Actors Seymour Cassel, left, Vondi Curtis Hall, center, and Steve Buscemi pose at the after-party for the premiere of Focus Features' "Talk to Me" on the opening night of the Los Angeles Film Festival, June 21, 2007.
Director Kasi Lemmons and actor Andy Garcia pose at the after-party for the premiere of Focus Features' "Talk to Me" on the opening night of the Los Angeles Film Festival, June 21, 2007.
Actors Don Cheadle, left, and Cuba Gooding Jr. pose at the after-party for the premiere of Focus Features' "Talk to Me" on the opening night of the Los Angeles Film Festival, June 21, 2007.
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. arrives at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival's opening night premiere of "Talk to Me" on June 21, 2007. The film festival runs through July 1.
Actor and comedian Cedric the Entertainer and his wife, Lorna Kyles, arrive at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival's opening night premiere of his new film, "Talk to Me," on June 21, 2007.
Actor Andy Garcia arrives at the Los Angeles Film Festival's opening night premiere of "Talk to Me" on June 21, 2007.
Actor Martin Sheen arrives at the Los Angeles Film Festival's opening night premiere of "Talk to Me" on June 21, 2007. Sheen has a role in the film, which opens in theaters on July 13.
Actress Taraji Henson, left, and director Kasi Lemmons arrive at the Los Angeles Film Festival's opening night premiere of their film, "Talk to Me," on June 21, 2007.
Actor Don Cheadle arrives at the Los Angeles Film Festival's opening night premiere of "Talk to Me" on June 21, 2007. Cheadle stars as Ralph "Petey" Greene in the true story about an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.
Actor Martin Sheen arrives at the Los Angeles Film Festival's opening night screening of "Talk to Me" at the Mann Village Theatre on June 21, 2007. Sheen portrays radio station owner E.G. Sonderling in the movie directed by Kasi Lemmons.
Actress Victoria Rowell arrives at the screening of the Focus Features' film "Talk to Me" at the Mann Village Theatre on June 21, 2007. The film kicked off the Los Angeles Film Festival, which runs through July 1.
Actors Chiwetel Ejiofor, left, and Don Cheadle arrive at the Los Angeles Film Festival's opening night screening of "Talk to Me" at the Mann Village Theatre on June 21, 2007. The film tells the true story of unorthodox talk radio host Petey Greene, played by Cheadle, in 1960s' Washington, D.C., and his friendship with producer Dewey Hughes, played by Ejiofor.
The cast arrives at the Los Angeles Film Festival's opening night screening of "Talk to Me" at the Mann Village Theatre on June 21, 2007.
Actor Martin Sheen and his son Ramon Sheen arrive at the Los Angeles Film Festival for the opening night screening of "Talk to Me" at the Mann Village Theatre on June 21, 2007.
Film Independent's executive director Dawn Hudson, left, and actors Andy Garcia, center, and Chiwetel Ejiofor arrive at the Los Angeles Film Festival's opening night screening of "Talk to Me" at the Mann Village Theatre on June 21, 2007.
Dewey Hughes, left, and actor Chiwetel Ejiofor arrive at the Los Angeles Film Festival opening night screening of the Focus Features film "Talk to Me" on June 21, 2007. Ejiofor plays Hughs in the biopic, which opens on July 13.
"Ocean's Thirteen" co-stars Don Cheadle, left, and Andy Garcia arrive at the Los Angeles Film Festival's opening night screening of Cheadle's new film, "Talk to Me," on June 21, 2007.