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Cast
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Denzel Whitaker | As: James Farmer Jr. |
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Denzel Washington | As: Melvin B. Tolson |
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Nate Parker | As: Henry Lowe |
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Jurnee Smollett | As: Samantha Booke |
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Forest Whitaker | As: Dr. James Farmer Sr. |
Storyline
The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
| Tagline: | When the nation was in need, he inspired them to give us hope. |
| Certification: | PG-13 |
Cast
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Denzel Whitaker |
James Farmer Jr. |
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Denzel Washington |
Melvin B. Tolson |
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Nate Parker |
Henry Lowe |
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Jurnee Smollett |
Samantha Booke |
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Forest Whitaker |
Dr. James Farmer Sr. |
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Kimberly Elise |
Pearl Farmer |
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Jermaine Williams |
Hamilton Burgess |
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Gina Ravera |
Ruth Tolson |
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John Heard |
Sheriff Dozier |
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Devyn A. Tyler |
Helen Farmer |
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Trenton McClain Boyd |
Nathaniel Farmer |
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Ritchie Montgomery |
Deputy |
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Jackson Walker |
Pig Owner |
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Tim Parati |
Pig Farmer |
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Robert X. Golphin |
Dunbar Reed |
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Justice Leak |
Harland Osbourne |
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Glen Powell |
Harvard Debater #1 |
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Brad Watkins |
Harvard Debater #2 |
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Brian Smiar |
Harvard Dean |
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Damien Leake |
Wilson |
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Voltaire Sterling |
Paul Quinn Debater #1 |
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Stephen Rider |
Paul Quinn Debater #2 |
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Gordon Danniels |
Paul Quinn Debate Judge |
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Donny Boaz |
Oklahoma City College Debater #1 |
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Samuel Elliott Whisnant |
Oklahoma City College Debater #2 |
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Bonnie Johnson |
Dr. Jennings |
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Charissa Allen |
Benita |
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Michael Beasley |
Trudell |
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Gary Mathis |
Enormous Man |
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George Wilson |
Samuel |
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Fahnlohnee R. Harris |
Clementine |
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Harold Evans |
William Taylor |
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J.D. Evermore |
Captain Wainwright |
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Sharon Jones |
Lila |
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Kelvin Payton |
Joseph |
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Southey Blanton |
White Labor Organizer |
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Michael Mattison |
White Sharecropper #1 |
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Jeff Braun |
White Sharecropper #2 |
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Milton R. Gipson |
Prairie View Professor |
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Frank Ridley |
Security Guard |
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Jeremiah Kissel |
Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate |
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Jack Radosta |
White Man at Lynching |
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Alvin Youngblood Hart |
Juke Joint Musician #1 |
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Dom Flemons |
Juke Joint Musician #2 |
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Justin Robinson |
Juke Joint Musician #3 |
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Rhiannon Giddens |
Juke Joint Musician #4 |
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Ahmad Powell |
Fisk Professor |
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Marcus Lyle Brown |
Howard Debater #1 |
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Gary Mattis |
Enormous Man |
Directed By
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Denzel Washington |
Director |
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Karen Golden |
Script Supervisor |
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Jono Oliver |
First Assistant Director |
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Greg Hale |
Second Assistant Director |
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Kali R. Harrison |
Second Second Assistant Director |
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George Bott |
Additional Second Assistant Director |
Writing Credits
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Robert Eisele |
Writer |
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Jeffrey Porro |
Story |
Production Crew
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Valeria Scoon |
Associate Producer |
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Molly Allen |
Co-Producer |
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Todd Black |
Producer |
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David Crockett |
Executive Producer |
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Harvey Weinstein |
Executive Producer |
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Bob Weinstein |
Executive Producer |
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Kate Forte |
Producer |
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Melody Fowler |
Associate Producer |
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Oprah Winfrey |
Producer |
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Joe Roth |
Producer |
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Denise Chamian |
Casting |
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Patrick Tendai Pfupajena |
Production Assistant |
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David Crockett |
Unit Production Manager |
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Valerie Bleth Sharp |
Production Supervisor |
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Jeff Valeri |
Production Coordinator |
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Nicki Johnson |
Assistant Production Coordinator |
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Natalia Anderson |
Production Secretary |
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Alison Cannon |
Production Accountant |
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Anne Scott |
First Assistant Accountant |
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Frederick Shear |
Assistant Accountant |
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Jamie Horwitz |
Assistant Accountant |
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David Hickey |
Payroll Accountant |
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Kei Rowan-Young |
Location Manager |
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Alex Borys |
Assistant Location Manager |
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Christina DeCharles |
Assistant Location Manager |
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Angela Demo |
Casting Associate |
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Natalie Ballesteros |
Casting Assistant |
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Christopher Gray |
Extras Casting |
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Christian Juneau |
Extras Casting Assistant |
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Ian Crockett |
Post Production Coordinator |
Edited By
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John Breinholt |
Editorial Coordinator |
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Hughes Winborne |
Editor |
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John Breinholt |
Co-Editor |
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Geraud Brisson |
Additional Editor |
Costume and Makeup
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Sharen Davis |
Costume Design |
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Dana Kay Hart |
Costume Supervisor |
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Jodie Stern |
Assistant Costume Designer |
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Diah Wymont |
Assistant Costume Designer |
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Frank Perry Rose |
Costumer |
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Riki Lin Sabusawa |
Key Costumer |
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Yvonne Bastidos |
Set Costumer |
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Mitzi Haralson |
Set Costumer |
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Giselle Spence |
Seamstress |
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Frances Jacques-LeCompte |
Seamstress |
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Carl Fullerton |
Makeup Department Head |
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Matiki Anoff |
Key Makeup Artist |
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Denise Pugh-Ruiz |
Assistant Makeup Artist |
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Linda Lazar |
Makeup Artist |
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LaToya Henderson |
Makeup Artist |
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Nikki I Brown |
Makeup Artist |
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Kenneth Walker |
Hair Department Head |
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Larry M. Cherry |
Hairstylist |
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Belinda Anderson |
Key Hair Stylist |
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Valerie Gladstone-Appel |
Assistant Hairstylist |
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Andrea Young |
Hairstylist |
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Andrea Bowman |
Hairstylist |
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Janice Hudson |
Hairstylist |
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Greg Nicotero |
Special Effects Makeup Artist |
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Howard Berger |
Special Effects Makeup Artist |
Sound
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Peter Golub |
Original Music Composer |
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James Newton Howard |
Original Music Composer |
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G. Marq Roswell |
Music Supervisor |
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Willie D. Burton |
Sound Mixer |
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Gary A. Theard |
Boom Operator |
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Tateum Kohut |
Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
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Greg Orloff |
Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
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Rick Kline |
Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
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Kami Asgar |
Supervising Sound Editor |
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Sean McCormack |
Supervising Sound Editor |
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Kim Drummond |
ADR Supervisor |
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Jonathan Klein |
Foley Supervisor |
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Scott G.G. Haller |
Dialogue Editor |
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Erin Oakley |
ADR Editor |
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Dorian Cheah |
Sound Designer |
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Jon Wakeham |
Sound Effects Editor |
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John Marquis |
Sound Effects Editor |
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Herwig Maurer |
Sound Effects Editor |
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Tim Tuchrello |
Sound Effects Editor |
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Michael Dressel |
Foley Editor |
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Amy Kane |
Foley Artist |
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Elizabeth Rainey |
Foley Artist |
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Anita Cannella |
Foley Artist |
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Carmine Rubino |
Foley Mixer |
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Jacob Riehle |
First Assistant Sound Editor |
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Eryne Prine |
Assistant Sound Editor |
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Todd Kasow |
Music Editor |
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Barbara McDermott |
Music Editor |
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Fred Peck III |
Sound Recordist |
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Brian Smith |
ADR Mixer |
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Howard London |
ADR Mixer |
Visual Effects
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Jack Lynch |
Special Effects Supervisor |
Camera
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Philippe Rousselot |
Director of Photography |
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Mark La Bonge |
"A" Camera Operator |
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Mark La Bonge |
Steadicam Operator |
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Pamela Rittelmeyer |
"B" Camera Operator |
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Pamela Rittelmeyer |
First Assistant "A" Camera |
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Xiomara Comrie |
Second Assistant "A" Camera |
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Xiomara Comrie |
First Assistant "A" Camera |
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Sean J. O'Shea |
First Assistant "B" Camera |
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Tiffani L. Stephenson |
Camera Loader |
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Gary Tolbert |
Aerial Director of Photography |
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David Lee |
Still Photographer |
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C. Alan Rawlins Sr. |
Key Grip |
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Riko Schatke |
Best Boy Grip |
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Jacob Ross |
Best Boy Grip |
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Darryl Humber |
Dolly Grip |
Lighting
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Jack English |
Gaffer |
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James Babineaux |
Best Boy Electric |
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Stephen Beasley |
Rigging Gaffer |
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Ted Sapp |
Key Rigging Grip |
Art Department
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David J. Bomba |
Production Design |
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John R. Jensen |
Art Direction |
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Patrick Cassidy |
Set Decoration |
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Rob Simons |
Assistant Art Director |
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John Bankson |
Property Master |
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Virle S. Reid |
Assistant Property Master |
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C. Alan Berry |
Props |
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Tommy Samona |
Leadman |
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Helen Britten |
Assistant Set Decoration |
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Gary Damian Thomas |
Storyboard Artist |
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Shellie Gillespie |
Art Department Coordinator |
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Dillon Jim Breithaupt |
Art Department Assistant |
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Jerry G. Henery |
Construction Coordinator |
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Dean Allison |
Construction Foreman |
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Scott Childers |
Construction Foreman |
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James Passanante |
Paint Coordinator |
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Larry Misselhorn |
Greensman |
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Ryan Misselhorn |
Greensman |
Other Crew
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Austin Anderson |
Animal Coordinator |
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Steven Ritzi |
Stunt Coordinator |
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Kevin Beard |
Stunts |
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Bobby Beckles |
Stunts |
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Gregg Brazzel |
Stunts |
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Lex D. Geddings |
Stunts |
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Thirl Haston |
Stunts |
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Jim Henry |
Stunts |
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Eric Norris |
Stunts |
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Stephen A. Pope |
Stunt Coordinator |
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Robert Powell |
Stunt Double |
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Russell Towery |
Stunts |
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Gerard 'Gus' Williams |
Stunts |
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Joe Nin Williams |
Stunts |
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Brian McNulty |
Post Production Supervisor |
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Cid Swank |
Unit Publicist |
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Jeffery D. Woodrel |
Special Effects Coordinator |
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Nannette Palmer |
Set Medic |
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Ted Moser |
Transportation Coordinator |
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Richard A. Davis |
Transportation Captain |
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Justin Nance |
Transportation Co-Captain |
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Lois Yaroshefsky |
Studio Teacher |
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