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The great debaters
2008

DVD

Melvin B. Tolson is a professor at Wiley College in Texas. Wiley is a small African-American college. In 1935, Tolson inspired students to form the school's first debate team. Tolson turns a group of underdog students into a historically elite debate team which goes on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. Inspired by a true story.

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Description:

  • 1 videodisc (approximately 124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • polychrome
  • digital
  • optical
  • mixed
  • Dolby
  • video file
  • DVD video

Target Audience Note: CHVR: PG.

Notes:

  • Title from container.
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.
  • 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.
  • Director of photography, Philippe Rousselot ; editors, John Breinholt, Hughes Winborne ; music, Peter Golub, James Newton Howard ; costume designer, Sharen Davis ; production designer, David J. Bomba.
  • Denzel Washington, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker, Jermaine Williams, Forest Whitaker, Gina Ravera, John Heard, Kimberly Elise, Devyn Tyler, Trenton McClain Boyd.
  • DVD ; Dolby digital surround ; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation.
  • For private home use only.
  • Includes audio tracks in English and French with subtitles in English, French and Spanish.

Publisher or Distributor Number: 104294

Control Number: 523913

UPC: 065935816126

Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : Weinstein Company ; Montreal : Distributed by Alliance Atlantis, [2008]
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