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The great debaters = Le grand débat / TWC presents ; a Harpo Films production ; directed by Denzel Washington ; screenplay by Robert Eisele ; story by Robert Eisele & Jeffrey Porro ; produced by Todd Black and Kate Forte ; produced by Joe Roth and Oprah Winfrey.
LIBRA DVD 018 350 disc 1-2
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Tolson, Melvin B., 1898-1966--Drama.
- Tolson, Melvin B.
- Tolson, Melvin B., 1898-1966.
- Scherman, Tony.
- Wiley College (Marshall, Tex.).
- African American college teachers.
- African American college students.
- Texas.
- Scherman, Tony--Film adaptations.
- Wiley College (Marshall, Tex.)--Drama.
- African American college students--Texas--Drama.
- African American college teachers--Texas--Drama.
- Texas--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Biographical films.
- Historical films.
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- 2-disc collector's edition Widescreen.
- Other Title:
- Grand débat
- Place of Publication:
- Montréal, Québec : distributed in Canada by Alliance Vivafilm ; [New York, NY] : Weinstein Co., [2008]
- Language Note:
- In English and dubbed French; optional subtitles in French and Spanish.
- Open-captioned in English for the hard of hearing.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- Dolby digital 5.1
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Disc 1. [Feature film; special features]
- disc 2. [Special features].
- Participant:
- Denzel Washington, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker, Jermaine Williams, Forest Whitaker, Gina Ravera, John Heard, Kimberly Elise.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Philippe Rousselot; editor, Hughes Winborne; music, Peter Golub, James Newton Howard.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2007.
- Inspired by the American Legacy article by Tony Scherman.
- Special features: (disc 1) "The Great Debaters : an historical perspective"; two music videos; original theatrical trailer; (disc 2) Scoring "The Great Debaters"; Learning the art : our young actors go to debate camp; A new gereation of actors; The 1930's wardrobe of Sharen Davis; The production design of David J. Bomba; The poetry of Melvin B. Tolson.
- Aspect ratio 2.35:1.
- OCLC:
- 416448709
- Publisher Number:
- 065935817727
- 104841 Alliance Vivafilm
- 104294 Alliance Vivafilm
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