Akeelah and the Bee
2006
Changing the world... one word at a time.
- Doug Atchison
- 1h 53m
- April 28, 2006 · United States of America
Overview
11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya. Thanks to the efforts of her teacher Dr. Larabee, she reaches the finals. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 28, 2006
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Lions Gate Films,2929 Productions,Out of the Blue... Entertainment,Starbucks Entertainment,Cinema Gypsy Productions
- Cast
- Keke Palmer,Laurence Fishburne,Angela Bassett,Curtis Armstrong,J.R. Villarreal,Sean Michael Afable,Sahara Garey,Lee Thompson Young,Julito McCullum,Erica Hubbardand 20 more
- Director
- Doug Atchison
- Writer
- Doug Atchison
- Cinematography
- M. David Mullen
- Music
- Aaron Zigman
- Budget
- $8,000,000
- Revenue
- $18,948,425
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- View on IMDb