The Great Debaters (2007)

ALL 12/25/2007 (en) Drama 126 Min
  • Release
    12/25/2007
  • Production
    Marshall Production, The Weinstein Company, Harpo Films
  • Rotten tomato
    73%
  • Original title
    The Great Debaters
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 30,226,144.00
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When the nation was in need, he inspired them to give us hope.

Overview

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.



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  1. Denzel Whitaker

    James Farmer Jr.

  2. Denzel Washington

    Melvin B. Tolson

  3. Nate Parker

    Henry Lowe

  4. Jurnee Smollett

    Samantha Booke

  5. Forest Whitaker

    Dr. James Farmer Sr.

  6. Kimberly Elise

    Pearl Farmer

  7. Jermaine Williams

    Hamilton Burgess

  8. Gina Ravera

    Ruth Tolson

  9. John Heard

    Sheriff Dozier

  10. Devyn A. Tyler

    Helen Farmer

  11. Trenton McClain Boyd

    Nathaniel Farmer

  12. Ritchie Montgomery

    Deputy

  13. Jackson Walker

    Pig Owner

  14. Tim Parati

    Pig Farmer

  15. Robert X. Golphin

    Dunbar Reed

  16. Justice Leak

    Harland Osbourne

  17. Glen Powell

    Harvard Debater #1

  18. Brad Watkins

    Harvard Debater #2

  19. Brian Smiar

    Harvard Dean

  20. Damien Leake

    Wilson

  21. Voltaire Sterling

    Paul Quinn Debater #1

  22. Stephen Rider

    Paul Quinn Debater #2

  23. Gordon Danniels

    Paul Quinn Debate Judge

  24. Donny Boaz

    Oklahoma City College Debater #1

  25. Samuel Elliott Whisnant

    Oklahoma City College Debater #2

  26. Bonnie Johnson

    Dr. Jennings

  27. Charissa Allen

    Benita

  28. Michael Beasley

    Trudell

  29. Gary Mathis

    Enormous Man

  30. George Wilson

    Samuel

  31. Fahnlohnee R. Harris

    Clementine

  32. Harold Evans

    William Taylor

  33. J.D. Evermore

    Captain Wainwright

  34. Sharon Jones

    Lila

  35. Kelvin Payton

    Joseph

  36. Southey Blanton

    White Labor Organizer

  37. Michael Mattison

    White Sharecropper #1

  38. Jeff Braun

    White Sharecropper #2

  39. Milton R. Gipson

    Prairie View Professor

  40. Frank Ridley

    Security Guard

  41. Jeremiah Kissel

    Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate

  42. Jack Radosta

    White Man at Lynching

  43. Alvin Youngblood Hart

    Juke Joint Musician #1

  44. Dom Flemons

    Juke Joint Musician #2

  45. Justin Robinson

    Juke Joint Musician #3

  46. Rhiannon Giddens

    Juke Joint Musician #4

  47. Ahmad Powell

    Fisk Professor

  48. Marcus Lyle Brown

    Howard Debater #1

  49. Gary Mattis

    Enormous Man

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 49 , Crews : 158

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The Great Debaters (2007) 126 Min

ALL 12/25/2007 (en)
Drama
  • Release 12/25/2007
  • Production
    Marshall Production, The Weinstein Company, Harpo Films
  • Original title The Great Debaters
  • en
  • Revenue30,226,144.00

When the nation was in need, he inspired them to give us hope.

Overview

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.

  1. Denzel Washington

    Director

  2. Jeffrey Porro

    Story

  3. Hughes Winborne

    Editor

  4. Joe Roth, Kate Forte, Todd Black, Oprah Winfrey

    Producer