Debating Robert Lee is a 2004 independent film, directed by Dan Polier and written by Matthew Klein with Polier. It is centered on a group of dysfunctional teens—the debate team at a high school in idyllic Palos Verdes, California. Most students on the team are taking debate as an elective needed to graduate, but Robert Lee (played by Dale Midkiff), one of the best debate teachers in the country, believes that they can aspire to more. The movie also stars Brad Bufanda, Kaley Cuoco, Danielle Harris, Edwin Hodge, Billy Kay, Brian Kerwin, Daniel Letterle, Leonardo Nam, and Rachel Nichols.
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