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  1. Nov 21, 1998 · Winchell: Directed by Paul Mazursky. With Stanley Tucci, Glenne Headly, Paul Giamatti, Christopher Plummer. The true story of the influential and controversial columnist, Walter Winchell.

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    • Biography, Drama, Romance
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    • 1998-11-21
  2. Winchell is a 1998 American biographical drama television film directed by Paul Mazursky and written by Scott Abbott, 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.

  3. This docudrama chronicles the life of gossip columnist Walter Winchell (Stanley Tucci). Rising to fame in the mid-1930s, Winchell helps usher in the age of tabloid journalism with his talent...

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  4. Walter Winchell has a major role in Philip Roth's The Plot Against America (2004, adapted as miniseries 2020), an alternate history novel which depicts Charles Lindbergh winning the 1940 presidential election. In the 1991 film Oscar, Sylvester Stallone's character asks, "Why don't you phone it in to Walter Winchell?"

  5. Sweet Smell of Success is a 1957 American film noir drama film directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, and Martin Milner, and written by Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman, and Mackendrick from the novelette by Lehman.

  6. Oct 21, 1997 · When "The Sweet Smell of Success" was released in 1957, it was seen as a thinly-veiled attack on Walter Winchell, who for decades had been the most famous and reviled gossip columnist in America. Forty years later Winchell is mostly forgotten (he died in 1972), but the film lives on--sharp-edged, merciless.

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  8. Nov 21, 1998 · Overview. Share. Winchell (1998) R 11/21/1998 (US) TV Movie , Drama , History 1h 45m. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? Play Trailer. He didn't report the news ... he made it. Overview. The true story of the influential and controversial columnist, Walter Winchell. Paul Mazursky. Director. Herman Klurfeld. Novel. Scott Abbott. Writer.

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