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On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Special features: Deleted scenes; "Who is Petey Greene?" featurette; recreating P-Town.
Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bruce McFee, Mike Epps, Peter MacNeill, Adam Gaudreau, Taraji P. Henson, Cedric the Entertainer, Martin Sheen.
Washington, D.C., in the mid-to-late 1960s, vibrant soul music and exploding social consciousness were combining to become a unique and powerful effect. It was the place and time for Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene, Jr. to fully express himself and "tell it like it is." With the support of his irrepressible and tempestuous girlfriend Vernell, the new ex-con talks his way into an on-air radio gig. He forges a friendship and a partnership with Dewey Hughes. From the first wild morning on the air, Petey relies on the more straight-laced Dewey to run interference at WOL-AM, where Dewey is the program director. At the station, Petey quickly becomes an iconic radio personality. Combining biting humor with social commentary, Petey openly courts controversy for station owner E.G. Sonderling. Petey was determined to make not just himself but his community heard during this turbulent period in American history. As Petey's voice, humor, and spirit surge across the airwaves with the vitality of the era, listeners tune in to hear not only incredible music but also a man speaking directly to them about race and power in America. Through the years, Petey's style, on- and off-air - would redefine both Petey and Dewey, and empower each to become the man he would most like to be.
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, single-sided, DVD-9.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Good Biopic submitted by brooksza on July 30, 2023, 1:43pm Started as a seemingly by-the-numbers biopic but about an hour in there's a 15-minute sequence the night MLK is assassinated that's start-to-finish really strong. Then the movie kinda shifts to being Dewey's story and it kinda works well, especially everything surrounding The Tonight Show. It drags a bit at the end and has some pretty awkward wigs and fake facial hair though.

Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor give strong performances. Cheadle is especially magnetic.