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Speech and Debate

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Directed by
  
Dan Harris

Music by
  
Deborah Lurie

Written by
  
Stephen Karam

Cinematography
  
David Hennings

Based on
  
Speech & Debate by Stephen Karam

Starring
  
Liam James Sarah Steele Austin P. McKenzie

Speech & Debate is an upcoming film. Filmed in Jackson in 2015, the film is an adaptation of the Broadway stage play of the same name. The film is scheduled to be released on April 7, 2017, by Vertical Entertainment.

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Synopsis

The film features three misfit students in high school who are frustrated with the hypocrisy they see in their parents and school staff. Together, they try to revive an extinct school debate club to face the situation they are in.

Cast

  • Liam James as Solomon
  • Sarah Steele as Diwata
  • Austin P. McKenzie as Howie
  • Roger Bart as Principal Bellingham
  • Janeane Garofalo as Marie
  • Wendi McLendon-Covey as Joan
  • Kal Penn as James
  • Kimberly Williams-Paisley as Susan
  • Skylar Astin as Walter Healy
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda as The Genie
  • Ryan Lee as Mark
  • Lucy DeVito as Lucy
  • Sarah Baker as Ms. Riggi
  • Lester Speight as Scary Bouncer
  • Jeremy Rowley as Gary Crenshaw

    • Production

    Principal photography started in August 8, 2015 in Jackson, Mississippi.

    Karam said that "he specifically aimed to create characters who 'push through their pain' ...”

    Release

    The film is scheduled to be released on April 7, 2017, by Vertical Entertainment.

    References

    Speech & Debate Wikipedia
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