Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans 2009  R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Xzibit, Fairuza Balk, Shawn Hatosy, Jennifer Coolidge, Tom Bower, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Brad Dourif, Denzel Whitaker, Irma P. Hall, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Brandi Coleman
Hurricane Katrina has hit New Orleans, and corrupt cop Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) and his partner, Stevie Pruit (Val Kilmer), are cleaning out lockers when the building collapses. McDonagh suffers back injuries and uses drugs, gambling, and prostitutes to make his life "better." He falls in love with hooker Frankie Donnenfeld (Eva Mendes), and his life reaches new lows when he stops at nothing to get results from his interrogations while he is put on the case of a gangland execution.
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The Great Debaters 2007  PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Denzel Washington
Cast: Denzel Washington, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker, Jermaine Williams, Forest Whitaker, Gina Ravera, John Heard, Kimberly Elise, Devyn A. Tyler, Trenton McClain Boyde, Ritchie Montgomery, Tim Parati
This film is loosely based on the true story of Wiley College professor Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington) who, in 1935, led his small, Black, Texas college team of debaters against Harvard University's team of renown. Tolson's team–Henry Lowe (Nate Parker) and Hamilton Burgess (Jermaine Williams) are joined by alternates Samantha Booke (Jurnee Smollett) and James Farmer, Jr. (Denzel Whitaker). They undergo vigorous training by Tolson as he helps them improve their speaking skills. Conflicts concerning Tolson's efforts to help migrant farm workers rise to the fore, but, in the end, lessons are learned, and the debate team members learn to believe in themselves.
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| 1. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
2. The Great Debaters (2007)
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