Petey greene the movie

The story would have ended there, save for petey greenes gift for gab. The truth of petey greene and talk to me, purchase. Mixing gritty newsreel footage, presentday interviews and newly discovered archival tapes from the tv show petey greenes washington, adjust your. The plot is based upon the relationship between petey and the station manager dewey hughes played by chiwetel ejiofor. Petey greene how to eat watermelon enhanced youtube. The film talk to me is based on the life of washington, d. A twotime emmy awardwinner, greene overcame drug addiction and a prison sentence for armed robbery to become one of the most prominent media personalities in washington, d. Don cheadle portrays the one and only ralph waldo petey greene jr pet. A new movie on the life of early shockjock petey greene does what many biopics fail to do. With don cheadle, chiwetel ejiofor, bruce mcfee, mike epps. January 23, 1931 january 10, 1984, was an american. Since 2008, the pgp has built connections between universities and local departments of correction, helping to facilitate meaningful educational programming for incarcerated people.

January 23, 1931 january 10, 1984, was an american television and radio talkshow host. The movie is about greenes redemption from being a crook to a success story. Greene came out of prison to become, literally overnight, a popular and influential. The petey greene program recruits and trains volunteer tutors to help incarcerated students achieve their academic goals.

A pivotal moment in the movie comes as greene and hughes are arguing, when the station owner, played by martin sheen, arrives with the news. Petey greene was born on january 23, 1931 in washington, district of columbia, usa as ralph waldo greene. Hughes was the one that gave petey a job at the radio station he managed. He was a writer, known for petey greene s washington 1976. Oscar nominee don cheadle portrays petey greene in a 2007 movie based loosely on peteys life titled talk to me which is available on dvd. This week on black on black cinema, the crew discuss the 2007 biographical film, talk to me, about the life of famed dc radio personality petey greene and his manager dewey hughes. The film was shot in hamilton, ontario, canada and washington, dc. The song at the end of peteys video used as his shows. Greene came out of prison to become, literally overnight, a popular and influential dj. Greene was portrayed by don cheadle in the 2007 film talk to me, which was inspired by his life and career. Focus features film talk to me, out in theaters july th. Don cheadle portrays the one and only ralph waldo petey greene jr peteys story is funny, dramatic, inspiring and real. He was a writer, known for petey greenes washington 1976.