Akeelah and the Bee

Changing the world... one word at a time.

Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

Timing: 1:52 (112 min)

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Release date

2006-04-28

Country

United States

Production

Lions Gate Films, Starbucks Entertainment, Out of the Blue... Entertainment, 2929 Productions, Cinema Gypsy Productions

Genre

Drama

Budget

$8 000 000

Revenue

$18 948 425

Website

http://www.akeelahandthebee.com/splash.html

Director

Doug Atchison

Actors

Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong, J.R. Villarreal, Sean Michael Afable, Sahara Garey, Lee Thompson Young, Julito McCullum, Erica Hubbard
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Scenario

Doug Atchison

Producer

Laurence Fishburne, Nancy Hult Ganis, Danny Llewelyn, Mark Cuban

Operator

M. David Mullen

Composer

Aaron Zigman

Artist

Audition

Jaki Brown, Kim Taylor-Coleman, Aisha Coley

Editing

Glenn Farr, Jennifer Booth
All team (65)

Akeelah is a precocious 11-year-old girl from south Los Angeles with a gift for words. Despite her mother's objections, Akeelah enters various spelling contests, for which she is tutored by the forthright Dr. Larabee, her principal Mr. Welch, and the proud residents of her neighborhood. Akeelah's aptitude earns her an opportunity to compete for a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

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