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The Great Debaters

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Calorie Rating: 174
Released: 2007-12-25
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 124 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
Greg Hale
Second Assistant Director

Jono Oliver
First 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

Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer
David Crockett
Executive Producer

Melody Fowler
Associate Producer
Molly Allen
Co-Producer

Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer
Joe Roth
Producer
Valeria Scoon
Associate Producer

Kate Forte
Producer
Todd Black
Producer

John Breinholt
Editorial Coordinator
Austin Anderson
Animal Coordinator

Patrick Tendai Pfupajena
Production Assistant
Patrick Cassidy
Set Decoration

John R. Jensen
Art Direction
Sharen Davis
Costume Design
David J. Bomba
Production Design

Robert Powell
Stunt Double


Steven Ritzi
Stunt Coordinator


Stephen A. Pope
Stunt Coordinator
Sean J. O'Shea
First Assistant "B" Camera

Belinda Anderson
Key Hair Stylist
Jeff Valeri
Production Coordinator
Jacob Ross
Best Boy Grip

Darryl Humber
Dolly Grip
Helen Britten
Assistant Set Decoration
Shellie Gillespie
Art Department Coordinator

Dillon Jim Breithaupt
Art Department Assistant
Tateum Kohut
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
LaToya Henderson
Makeup Artist

Frederick Shear
Assistant Accountant
Stephen Beasley
Rigging Gaffer
G. Marq Roswell
Music Supervisor

Brian McNulty
Post Production Supervisor
Jodie Stern
Assistant Costume Designer

Giselle Spence
Seamstress
Valerie Gladstone-Appel
Assistant Hairstylist
Andrea Bowman
Hairstylist

Cid Swank
Unit Publicist
David Lee
Still Photographer

Christopher Gray
Extras Casting
Geraud Brisson
Additional Editor
Greg Orloff
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Rob Simons
Assistant Art Director
Gary Tolbert
Aerial Director of Photography
Gary A. Theard
Boom Operator

Ian Crockett
Post Production Coordinator
Nikki I Brown
Makeup Artist

Andrea Young
Hairstylist
Riko Schatke
Best Boy Grip
Angela Demo
Casting Associate

Virle S. Reid
Assistant Property Master
Gary Damian Thomas
Storyboard Artist
Xiomara Comrie
First Assistant "A" Camera

David Hickey
Payroll Accountant
Ted Sapp
Key Rigging Grip
Rick Kline
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Xiomara Comrie
Second Assistant "A" Camera
Diah Wymont
Assistant Costume Designer

Nicki Johnson
Assistant Production Coordinator
Alison Cannon
Production Accountant
Christian Juneau
Extras Casting Assistant

Mark La Bonge
"A" Camera Operator
Carl Fullerton
Makeup Department Head
Linda Lazar
Makeup Artist

Kei Rowan-Young
Location Manager
Jack Lynch
Special Effects Supervisor

Riki Lin Sabusawa
Key Costumer

Natalia Anderson
Production Secretary
Christina DeCharles
Assistant Location Manager
Pamela Rittelmeyer
"B" Camera Operator

Matiki Anoff
Key Makeup Artist
David Crockett
Unit Production Manager

Pamela Rittelmeyer
First Assistant "A" Camera
Kenneth Walker
Hair Department Head
Valerie Bleth Sharp
Production Supervisor

Yvonne Bastidos
Set Costumer
Larry M. Cherry
Hairstylist
Anne Scott
First Assistant Accountant

Jamie Horwitz
Assistant Accountant
John Bankson
Property Master
Mark La Bonge
Steadicam Operator

Janice Hudson
Hairstylist
James Babineaux
Best Boy Electric
Natalie Ballesteros
Casting Assistant

Denise Pugh-Ruiz
Assistant Makeup Artist
Dana Kay Hart
Costume Supervisor
Mitzi Haralson
Set Costumer

Alex Borys
Assistant Location Manager
Jeffery D. Woodrel
Special Effects Coordinator
Kim Drummond
ADR Supervisor

John Marquis
Sound Effects Editor

Jerry G. Henery
Construction Coordinator
Dorian Cheah
Sound Designer

Howard Berger
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Ted Moser
Transportation Coordinator
Lois Yaroshefsky
Studio Teacher

Kami Asgar
Supervising Sound Editor
Todd Kasow
Music Editor
Jonathan Klein
Foley Supervisor

Barbara McDermott
Music Editor
Greg Nicotero
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Justin Nance
Transportation Co-Captain

Tim Tuchrello
Sound Effects Editor
Amy Kane
Foley Artist
Fred Peck III
Sound Recordist

Scott Childers
Construction Foreman
Elizabeth Rainey
Foley Artist
Eryne Prine
Assistant Sound Editor

Brian Smith
ADR Mixer
Richard A. Davis
Transportation Captain
Erin Oakley
ADR Editor

Jon Wakeham
Sound Effects Editor
Herwig Maurer
Sound Effects Editor
Anita Cannella
Foley Artist

Carmine Rubino
Foley Mixer
Jacob Riehle
First Assistant Sound Editor
Dean Allison
Construction Foreman

Scott G.G. Haller
Dialogue Editor
Michael Dressel
Foley Editor
Sean McCormack
Supervising Sound Editor

James Passanante
Paint Coordinator
Philippe Rousselot
Director of Photography

Peter Golub
Original Music Composer
James Newton Howard
Original Music Composer