Akeelah and the Bee
Changing the world... one word at a time.
20061h 53m
- Drama
TMDB rating 7.0TMDB367 votes
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.
- Directed by
- Doug Atchison
- Written by
- Doug Atchison
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Cast
Keke Palmer
Akeelah Anderson
Laurence Fishburne
Dr. Larabee
Angela Bassett
Tanya Anderson
Curtis Armstrong
Mr. Welch
J.R. Villarreal
Javier
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Facts
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $8M
- Revenue
- $18.9M
- Production companies
- Lions Gate Films, 2929 Productions, Out of the Blue... Entertainment, Starbucks Entertainment, Cinema Gypsy Productions
