Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
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Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson’s life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She’s smart, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school’s principal, Akeelah participates in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from an English professor named Dr. Larabee for the more prestigious regional bee. As the possibility of making it all the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee looms, Akeelah could provide her community with someone to rally around and be proud of — but only if she can overcome her insecurities and her distracting home life. She also must get past Dr. Larabee’s demons, and a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers.
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Plot:
Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She's smart, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah participates in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from an English professor named Dr. Larabee for the more prestigious regional bee. As the possibility of making it all the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee looms, Akeelah could provide her community with someone to rally around and be proud of — but only if she can overcome her insecurities and her distracting home life. She also must get past Dr. Larabee's demons, and a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers.
Tagline: Changing the world… one word at a time.
Genres: Drama
Original Title: Akeelah and the Bee
Spoken Language(s): English
Certification / MPAA Film Rating: PG
Other MPAA Film Ratings: 6
Budget: $8,000,000
Revenue: $18,948,425
Rating: 6.7
Vote Count: 85
Status: Released
Release Date: April 28, 2006
Primary Year: 2006
IMDB Link: tt0437800
Home Page: Click here to visit
Runtime: 112min | 1h 52min
Production Countries: United States of America
Production Companies: Lions Gate Films, 2929 Productions, Out of the Blue… Entertainment, Starbucks Entertainment, Cinema Gypsy Productions
Alternative Titles: Prova de Fogo, Akeelah ist die Grösste
Videos: Akeelah and the Bee (2006) Official Trailer #1 – Laurence Fishburne Movie HD, Akeelah and the Bee (1/9) Movie CLIP – Natural Talent (2006) HD
- Keke Palmer – Akeelah
- Laurence Fishburne – Dr. Larabee
- Angela Bassett – Tanya
- Curtis Armstrong – Mr. Welch
- J.R. Villarreal – Javier
- Sean Michael Afable – Dylan
- Sahara Garey – Georgia
- Lee Thompson Young – Devon
- Julito McCullum – Terrence
- Erica Hubbard – Kiana
- English – US
- Portuguese – PT
- Czech – CZ
- Hebrew – IL
- French – FR
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