TALK TO ME (2007) / (HYBD WS SUB AC3 DOL) - TALK TO ME (2007) / (HYBD WS SUB AC3 DOL)

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Academy AwardŽ 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 Ejiofor), 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 starring Cedric The Entertainer, Taraji P. Henson, Mike Epps and Martin Sheen, Talk to Me tells the extraordinary story of an outrageous and beloved voice ready to shake up the world in the movie critics are hailing as "fresh and revelatory" (Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times).

• Actors: Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bruce McFee, Mike Epps, Peter MacNeill
• Director: Kasi Lemmons
• Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language (Subtitled): English
• Language (Subtitled): French
• Language (Subtitled): Spanish
• Language (Original Language): English
• Release Date: 2007-10-30
• Running Time: 118 minutes
• Theatrical Release Date: 2007-08-03

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Reviewed on 2008-06-17 Just my opinion This was an excellent movie. I can watch this over and over again. Don pulls you into this movie. It also brings out a lot of history and things that black people don't want to talk about any more.

Reviewed on 2008-06-10 Don Cheadle is great. As much as I normally shy away from biopics, this movie sounded so good I couldn't resist. A story that gives much-deserved credit to a man who just wants to shake things up and ends up (at least in part) changing the world is one I wanted to see. It sounds dramatic, and I may be exaggerating to a degree, but Petey Greene was a progressive leader and instrumental in many things, including the Civil Rights Movement. Petey Greene was a radio personality who got his start as a DJ while in prison - on a ten-year sentence for armed robbery. Creative thinking and good behavior earned him a reduced sentence and passion and persistence got him a job in non-prison radio. Some of the rules bent slightly to keep Greene, a shock-jock who said whatever was on his mind, on the air. Don Cheadle played Petey Greene. I never knew/saw/heard Petey Greene, but I think I am ok to make the blanket statement that if a movie were being made about my life, and Don Cheadle had the starring role, my story would be in capable hands. Petey Greene seemed to be a very passionate man, and the movie did a great job of showing his passion while still emphasizing the sense of responsibility he felt towards other people. I believe that he knew the power of his voice and he wanted to help people, which he was able to do. Much like his life, the movie was a roller coaster of emotion. The humor was well-timed and the drama was never stale. While heart-breaking and tragic at times, Petey Greene's life is one that should be celebrated and Talk To Me pays homage to a man worthy of the recognition. I really liked this movie.

Reviewed on 2008-05-29 KEEP TALKIN' Everybody's said it all about this movie. Petey Green knew what he wanted and that was enough for him. Don Cheadle put his story on the screen so absolutely pin-point on. Somebody please give this man an oscar. Film after film, he lays it on the line. IT'S TIME FOR HIM TO BE RECOGNIZED. Now watch. They'll get him to play a pimp or something slimy, and then everybody will start gushing and come with the rewards. What a waste. But, Brother, you keep coming with the quality parts. And hold on to your dignity.

Reviewed on 2008-05-04 Biopic Falls Just Shy of Greatness Screen biographies are tough to pull off. How do you compress a man's life into an acceptable timeframe and still capture their essence? That's th enigma of "Talk to Me". For the first hour or so the film teeters on greatness. The film's second half seems rushed like they were trying to jam all the details of the subject's life, revolutionary Washington D.J. Petey Greene. Regardless, director Kasi Lemmons' film is ambitious and provocative and well worth your time. The film is also graced with terrific performances by it's leads, Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ojiofor. Cheadle demonstrates once again his versatilty as an actor by tackling the profane but prophetic Greene. Ojiofor's project reared Dewey Hughes serves as the audience's conduit to P-Town, desirous of the mainstream yet seething with righteous anger against the same system that's kept him down. Not the least, Taraji P. Henson gives an infectiously brassy turn as Greene's girlfriend. If this film had obtained more commercial success it's doubtless that Henson would have scored an Oscar nom.

Reviewed on 2008-05-02 Musicians Take Note........ This movie looks at an interesting time in American History with great performances by the two lead actors. For me it was only a 3 star movie BUT in the last few scenes and the closing song is some of the most spectacular trumpet playing (on the soundtrack)I've ever heard by Terence Blanchard. And lots of it! I believe Blanchard who has written a lot of scores (many Spike Lee movies) did the score for this in between the song cuts selected from that time period. Blanchard's trumpet playing is all over the last part of this movie... kindof a cross between Freddie Hubbard and the late Don Ellis, using electronic effects and building climax after climax. He is amazing and I will rent this one again just for the amazing trumpet work!

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