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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

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

Austin Anderson
Animal Coordinator
Patrick Tendai Pfupajena
Production Assistant

David J. Bomba
Production Design
John R. Jensen
Art Direction

Patrick Cassidy
Set Decoration
Sharen Davis
Costume Design
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
James Newton Howard
Original Music Composer
Philippe Rousselot
Director of Photography

Peter Golub
Original Music Composer
Robert Eisele
Screenplay