FW: The Great Debaters/January 8th

 

 

 

 

RONALD PERELMAN

AND HARVEY WEINSTEIN

 

INVITE YOU AND A GUEST

TO A SPECIAL SCREENING OF

 

BEST PICTURE - GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD NOMINEE

WINNER - NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW - FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

WINNER - STANLEY KRAMER AWARD - PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA

THE GREAT

DEBATERS

INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY

 

TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2008

 

6:00PM - 7:30PM COCKTAIL RECEPTION

AT THE HOME OF RONALD PERELMAN

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(BETWEEN MADISON AND PARK)

 

8:00PM SCREENING

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Presented by The Weinstein Company and Harpo Films, "The Great Debaters," was released by MGM on December 25th.

 

Believe in the power of words.

From two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington and an ensemble cast lead by Washington that includes Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker, comes THE GREAT DEBATERS.   Inspired by a true story, THE GREAT DEBATERS chronicles the journey of Professor Melvin Tolson (Denzel  Washington), a brilliant but volatile debate team coach who uses the power of words to shape a group of underdog students from a small African American college in the deep south into a historically elite debate team. A controversial figure, Professor Tolson challenged the social mores of the time and was under constant fire for his unconventional and ferocious teaching methods as well as his radical political views.

In their pursuit for excellence, Tolson's debate team receives a groundbreaking invitation to debate Harvard University's championship team. The film is directed by Denzel Washington and stars Washington, Forest Whitaker, Jurnee Smollett, Nate Parker, Denzel Whitaker, and Kimberly Elise. "The Great Debaters" was written by Robert Eisele and produced by Todd Black, Kate Forte, Oprah Winfrey and Joe Roth.