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Release Date: 5/13/2008
 Original Release: 2007
 Format: DVD
Length: 126 minutes
 Rating: PG-13 (MPAA)
 Rating Reason: for depiction of strong thematic material including violence and disturbing images, and for language and brief sexuality
 UPC: 796019810708
 Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Other Formats:  Great Debaters 2-Disc Special Collector's Edition DVD


Directed by: Denzel Washington
Featuring: Forest Whitaker, John Heard, Jurnee Smollett, Gina Ravera, Jermaine Williams, Denzel Whitaker, Denzel Washington, Nate Parker, Kimberly Elise
Great Debaters Widescreen DVD Description
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.

DVD Features


Region 1
Keep Case
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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Average Rating: 4.25 / 5
Number of Reviews: 4 (view all)
4 / 5  Posted on May 15, 2008
Reviewed by: Zara

What I think most people are going to overlook when they watch this movie is that Denzel Washington isn't just acting in it, he directed it as well. And as a director he does a solid, dependable job....
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5 / 5  Posted on January 2, 2008
Reviewed by: James

Hey all, I am not sure what Texas is really like but this wasn't that bad of a movie. I do think it is getting old on the whole black vs. white people thing. We are all equal now. But on the...
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4 / 5  Posted on December 31, 2007
Reviewed by: Jarrod

'The Great Debaters' is a stronger directorial effort for Denzel Washington than his debut, Antwone Fisher, which made a star out of Derek Luke. It is an inspiring and powerful underdog story, based...
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