Denzel Washington is a professor who uses the power of words to shape a group of underdog students into an elite debate team.
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Plot: What's the story about?
Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow South and inspired by a true story, "The Great Debaters" chronicles the journey of a brilliant but volatile coach (Denzel Washington) who uses the power of words to shape a group of underdog students from a small, modest black college in East Texas into an elite debate team while challenging the social mores of the time, culminating with a groundbreaking invitation to debate Harvard's championship team.
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Who stars in The Great Debaters: Cast List
For Colored Girls, Almost Christmas
Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Every Secret Thing
Repentance, The Last Stand
The Little Things, Fences
Fat Albert
Inside Out
Assault on Wall Street, Edison Force
Who's making The Great Debaters: Crew List
A look at the The Great Debaters behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Denzel Washington last directed A Journal for Jordan and Antwone Fisher. The film's writer Robert Elise last wrote Untitled Jim Brown Project.
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Production: What we know about The Great Debaters?
Filming Timeline
- 2004 - December: The film was set to Completed status.
The Great Debaters Release Date: When was the film released?
The Great Debaters was a release in 2007 on Tuesday, December 25, 2007. There were 3 other movies released on the same date, including AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem, The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep and The Bucket List.
The Great Debaters DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?
The Great Debaters was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 .