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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
Kevin Beard
Character: Klansman at Lynching (uncredited)


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
Robert Eisele
Screenplay