The Great Debaters

  • Theatrical - Wide 2007-12-25
Box Office Gross: $30,226,144
Running Time: 126 minutes
Language: English
Production Company: Marshall Production, The Weinstein Company, Harpo Films
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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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Plot: During the thirties, a debating team from the historically black Wiley College overcomes racism and defies segregation to challenge Harvard University to a historic debate. Based on a true story. Review: THE GREAT DEBATERS is obviously a passion project...
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Who or what is Denzel Washington pointing at in this new poster for THE GREAT DEBATERS? Maybe the cameraman’s shoelace is untied? Maybe a rat just scurried across the room? Or maybe he’s just setting a troubled youth on the...
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The Great Debaters poster

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Apparently Denzel Washington is playing an Asian man in his new movie THE GREAT DEBATERS. Call me crazy, but that’s what it looks like on the poster BELOW. Also, I’ve never quite seen two stars’ names advertised on a poster...
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In his sophomore directorial effort, THE GREAT DEBATERS, Denzel Washington stars as Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas who, in 1935, inspired a group of students to form the school’s first debate team, compete at the national...

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