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DVD
Akeelah and the bee [DVD]
Audience All ages
Published 2006. by Lions Gate Home Entertainment, Santa Monica, CA
UPC 031398195962
Bib Id 501300
Edition [Widescreen ed.].
Description 1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Leader
cgm a22 Ka 4500
LCCN
69-953754
ISBN
$29.00
UPC
031398195962
Publisher Number
19596
Language
eng
Call #
DVD
Title
Akeelah and the bee [DVD]
Edition
[Widescreen ed.].
Description
1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Note
Title from container.
Special features: Making of 'Akeelah and the bee'; Doug and Keke: two peas in a pod; Inside the mind of Akeelah; Gag reel; Deleted scenes; Trailers.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, David Mullen ; editor, Glenn Farr ; music, Aaron Zigman ; costume designer, Sharen Davis ; production designer, Warren Alan Young.
Cast
Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong, J.R. Villarreal, Sean Michael, Sahara Garey, Lee Thompson Young.
Summary
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 is a smart girl, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah decides to participate 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 Dr. Larabee, an English professor, 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. First Akeelah have to overcome her insecurities, her distracting home life, and the knowledge that there is a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers.
Audience
MPAA rating: PG; for some language.
System Details
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
Language Note
English dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Subject
Genre/Form
Feature films.
Children's films.
Melodrama, American.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Children's films.
Melodrama
Children's films.
Melodrama, American.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Children's films.
Melodrama
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