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Akeelah and the bee Cover Image DVD DVD

Akeelah and the bee

Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961- (Producer, Actor). Ganis, Sid. (Producer). Hult, Nancy. (Producer). Llewelyn, Daniel. (Producer). Romersa, Michael. (Producer). Atchison, Doug. (Screenwriter, Director). Palmer, Keke. (Actor). Bassett, Angela. (Actor). Armstrong, Curtis (Actor). Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.) (Added Author). 2929 Productions (Firm) (Added Author). Starbucks Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Out of the Blue Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Reactor Films. (Added Author). Cinema Gypsy Productions. (Added Author). Lions Gate Home Entertainment (Added Author). Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong. (Cast).

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 has to overcome her insecurities, her distracting home life, and the knowledge that there is a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers.

Item details

  • Physical Description: videorecording
    videodisc
    1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: Santa Monica, Calif. : Lions Gate Home Entertainment, 2006.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Special features: Making of Akeelah and the bee ; Doug and Keke: two peas in a pod ; Inside the mind of Akeelah ; Keke Palmer "All my girlz" music video ; Gag reel ; Deleted scenes ; Trailers.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, M. David Mullen ; editor, Glenn Farr ; music, Aaron Zigman ; costume designer, Sharen Davis ; production designer, Warren Alan Young.
Participant or Performer Note: Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG; for some language.
System Details Note:
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.

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