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The Great Debaters (2007)
Directed by Denzel Washington
“When the nation was in need, he inspired them to give us hope.”
Drama · 2h 06m
The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
Cast
Denzel Whitaker
James Farmer Jr.
Denzel Washington
Melvin B. Tolson
Nate Parker
Henry Lowe
Jurnee Smollett-Bell
Samantha Booke
Forest Whitaker
Dr. James Farmer Sr.
Kimberly Elise
Pearl Farmer
Jermaine Williams
Hamilton Burgess
Gina Ravera
Ruth Tolson
John Heard
Sheriff Dozier
Devyn A. Tyler
Helen Farmer
T
Trenton McClain Boyd
Nathaniel Farmer
Ritchie Montgomery
Deputy
Crew
- Director
- Denzel Washington
- Screenplay
- Robert Eisele
- Director of Photography
- Philippe Rousselot
- Original Music Composer
- Peter Golub, James Newton Howard
- Editor
- Hughes Winborne
- Producer
- Joe Roth, Kate Forte, Todd Black, Oprah Winfrey
Details
- Release date
- 2007-12-25
- Runtime
- 2h 06m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Marshall Production, The Weinstein Company, Harpo Films
- Budget
- $15,000,000
- Box office
- $30,226,144