The Great Debaters (2007)

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Studio: The Weinstein Company
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: Dec 25, 2007
Running Time: 127 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
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True story of professor Melvin B. Tolson who formed a debate team at a small, African American college in the 1930s. The team went on to beat Harvard in the national debate championships.
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Melvin B Tolson
James Farmer, Sr.
Hamilton Burgess
Captain Wainwright
Sheriff Dozier
Pearl Farmer
Henry Lowe
Harland Osbourne
James Farmer, Jr.
Ruth Tolson
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For his second directorial effort, Denzel Washington deftly applies the feel-good formula of Remember the Titans to this racially charged but inevitably inspiring "David vs. Goliath" true story of an African-American college debate team taking on Harvard in 1935.

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