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Synopsis: The true life story of Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene Jr. In the mid-to-late 1960s, in Washington, D.C., vibrant soul music and exploding social consciousness were combining to unique and powerful effect. It was the place and time for Petey to fully express himself - sometimes to outrageous effect - and "tell it like it is." With the support of his irrepressible and tempestuous girlfriend Vernell, the newly minted ex-con talks his way into an on-air radio gig. He forges a friendship and a partnership with fellow prison inmate Milo's brother 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 becomes an iconic radio personality, surpassing even the established popularity of his fellow disc jockeys, Nighthawk and Sunny Jim. Combining biting humor with social commentary, Petey openly courts controversy for station owner E.G. Sonderling. Petey was determined
Director(s): Kasi Lemmons
Production: Focus Features
  9 wins & 13 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
R
Year:
2007
118 min
$4,436,352
Website
2,066 Views


can I shoot him, then?

Listen here!

I want Petey Greene!

You hear me, Warden?

I want you to get Petey Greene

out here, right now.

Petey! Petey! Petey!

Petey! Petey! Petey!

POOCHIE:
What's he gonna do?

Where Petey at?

Oh, yo, Petey!

(WHOOPING)

Yeah. Look,

you got a little dick!

Warden! Your dick, Warden!

Look like you got

quite a situation here, sir.

Yes, Mr. Greene, I do.

(SINGING) Warden's got

a little dick!

Can you do anything?

I don't know, sir.

I mean, what you got

in your boxers is God's doing.

Sorry, Warden, you kind of

walked right into that one.

Poochie! Nigga, what the hell

are you doing up there, man?

Yeah! Warden's got

a little dick!

Now look here, Warden.

Poochie crazy.

He's a good kid,

but he got all f***ed up

on that narcotic.

Come on, Warden,

what you got?

I can get him down.

Got that little dick!

I can even shut him up.

Come on, what you gonna do?

What you gonna do, Warden?

I'd be very grateful.

Now, exactly how grateful

are we talking about?

(WHISPERING)

All right.

Poochie!

Petey! It's Petey!

Boy, if you don't come down

from there and stop making

all that noise,

I'm gonna call your mama.

(EXCLAIMING)

I'm gonna tell her you

out here acting a fool, man.

Now, come on down. Poochie.

(LAUGHS)

INMATES:
Petey! Petey!

Petey! Petey!

Petey! Petey! Petey! Petey!

(ALL SHOUTING)

We take all necessary measures

in support of freedom

and in defense of peace

in Southeast Asia.

Stop the bombing,

and stop the war.

Come on.

(LAUGHING) Petey!

Yeah.

Ain't this a b*tch?

What?

I can't move my legs, baby.

You jiving!

No.

Look here, Petey.

Now, you know I been

with you ten years, right?

Hell, nine of them

you was in jail.

So you know how

I feel about you.

But I didn't get all foxy,

nails done, new dress

to hear you talking

about you can't move.

Now, I know you're scared.

Okay?

Every man is scared.

But baby, I'm standing here

in a girdle

and some tight-ass shoes,

and I wanna meet me

some Nighthawk!

So you best to get your legs

to moving and get in there

and get your job.

What if I ain't good enough?

Hell! Every man I know

ain't good enough, Petey!

But even with all your sh*t,

you the only one who is.

Now, come on! Look at you!

You the man with the pants!

Yeah.

The sh*t-talking,

pimp-walking, good-loving man.

Oh, that's right.

The mack that's the head

of the Cool Cat Clan!

Give me some!

Preach on.

And you'll be damned if you

take sh*t from any black,

yellow, green or white man.

Amen!

Hallelujah!

Baby, did I tell you

how good you look?

I know!

(GASPS)

Good afternoon, good people.

There he is.

You wanted to meet him, go on.

I can't move my legs.

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Michael Genet

Michael Genet (born August 25, 1958) is an American actor and screenwriter. He has guest starred in a number of television series based in the New York City area, they include The Equalizer, New York Undercover, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Ugly Betty and the soap operas As the World Turns, One Life to Live.As a screenwriter, Genet wrote the film She Hate Me (2004), directed by Spike Lee, co-writing the film with Lee. Genet also appeared in the film playing the older brother of the film's protagonist, played by Anthony Mackie. Prior to this, he appeared in Lee's 2002 film 25th Hour. The next film he wrote Talk to Me (2007), was directed by Kasi Lemmons, co-writing the film with Rick Famuyiwa.Genet has also appeared in a number of Broadway stage productions. more…

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