The Great Debaters

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Actor: Brian Smiar, Damien Leake, Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Gregory Nicotero
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
Cinematographer: Philippe Rousselot
Composer: James Newton Howard
Composer: Peter Golub
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
Running Time: 124 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-05-13
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Genius Products (TVN)

DVD Reviews of The Great Debaters

DVD Review: The Great Debators
Summary: 5 Stars

1. Wow, Awesome, the best!!!
2. I teach High School, and I used this in all my classes to teach all the wonderful things that any teacher would be trying to teach about getting an education.

DVD Review: Riped Off
Summary: 1 Stars

Never recieve the DVD but they did take my money from my account. Don't ever buy from this person. Beware!!!!

DVD Review: Inspiring
Summary: 5 Stars

An inspiring story told with insight and humor. This is a movie everyone should see and enjoy.

DVD Review: Recognitiom is not Colorblind
Summary: 4 Stars

A true story which follows the actions of one man to develope a debate team who commanded the power of words which transformed a group of underdog African American college students into an historical powerhouse who even had the temerity to challange the Harvard elite. To follow the progress of this politically radical debate coach is something to behold. Regardless of the supposedly low background; the viewer will stand up and cheer. Once and for all, this film shows that color does not have any influence on success.

DVD Review: GREAT FILM
Summary: 4 Stars

DENZEL WASHINGTION DIRECTS AND STARS IN THE UPLIFTING DRAMA BASED ON A TRUE STORY ABOUT THE PROFESSOR WHO SHAPES A GROUP OF UNDERDOG STUDENTS FROM A SMALL EAST TEXAS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN COLLEGE INTO A HISTORICALLY ELITE DEBATE TEAM THAT DUELS AGAINST HARBERD. OPRAH WINFREY PRODUCES.

Description of The Great Debaters

Two-time Academy Award? winner Denzel Washington (American Gangster) directs and stars with Academy Award? winner Forest Whitaker (Last King of Scotland) in this important and deeply inspiring page from the not-so-distant past (Richard Roeper, At the Movies with Ebert and Roeper). Inspired by a true story, Washington shines as 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 an historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite. DVD Special Features:

Deleted Scenes
The Great Debaters: An Historical Perspective. That's What My Baby Likes; Music Video.
My Soul Is A Witness; Music Video
Theatrical Trailer
Sneak Peeks: Grace is Gone, Cassandra's Dream, I'm Not There, Hunting Party

Inspired by real events, the fascinating The Great Debaters reveals one of the seeds of the Civil Rights Movement in its story of Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington in a captivating performance) and his champion 1935 debate club from the all-African-American Wiley College in Texas. Tolson, a Wiley professor, labor organizer, modernist poet, and much else, runs a rigorous debate program at the school, selecting four students as his team in '35, among them the future founder of the Congress of Racial Equality, James Farmer Jr. (Denzel Whitaker). Washington, who directed The Great Debaters from a script by Robert Eisele (The Dale Earnhardt Story), anchors the story with the team's measurable progress, but the film is also about the state of race relations in America at the height of the Great Depression. With lynchings of black men and women a common form of entertainment and black subjugation for many rural whites, the idea of talented and highly intelligent African-American young people learning to think on their feet during debates would seem almost a hopeless endeavor. But that's not the way Tolson sees it, as his students serve themselves and the cause of racial equality in America with energetic arguments in favor of progressive government and non-violence as a viable social movement. There are some startling moments in this movie, particularly the sight of a man found lynched and burned to death, and an extraordinary moment in which we see black sharecroppers and white farmers engaged with Tolson in arguments about unionizing together. Forest Whitaker is outstanding as Farmer's emotionally-reserved father, also a Wiley professor. This is the kind of film where one hopes two great actors such as the elder Whitaker and Washington will have a scene together, and when it comes it's as powerful as one might hope. --Tom Keogh

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