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| Category | Urban Drama DVDs, Dramas Movies | | Starring | Forest Whitaker, Denzel Washington, John Heard, Kimberly Elise, Gina Ravera, Jurnee Smollett, Nate Parker, Jermaine Williams, Denzel Whitaker | | Director | Denzel Washington | | Composer | James Newton Howard, Peter Golub | | Costume Designer | Sharen Davis | | Director of Photography | Phillippe Rousselot | | Editor | Hughes Winborne | | Executive Producer | Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, David Crockett | | Producer | Todd Black, Oprah Winfrey, Joe Roth, Kate Forte | | Screenwriter | Robert Eisele | | Story | Robert Eisele
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Closed Captioned; Soundtrack English; Amaray Case IN THEATRES DECEMBER 25, 2007
Denzel Washington directs and stars in this uplifting drama based on a true story about a small East Texas all-black college in 1935 that rises to the top of the nation's debate teams in a duel against Harvard. A poet and debating coach at Wiley College, Professor Melvin Tolson (Washington) sees debating as "a blood sport" and recruits the meanest and brightest, including troubled Henry (Nate Parker), driven Samantha (Jurnee Smollet), and the 14-year-old prodigy James Farmer, Jr. (Denzel Whitaker). Oscar winner Forest Whitaker (no relation) plays Farmer's father, the initially unsupportive president of the school. There's tough training, romantic heat over the attentions of fiery Samantha (the first girl on the team), and some no holds-barred racism (including a witnessed lynching) before the big match-up against the Ivy League school, adding to the overall emotional force. Though feel-good historical competition movies like this have been done before, Washington serves up his effort as a lean, mean family dinner, with minimum fuss and maximum nutritional-educational value. Historical accuracy may be thrown to the wind more than once--Farmer is the only real student among the team, and the final debate was against USC, not Harvard--but the acting is uniformly superb. It's great to watch these kids slowly incorporate Tolson's incredible poise and intellectual rigor into their lives, and the message is as important as ever. Oprah Winfrey served as producer. Great Debaters Reviews: "Working hard on both sides of the camera, Washington has grafted his intensity onto this production....The essential story of the film is both remarkable and true."-- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times "THE GREAT DEBATERS soars with words and feeling..." -- Grade: B-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly "[With] strong, emotionally grounded performances....It radiates nobility of spirit."-- Stephen Holden, New York Times Great Debaters | List Price | $14.95 (You save $5.26) | | Studio | Genius Productions | | Orig Year | 2007 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  20240  | | CD Universe Part number | 7608417 | | Catalog number | 81070 | | Discs | 2 | | Release Date | May 13, 2008 | | Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | for depiction of strong thematic material including violence and disturbing images, and for language and brief sexuality | | Running Time | 126 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen |
Great Debaters Movie Review Great Debaters DVD Region 1
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Anamorphic Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital Stereo - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes on Music
Music Videos
Text/ Photo Gallery:
Casting
Costume and Design
Poetry of Melvin Tolson
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