- Griffin Dunne as Alan Riegert
- Michael Madsen as Steve
- Deirdre O'Connell as Lily
- John Sayles as Guy Girardi
Themes
- chicago, illinois
- romcom
- radio program
- talk radio
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Barnet Kellman
- Cast member
- Charles Fleischer
- Composer
- Brad Fiedel
- Producer
- Robert Chartoff
- Production company
- Hollywood Pictures
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Duration
- 91
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1992-07-23
- title
- Straight Talk
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 5.2/10
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