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Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

ALL 04/28/2006 (en) Drama 112 Min
  • Release
    04/28/2006
  • Production
    Lions Gate Films, 2929 Productions, Out of the Blue... Entertainment, Starbucks Entertainment, Cinema Gypsy Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    71%
  • Original title
    Akeelah and the Bee
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 18,948,425.00
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Changing the world... one word at a time.

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 finala. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.

  1. Doug Atchison

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Glenn Farr

    Editor



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Casts

  1. Keke Palmer

    Akeelah Anderson

  2. Laurence Fishburne

    Dr. Larabee

  3. Angela Bassett

    Tanya Anderson

  4. Curtis Armstrong

    Mr. Welch

  5. J.R. Villarreal

    Javier

  6. Sean Michael Afable

    Dylan Chiu

  7. Sahara Garey

    Georgia

  8. Lee Thompson Young

    Devon

  9. Julito McCullum

    Terrence

  10. Erica Hubbard

    Kiana

  11. Eddie Steeples

    Derrick-T

  12. Dalia Phillips

    Ms. Cross

  13. Tzi Ma

    Mr. Chiu

  14. Jeris Poindexter

    Steve

  15. Sara Niemietz

    Polly

  16. George Hornedo

    Roman

  17. Craig Wasson

    Ted Saunders

  18. Jeff Marlow

    District Judge

  19. Lee Garlington

    Regional Judge

  20. Katie Kerwin McCrimmon

    Herself

  21. Sidney Ganis

    Regional Pronouncer

  22. Austin Herrera Davis

    Cheating Boy

  23. Janet Borrus

    Cheating Boy's Mom

  24. Wolfgang Bodison

    Akeelah's Father

  25. Bonita Friedericy

    Volunteer

  26. Lauren Sánchez

    Reporter

  27. Fay Hauser

    Woman on TV

  28. Jack Ong

    Korean Grocer

  29. Neil Soni

    Rajeev Subramonian

  30. Tinashe

    Cissi

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 30 , Crews : 70

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Akeelah and the Bee (2006) 112 Min

ALL 04/28/2006 (en)
Drama
  • Release 04/28/2006
  • Production
    Lions Gate Films, 2929 Productions, Out of the Blue... Entertainment, Starbucks Entertainment, Cinema Gypsy Productions
  • Original title Akeelah and the Bee
  • en
  • Revenue18,948,425.00

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

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 finala. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.

  1. Doug Atchison

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Glenn Farr

    Editor

  4. Nancy Hult Ganis, Laurence Fishburne, Danny Llewelyn

    Producer



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