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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
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
Kevin Beard
Character: Klansman at Lynching (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Kate Forte
Producer
Valeria Scoon
Associate Producer
Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer

John Breinholt
Editorial Coordinator

Joe Roth
Producer
Todd Black
Producer
Melody Fowler
Associate Producer

David Crockett
Executive Producer
Molly Allen
Co-Producer

Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer
Austin Anderson
Animal Coordinator
Patrick Tendai Pfupajena
Production Assistant

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

Patrick Cassidy
Set Decoration

G. Marq Roswell
Music Supervisor

Jodie Stern
Assistant Costume Designer
Andrea Young
Hairstylist

David Crockett
Unit Production Manager

Steven Ritzi
Stunt Coordinator

Robert Powell
Stunt Double

Stephen A. Pope
Stunt Coordinator
Denise Pugh-Ruiz
Assistant Makeup Artist
Kenneth Walker
Hair Department Head

Nikki I Brown
Makeup Artist
Valerie Gladstone-Appel
Assistant Hairstylist

Andrea Bowman
Hairstylist
Angela Demo
Casting Associate
Tateum Kohut
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Greg Orloff
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dana Kay Hart
Costume Supervisor
Mitzi Haralson
Set Costumer

Carl Fullerton
Makeup Department Head
Christopher Gray
Extras Casting

Gary Damian Thomas
Storyboard Artist
Kim Drummond
ADR Supervisor
Scott G.G. Haller
Dialogue Editor

John Marquis
Sound Effects Editor
Jerry G. Henery
Construction Coordinator
Riki Lin Sabusawa
Key Costumer

Gary A. Theard
Boom Operator
Natalia Anderson
Production Secretary

Xiomara Comrie
First Assistant "A" Camera
Christian Juneau
Extras Casting Assistant

Geraud Brisson
Additional Editor
Elizabeth Rainey
Foley Artist
Brian Smith
ADR Mixer

Mark La Bonge
Steadicam Operator
Frederick Shear
Assistant Accountant

James Babineaux
Best Boy Electric
Valerie Bleth Sharp
Production Supervisor

Yvonne Bastidos
Set Costumer
Linda Lazar
Makeup Artist
Kei Rowan-Young
Location Manager

Diah Wymont
Assistant Costume Designer
Alison Cannon
Production Accountant

David Hickey
Payroll Accountant
Mark La Bonge
"A" Camera Operator
Larry M. Cherry
Hairstylist

Nicki Johnson
Assistant Production Coordinator
Anne Scott
First Assistant Accountant
Jamie Horwitz
Assistant Accountant

John Bankson
Property Master
Virle S. Reid
Assistant Property Master
Erin Oakley
ADR Editor

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

Dean Allison
Construction Foreman
James Passanante
Paint Coordinator
Giselle Spence
Seamstress

Cid Swank
Unit Publicist
Pamela Rittelmeyer
"B" Camera Operator
Matiki Anoff
Key Makeup Artist

Janice Hudson
Hairstylist
Natalie Ballesteros
Casting Assistant

Jack Lynch
Special Effects Supervisor
Pamela Rittelmeyer
First Assistant "A" Camera
LaToya Henderson
Makeup Artist

Stephen Beasley
Rigging Gaffer
Alex Borys
Assistant Location Manager
Amy Kane
Foley Artist

Carmine Rubino
Foley Mixer
Sean J. O'Shea
First Assistant "B" Camera

Belinda Anderson
Key Hair Stylist
Jacob Ross
Best Boy Grip
Darryl Humber
Dolly Grip

Rob Simons
Assistant Art Director
Rick Kline
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ted Moser
Transportation Coordinator

Jacob Riehle
First Assistant Sound Editor
Tim Tuchrello
Sound Effects Editor
Todd Kasow
Music Editor

Barbara McDermott
Music Editor
Kami Asgar
Supervising Sound Editor
Sean McCormack
Supervising Sound Editor

Scott Childers
Construction Foreman
Lois Yaroshefsky
Studio Teacher
Helen Britten
Assistant Set Decoration

Dorian Cheah
Sound Designer
Fred Peck III
Sound Recordist

Howard Berger
Special Effects Makeup Artist
David Lee
Still Photographer

Ted Sapp
Key Rigging Grip
Jeffery D. Woodrel
Special Effects Coordinator
Jonathan Klein
Foley Supervisor

Greg Nicotero
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Justin Nance
Transportation Co-Captain

Eryne Prine
Assistant Sound Editor
Richard A. Davis
Transportation Captain
Brian McNulty
Post Production Supervisor

Xiomara Comrie
Second Assistant "A" Camera
Gary Tolbert
Aerial Director of Photography
Jeff Valeri
Production Coordinator

Riko Schatke
Best Boy Grip
Christina DeCharles
Assistant Location Manager

Shellie Gillespie
Art Department Coordinator
Dillon Jim Breithaupt
Art Department Assistant
Ian Crockett
Post Production Coordinator

Michael Dressel
Foley Editor
Philippe Rousselot
Director of Photography
James Newton Howard
Original Music Composer

Peter Golub
Original Music Composer
Robert Eisele
Screenplay