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The Great Debaters

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Calorie Rating: 177
Released: 2007-12-25
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 126 Minutes
Budget: 15000000
Revenue 30226144
Studios: Marshall Production, The Weinstein Company, Harpo Films,


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.

Director / Directors

Karen Golden
Script Supervisor
Jono Oliver
First Assistant Director

Greg Hale
Second Assistant Director
Kali R. Harrison
Second Second Assistant Director
George Bott
Additional Second Assistant Director



Cast

Denzel Whitaker
Character: James Farmer Jr.
Denzel Washington
Character: Melvin B. Tolson
Nate Parker
Character: Henry Lowe

Jurnee Smollett
Character: Samantha Booke
Forest Whitaker
Character: Dr. James Farmer Sr.
Kimberly Elise
Character: Pearl Farmer

Jermaine Williams
Character: Hamilton Burgess
Gina Ravera
Character: Ruth Tolson
John Heard
Character: Sheriff Dozier

Devyn A. Tyler
Character: Helen Farmer
Trenton McClain Boyd
Character: Nathaniel Farmer
Ritchie Montgomery
Character: Deputy

Jackson Walker
Character: Pig Owner
Tim Parati
Character: Pig Farmer
Robert X. Golphin
Character: Dunbar Reed

Justice Leak
Character: Harland Osbourne
Glen Powell
Character: Harvard Debater #1
Brad Watkins
Character: Harvard Debater #2

Brian Smiar
Character: Harvard Dean
Damien Leake
Character: Wilson
Voltaire Sterling
Character: Paul Quinn Debater #1

Stephen Rider
Character: Paul Quinn Debater #2
Gordon Danniels
Character: Paul Quinn Debate Judge
Donny Boaz
Character: Oklahoma City College Debater #1

Samuel Elliott Whisnant
Character: Oklahoma City College Debater #2
Bonnie Johnson
Character: Dr. Jennings
Charissa Allen
Character: Benita

Michael Beasley
Character: Trudell
Gary Mathis
Character: Enormous Man
George Wilson
Character: Samuel

Fahnlohnee R. Harris
Character: Clementine
Harold Evans
Character: William Taylor
J.D. Evermore
Character: Captain Wainwright

Sharon Jones
Character: Lila
Kelvin Payton
Character: Joseph
Southey Blanton
Character: White Labor Organizer

Michael Mattison
Character: White Sharecropper #1
Jeff Braun
Character: White Sharecropper #2
Milton R. Gipson
Character: Prairie View Professor

Frank Ridley
Character: Security Guard
Jeremiah Kissel
Character: Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate
Jack Radosta
Character: White Man at Lynching

Alvin Youngblood Hart
Character: Juke Joint Musician #1
Dom Flemons
Character: Juke Joint Musician #2
Justin Robinson
Character: Juke Joint Musician #3

Rhiannon Giddens
Character: Juke Joint Musician #4
Ahmad Powell
Character: Fisk Professor
Marcus Lyle Brown
Character: Howard Debater #1

Gary Mattis
Character: Enormous Man


Production and Crew

Molly Allen
Co-Producer

Todd Black
Producer
David Crockett
Executive Producer
Kate Forte
Producer

Melody Fowler
Associate Producer
Joe Roth
Producer
Valeria Scoon
Associate Producer

Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer
Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer

John Breinholt
Editorial Coordinator

David J. Bomba
Production Design
John R. Jensen
Art Direction
Patrick Cassidy
Set Decoration

Sharen Davis
Costume Design
James Newton Howard
Original Music Composer
Philippe Rousselot
Director of Photography

Peter Golub
Original Music Composer
Austin Anderson
Animal Coordinator
Patrick Tendai Pfupajena
Production Assistant

Steven Ritzi
Stunt Coordinator


Stephen A. Pope
Stunt Coordinator

Robert Powell
Stunt Double

G. Marq Roswell
Music Supervisor
David Crockett
Unit Production Manager

Valerie Bleth Sharp
Production Supervisor
Brian McNulty
Post Production Supervisor

Rob Simons
Assistant Art Director
Mark La Bonge
"A" Camera Operator
Mark La Bonge
Steadicam Operator

Pamela Rittelmeyer
"B" Camera Operator
Pamela Rittelmeyer
First Assistant "A" Camera
Xiomara Comrie
Second Assistant "A" Camera

Xiomara Comrie
First Assistant "A" Camera
Sean J. O'Shea
First Assistant "B" Camera

Gary Tolbert
Aerial Director of Photography
Dana Kay Hart
Costume Supervisor
Jodie Stern
Assistant Costume Designer

Diah Wymont
Assistant Costume Designer
Riki Lin Sabusawa
Key Costumer

Yvonne Bastidos
Set Costumer
Mitzi Haralson
Set Costumer
Giselle Spence
Seamstress

Carl Fullerton
Makeup Department Head
Matiki Anoff
Key Makeup Artist

Denise Pugh-Ruiz
Assistant Makeup Artist
Linda Lazar
Makeup Artist
LaToya Henderson
Makeup Artist

Nikki I Brown
Makeup Artist
Kenneth Walker
Hair Department Head
Larry M. Cherry
Hairstylist

Belinda Anderson
Key Hair Stylist
Valerie Gladstone-Appel
Assistant Hairstylist
Andrea Young
Hairstylist

Andrea Bowman
Hairstylist
Janice Hudson
Hairstylist

Gary A. Theard
Boom Operator
Jeff Valeri
Production Coordinator
Nicki Johnson
Assistant Production Coordinator

Natalia Anderson
Production Secretary
Cid Swank
Unit Publicist
David Lee
Still Photographer

Alison Cannon
Production Accountant
Anne Scott
First Assistant Accountant
Frederick Shear
Assistant Accountant

Jamie Horwitz
Assistant Accountant
David Hickey
Payroll Accountant

James Babineaux
Best Boy Electric
Stephen Beasley
Rigging Gaffer

Riko Schatke
Best Boy Grip
Ted Sapp
Key Rigging Grip
Jacob Ross
Best Boy Grip

Darryl Humber
Dolly Grip
Kei Rowan-Young
Location Manager
Alex Borys
Assistant Location Manager

Christina DeCharles
Assistant Location Manager
Angela Demo
Casting Associate
Natalie Ballesteros
Casting Assistant

Christopher Gray
Extras Casting
Christian Juneau
Extras Casting Assistant
John Bankson
Property Master

Virle S. Reid
Assistant Property Master

Helen Britten
Assistant Set Decoration
Gary Damian Thomas
Storyboard Artist
Shellie Gillespie
Art Department Coordinator

Dillon Jim Breithaupt
Art Department Assistant
Jack Lynch
Special Effects Supervisor
Jeffery D. Woodrel
Special Effects Coordinator

Geraud Brisson
Additional Editor
Ian Crockett
Post Production Coordinator
Tateum Kohut
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Greg Orloff
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rick Kline
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kami Asgar
Supervising Sound Editor

Sean McCormack
Supervising Sound Editor
Kim Drummond
ADR Supervisor
Jonathan Klein
Foley Supervisor

Scott G.G. Haller
Dialogue Editor
Erin Oakley
ADR Editor
Dorian Cheah
Sound Designer

Jon Wakeham
Sound Effects Editor
John Marquis
Sound Effects Editor
Herwig Maurer
Sound Effects Editor

Tim Tuchrello
Sound Effects Editor
Michael Dressel
Foley Editor
Amy Kane
Foley Artist

Elizabeth Rainey
Foley Artist
Anita Cannella
Foley Artist
Carmine Rubino
Foley Mixer

Jacob Riehle
First Assistant Sound Editor
Eryne Prine
Assistant Sound Editor
Todd Kasow
Music Editor

Barbara McDermott
Music Editor
Fred Peck III
Sound Recordist
Brian Smith
ADR Mixer

Greg Nicotero
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Howard Berger
Special Effects Makeup Artist

Jerry G. Henery
Construction Coordinator
Dean Allison
Construction Foreman
Scott Childers
Construction Foreman

James Passanante
Paint Coordinator

Ted Moser
Transportation Coordinator
Richard A. Davis
Transportation Captain

Justin Nance
Transportation Co-Captain
Lois Yaroshefsky
Studio Teacher