Inspired by a true story Academy Award nominee Don Cheadle portrays the one and only Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene Jr. in this funny, feel-good and inspiring true story. Ex-convict Greene talks his way into an on-air radio gig with program director Dewey Hughes (Chiwetel Ejofor), and his unprecedented "tell it like it is" style breaks all the rules while electrifying a city and bringing a nation together when it needs it the most. Also staring Cedric The Entertainer, Taraji P. Henderson, Mike Epps and Martin Sheen. Talk to Me tells the extraordinary story of an outrageous and beloved voice ready to shack up the world in the movie critics are hailing as "fresh and revelatory" (Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times).

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Talk to Me (2007)

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Drama · 1h 59m · 10/30/2007

    
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Inspired by a true story Academy Award nominee Don Cheadle portrays the one and only Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene Jr. in this funny, feel-good and inspiring true story. Ex-convict Greene talks his way into an on-air radio gig with program director Dewey Hughes (Chiwetel Ejofor), and his unprecedented "tell it like it is" style breaks all the rules while electrifying a city and bringing a nation together when it needs it the most. Also staring Cedric The Entertainer, Taraji P. Henderson, Mike Epps and Martin Sheen. Talk to Me tells the extraordinary story of an outrageous and beloved voice ready to shack up the world in the movie critics are hailing as "fresh and revelatory" (Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times).

Release Country

United States

Barcode

025193330529

Release Date

10/30/2007

Media Type

Movie

Audio

  English     

Studio

Focus Features/Sidney Kimmel Entertainment/Mark Gordon Company/Pelagius Films/Universal Studios Home Entertainment

Subtitles

English
Spanish
French

Video Format

NTSC

Aspect Ratio

1.33:1

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Cast
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Don Cheadle

Petey Greene
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Chiwetel Ejiofor

Dewey Hughes
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Bruce McFee

Prison Sign-In Guard
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Mike Epps

Milo Hughes
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Peter MacNeill

Warden Cecil Smithers
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Adam Gaudreau

Escorting Guard
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Cedric The Entertainer

'Nighthawk' Bob Terry
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Martin Sheen

E.G. Sonderling
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J. Miles Dale

Program Director
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Sean MacMahon

Ronnie Simmons
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Richard Chevolleau

Poochie Braxton
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Martin Randez

Hadley
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Todd Schroeder

Guard Captain (as Todd William Schroeder)
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Vondie Curtis-Hall

Sunny Jim Kelsey (as Vondie Curtis Hall)
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Jeff Kassel

WOL P.A.
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Alison Sealy-Smith

Freda
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Johnie Chase

Bar Patron 1
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Eugene Clark

Bar Patron 2
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Benz Antoine

Bar Patron 3
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Warren Alan Young

Bartender
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Elle Downs

Peaches
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Ngozi Paul

Susan
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Malik McCall

Rioter
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Matt Birman

Business Man
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Herbert Rawlins

James Brown (as Herbert L. Rawlings, Jr.)
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Vicky Lambert

Backup Singer #1
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Mantee Murphy

Backup Singer #2
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Josh McLaughlin

TV News Anchor
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Richard Fitzpatrick

Charles Sumner
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Damir Andrei

Fred De Cordova
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Jim Annan

Tonight Show P.A.
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Jim Malmberg

Johnny Carson
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David Brown

Jail Guard (as Dave Brown)
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Robert J. Tavenor

Engineer (as Robert Tavenor)
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Nadege Auguste

Caller (voice) (uncredited)
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Johnny Carson

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Lyndon Johnson

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Martin Luther King

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Bette Midler

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crew
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Kasi Lemmons

Director
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Talk to Me

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10/30/2007

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Talk to Me

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10/30/2007

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