Winchell is an HBO television film which dramatizes the life of columnist Walter Winchell

Walter Winchell

Walter Winchell was an American newspaper and radio gossip commentator.-Professional career:Born Walter Weinschel in New York City, he left school in the sixth grade and started performing in a vaudeville troupe known as Gus Edwards' "Newsboys Sextet."His career in journalism was begun by posting...

  based on the book Walter Winchell: His Life and Times by Herman Klurfeld; ; Rich Zinman, co-executive producer; Rob Fried, executive producer. An HBO Pictures Presentation of a Paul Mazursky Film; a Fried Films Production.

Plot

The two-hour biography speeds along from young Walter's hustling beginnings as a tabloid gossip merchant (I'm not writing for the major leagues, he announces. I'm writing for the minor leagues.) to his ascendance as the nation's most powerful propagandist.

Cast

• Stanley Tucci
  Stanley Tucci
  Stanley Tucci is an American actor, writer, film producer and film director. He has been nominated for several notable film awards, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his performance in The Lovely Bones...
  
   (Walter Winchell)
• Paul Giamatti
  Paul Giamatti
  Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti is an American actor. Giamatti began his career as a supporting actor in several films produced during the 1990s including Private Parts, The Truman Show, Saving Private Ryan, The Negotiator, and Man on the Moon, before earning lead roles in several projects in the...
  
   (Herman Klurfeld)
• Christopher Plummer
  Christopher Plummer
  Arthur Christopher Orne Plummer, CC is a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. He made his film debut in 1957's Stage Struck, and notable early film performances include Night of the Generals, The Return of the Pink Panther and The Man Who Would Be King.In a career that spans over five...
  
   (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
• Glenne Headly
  Glenne Headly
  Glenne Aimee Headly is an American actress of film, stage and television.-Early life:Glenne Headly was born in New London, Connecticut and her first years were spent living under the care of her mother in San Francisco and her maternal grandmother in Pennsylvania...
  
   (Dallas Wayne)
• Xander Berkeley
  Xander Berkeley
  Alexander Harper "Xander" Berkeley is an American actor. His roles include George Mason on the television series 24.-Early life:Berkeley was born in Brooklyn, New York, but has lived most of his life in New Jersey...
  
   (Gavreau)
• Mary Portser (Janet Winchell)
• Jeremy Blackman
  Jeremy Blackman
  Jeremy Blackman is an American actor. Blackman has starred in such films as Magnolia, Crown Heights, and Double Down, as well as the television series Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Melrose Place...
  
   (Walter Winchell, age 8)
• Raffi Di Blascio (Walter Winchell, age 20)
• John O'Donohue
  John O'Donohue
  John O'Donohue was an Irish poet, author, priest, and Hegelian philosopher. He was a native Irish speaker, and as an author is best known for popularizing Celtic spirituality.-Early life and education:...
  
   (Harry, the doorman)
• Michael Greene (Bellamy)
• Megan Mullally
  Megan Mullally
  Megan Mullally is an American actress and singer.After working in the theatre in Chicago, Mullally moved to Los Angeles in 1985 and began to appear in supporting roles in film and television productions. She made her Broadway debut in Grease in 1994 and she has since appeared in several Broadway...
  
   (June Winchell)

Awards

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film - WINNER

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie - NOMINATION

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie - WINNER