Denzel Washington

The Treatment

KCRW

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4.6 • 639 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2008

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

After Malcolm X and The Hurricane, you'd think Denzel Washington had enough of real life. But The Great Debaters, his second film as director, shows why fact drew him back. It's life as drama.

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0:00.0	From KCRW in Santa Monica, this is The Treatment.
0:13.9	Welcome to The Treatment.
0:15.1	You can also do the show at c.org.com.
0:17.0	I'm Elvis Mitchell.
0:18.0	My guest, Denzo, Washington, has played more real people than real people have,
0:21.8	including this year.
0:22.8	He's playing real people in two movies.
0:25.3	Actually, if you think about it, I think it's only six or seven.
0:28.0	But we go back to...
0:29.0	Malcolm X.
0:29.9	Okay.
0:30.3	Stephen Biko.
0:31.1	Frank McKenna.
0:32.7	Oh, George McKinnell.
0:33.5	Oh, yeah, that's television.
0:34.4	I'm talking about film. Okay, no, I'm going back to... Malcolm X. Stephen Biko.
0:38.8	He's through me now.
0:41.6	Coach Boone, Ruben Hurricane Carter.
0:41.8	Right.
0:42.7	That's four.
0:43.0	Who else? Would you like to McKenna.
0:44.0	Okay, that's five with television.
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