<Dl> <Dd> Fishburne was pleased by the concept of the film, stating he was "really moved by it", so that he accepted to take his part "at an affordable rate", according to producer Michael Romersa . He first read the script in 2002 and moved by the fact that "there were very few people with the courage" to "make this kind of movie" he also accepted to be a producer for the film . About the character, Atchison said that Larabee is "vulnerable" and "a very sensitive guy" that has "a quiet moral authority". He also asserted that Fishburne made Larabee "a fairly buttoned - up, stoic type" and "subtly more animated" than how he envisioned the character . Larabee is based upon a teacher, Robert Larabell, Atchison had in Phoenix, Arizona . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> Fishburne was pleased by the concept of the film, stating he was "really moved by it", so that he accepted to take his part "at an affordable rate", according to producer Michael Romersa . He first read the script in 2002 and moved by the fact that "there were very few people with the courage" to "make this kind of movie" he also accepted to be a producer for the film . About the character, Atchison said that Larabee is "vulnerable" and "a very sensitive guy" that has "a quiet moral authority". He also asserted that Fishburne made Larabee "a fairly buttoned - up, stoic type" and "subtly more animated" than how he envisioned the character . Larabee is based upon a teacher, Robert Larabell, Atchison had in Phoenix, Arizona . </Dd> <Ul> <Li> Angela Bassett as Tanya Anderson: </Li> </Ul> <Li> Angela Bassett as Tanya Anderson: </Li>

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