Talk to Me (1984 film)
Encyclopedia
Talk to Me is a 1984
drama
directed by Julius Potocsny and starring Austin Pendleton
, Michael Murphy
, Dan Shor
and Barbara Eda-Young. The film was produced by Hollins Communications Institution to benefit the American Institute for Stuttering
, of which Pendleton was a graduate. He currently serves on the AIS Board of Directors.
1984 in film
-Events:* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.* Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film....
drama
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Julius Potocsny and starring Austin Pendleton
Austin Pendleton
Austin Pendleton is an American film, television, and stage actor, a playwright, and a theatre director and instructor.-Life and career:...
, Michael Murphy
Michael Murphy (actor)
Michael George Murphy is an American film and television actor.-Career:Murphy played Woody Allen's duplicitous friend Yale in the film Manhattan...
, Dan Shor
Dan Shor
Daniel Shor is an American veteran actor, director, writer and teacher with a career spanning over 30 years.- Early life :Shor was born and raised in New York City. Attended McBurney school from 6th thru 8th grade...
and Barbara Eda-Young. The film was produced by Hollins Communications Institution to benefit the American Institute for Stuttering
American Institute for Stuttering
The American Institute for Stuttering is an American nonprofit organization that provides speech therapy to people who stutter. The organization, legally known as The American Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Professional Training, was founded in 1998 by speech-language pathologist Catherine...
, of which Pendleton was a graduate. He currently serves on the AIS Board of Directors.
Sources
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084761/
- http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1020852-talk_to_me/
- http://stuttertalk.com/2009/07/08/austin-pendleton-stuttering.aspx
- http://www.film.com/movies/mediaplayback/talk-to-me/27516369
- http://www.nndb.com/org/235/000164740/
- http://www.stutteringtreatment.org/aboutstaff.php