
Hal is a 15-year-old high-school student with a minor yet socially alienating (and painful) disability: he stutters uncontrollably. Determined to work through the problem, Hal opts for an extreme route – he joins the school debating team, which sends him on a headfirst plunge into breakneck speech competitions and offers a much-needed boost toward correcting the problem.
January 19, 2007


Life is easier done than said.
Hal is a 15-year-old high-school student with a minor yet socially alienating (and painful) disability: he stutters uncontrollably. Determined to work through the problem, Hal opts for an extreme route – he joins the school debating team, which sends him on a headfirst plunge into breakneck speech competitions and offers a much-needed boost toward correcting the problem.

Ben Wekselbaum

Coach Lumbly

Hal Hefner

Ginny Ryerson

Junior Philosopher

Doyle Hefner

Earl Hefner

Heston

Ram

Townsend Prep Debater
Juliet Hefner
English Teacher
Released
January 19, 2007