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If Beale Street Could Talk is a 2018 American romantic drama film written and directed by Barry Jenkins and based on James Baldwin's 1974 novel of the same name.It stars an ensemble cast that includes KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris, Michael Beach, Dave Franco, Diego Luna, Pedro Pascal, Ed Skrein, Brian Tyree Henry, and Regina King.
- $20.6 million
- Nicholas Britell
- $12 million
Dec 25, 2018 · If Beale Street Could Talk: Directed by Barry Jenkins. With KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Teyonah Parris. A young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he didn't commit.
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- Drama, Romance
- Barry Jenkins
- 2018-12-25
If Beale Street Could Talk is a 1974 novel by American writer James Baldwin. His fifth novel (and 13th book overall), it is a love story set in Harlem in the early 1970s. [1] [2] The title is a reference to the 1916 W.C. Handy blues song " Beale Street Blues ", named after Beale Street in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee .
- James Baldwin
- 197
- 1974
- June 17, 1974
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If Beale Street Could Talk honors its source material with a beautifully filmed adaptation that finds director Barry Jenkins further strengthening his visual and narrative craft. In early 1970s ...
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Dec 10, 2018 · Director Barry Jenkins summons James Baldwin’s spirit in his adaptation of the author’s 1974 book, “If Beale Street Could Talk” by immediately quoting him onscreen: “Every black person born in America was born on Beale Street, whether in Jackson, Mississippi, or in Harlem, New York. Beale Street is our legacy.”
Jan 1, 1974 · Before I started reading James Baldwin's novel titled If Beale Street Could Talk I found it curious that the book was written about a Beale Street in New York City while the location of the movie was the Beale Street in New Orleans. A search for Beale Street in Google Maps revealed a dozen or more cities that have a Beale Street.
