Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer) is an African-American girl living in South Los Angeles, a rather poor and troubled neighborhood. However, through a school spelling bee, attended by the marvelous Dr Larabee (Laurence Fishburne), Akeelah discovers her great ability to spell out an innumerable number of words from the English language. Under the instruction of Dr. Larabee, Akeelah begins training for the National Spelling Bee, despite objections from her mother (Angela Bassett) and ridicule from the rest of the town. Can one girl's dream for national glory overcome the opinions of thousands of others? And how will a girl from a troubled city defeat the most prestigious and well-trained brainiacs in the nation?
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Keke Palmer | Akeelah |
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Laurence Fishburne | Dr. Larabee |
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Angela Bassett | Tanya |
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Curtis Armstrong | Mr. Welch |
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J.R. Villarreal | Javier |
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Sean Michael Afable | Dylan |
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Sahara Garey | Georgia |
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Lee Thompson Young | Devon |
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Julito McCullum | Terrence |
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Erica Hubbard | Kiana |
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Eddie Steeples | Derrick-T |
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Dalia Phillips | Ms. Cross |
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Tzi Ma | Mr. Chiu |
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Jeris Poindexter | Steve |
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Sara Niemietz | Polly |
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George Hornedo | Roman |
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Craig Wasson | Ted Saunders |
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Katie Kerwin McCrimmon | Self |
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Marjorie Harris | National Spelling Bee Head Judge |
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Jacques Bailly | National Spelling Bee Pronouncer |
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Krysten Leigh Jones | Tough Girl #1 |
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Amirah Hawkins | Tough Girl #2 |
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Jeff Marlow | District Judge |
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Chloé Conroy | District Pronouncer |
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Lee Garlington | Regional Judge |
| Director | Doug Atchison |
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| Writer | Doug Atchison | |
| Producer | Jaki Brown, Michael Burns, Marc Butan, Mark Cuban, Laurence Fishburne, Sidney Ganis, Nancy Hult Ganis, Michael Johnson, Kent Kubena, Danny Llewelyn, Tom Ortenberg, Michael Paseornek, Dalia Phillips, Michael Romersa, Helen Sugland, Mike Upton, Todd Wagner | |
| Musician | Aaron Zigman | |
| Photography | M. David Mullen | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] Dolby Digital 5.1 [French] Dolby Digital Stereo [English] |
| Subtitles | English | English (Closed Captioned) | Spanish |
| Distributor | Lions Gate |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Edition Release Date | Aug 29, 2006 |
| Regions | Region 1 |
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| Index | 828 |
| Added Date | Nov 10, 2012 17:16:23 |
| Modified Date | Jul 20, 2023 00:06:10 |