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Title:

Akeelah and the bee / Lionsgate, 2929 Productions, Starbucks Entertainment ; an Out of the Blue Entertainment and Reactor Films production in association with Cinema Gypsy Productions, Inc. ; written and directed by Doug Atchison ; produced by Nancy Hult Ganis, Sidney Gan, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Romersa, Danny Llewelyn.

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Edition:

Widescreen version.

Publisher, Date:

Santa Monica, CA : Lionsgate, [2006]

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in. color

digital

optical

surround stereo

Dolby Digital 5.1 Dolby Digital 2.0

videodisc.

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

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.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: PG; for some language.

Notes:

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.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.

Director of photography, M. David Mullen ; editor, Glenn Farr ; music, Aaron Zigman ; costume designer, Sharen Davis ; production designer, Warren Alan Young.

Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong, Tzi Ma, Lee Thompson Young.

DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.

For private home use only.

English dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Availability:

1 (of 1)

Current Holds:

0

Call Number:

DVD JDRAMA AKE

Subjects:

Spelling bees -- Drama.