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Directed by | Kasi Lemmons |
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Cinematography | Stéphane Fontaine |
Edited by | Terilyn A. Shropshire |
Music by | Terence Blanchard |
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Distributed by | Focus Features[1] |
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Running time | 118 minutes[1] |
Country | United States[1] |
Language | English |
Budget | $15 million[2] |
Box office | $4.7 million[3] |
Talk to Me is a 2007 biographical film directed by Kasi Lemmons and starring Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Taraji P. Henson, Cedric the Entertainer, and Mike Epps. It is about Washington, D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist, and Dewey Hughes, his friend and manager. The film spans the time period May 1966 to January 1984, ending with Greene's memorial service.
The film premiered as the opening night film of the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival, on June 22, 2007. It opened in North America in a limited release on July 13, 2007, and nationwide on August 3, 2007.