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Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Doug Atchison (written by)
Release Date:
28 April 2006 (USA)
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Tagline:
Changing the world... one word at a time.
Plot:
A young girl from South Los Angeles tries to make it to the National Spelling Bee. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
9 wins
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12 nominations
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(17 articles)
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A Lesson in Life for all Ages !!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Keke Palmer | ... | Akeelah |
 | Laurence Fishburne | ... | Dr. Larabee |
 | Angela Bassett | ... | Tanya |
 | Curtis Armstrong | ... | Mr. Welch |
 | J.R. Villarreal | ... | Javier (as JR Villarreal) |
 | Sean Michael | ... | Dylan (as Sean Michael Afable) |
 | Sahara Garey | ... | Georgia |
 | Lee Thompson Young | ... | Devon |
 | Julito McCullum | ... | Terrence |
 | Erica Hubbard | ... | Kiana |
 | Eddie Steeples | ... | Derrick-T |
 | Dalia Phillips | ... | Ms. Cross |
 | Tzi Ma | ... | Mr. Chiu |
 | Jeris Poindexter | ... | Steve (as Jeris Lee Poindexter) |
 | Sara Niemietz | ... | Polly |
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Rated PG for some language.
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Runtime:
USA:112 min | Argentina:112 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:PG (PCA #42313) |
UK:12A |
Singapore:PG |
Ireland:PG |
Canada:G (Ontario) |
Argentina:Atp |
Finland:K-3 |
Australia:PG |
UK:PG (re-rating) (2007)
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Filming lasted 31 days at a budget of six million dollars.
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Akeelah and her friends in Woodland Hills spell "euphoric" and "psoriasis", they tell her that she should study Latin. However, both of these words come from Greek.
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Referenced in 2007 Camie Awards (2007) (TV)
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Whatever It Takes
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This morning a saw a screening of "Akeelah and the Bee". I am 55 years of age and will be sending movie tickets to both my daughters age 24 and 26 so they can cry as did. What a wonderful family movie....... I thought they stopped making movies like this many years ago. This movie instilled the fact their is hope in the movie industry. Take your friends and definitely your family. It will bring you all together and even show adults that we can still all learn lessons in life!! This movie will definitely be added to my DVD collection once it is released. I recommend this movie to everyone!!
Murray David Collins