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The great debaters
Great debaters (Motion picture)
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- Summary
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Chronicles the journey of Professor Melvin Tolson, a debate team coach who turns a group of underdog students from a small African-American college into a historically elite debate team. Inspired b...
Chronicles the journey of Professor Melvin Tolson, a debate team coach who turns a group of underdog students from a small African-American college into a historically elite debate team. Inspired by a true story.
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- Creator
- TWC presents a Harpo Films production ; a Denzel Washington film ; produced by Todd Black [and others] ; story by Robert Eisele & Jeffrey Porro ; screenplay by Robert Eisele ; directed by Denzel Washington
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Languages
- English, French
- Contributors
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- Porro, Jeffrey. screenwriter
- Eisele, Robert, 1948- screenwriter
- Black, Todd, film producer
- Washington, Denzel, 1954- film producer, film director, actor
- Whitaker, Forest, actor
- Parker, Nate, 1979- actor
- Whitaker, Denzel, 1990- actor
- Heard, John, 1946-2017, actor
- Smollett-Bell, Jurnee, 1986- actor
- Elise, Kimberly, 1971- actor
- Rousselot, Philippe, 1945- director of photography
- Howard, James Newton, composer
- Golub, Peter, composer
- Winborne, Hughes, editor of moving image work
- Harpo Films
- Weinstein Company
- Weinstein Company Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Publication
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- [United States] : Weinstein Company, [2011]
- ©2011
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- digital optical surround sound Dolby Digital 5.1
- NTSC
- video file Blu-ray video A
- OCLC
- ocn694632997
- Credits
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- Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker, John Heard, Kimberly Elise
- Director of photography, Philippe Rousselot ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; music composed by James Newton Howard and Peter Golub
- Title from container.
- Videodisc release of the 2007 motion picture.
- Release date: Jan. 11, 2011.
- Special features: deleted scenes; The great debaters : an historical perspective; The great debaters : a heritage of music; "That's what my baby likes" music video; "My soul is a witness" music video; Actor/director Denzel Washington; Forest Whitaker on becoming James Farmer, Sr.; A new generation of actors; The 1930s wardrobe of Sharen Davis; The production design of David J. Bomba.
- Blu-ray, widescreen; Dolby Digital; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1.
- Requires Blu-ray player.
- English or French dialogue with optional Spanish subtitles and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.