Akeelah and the Bee
20061h 53m7.0
Drama
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Genre
- Drama
- Certificate
- PG
- Budget
- $8,000,000
- Revenue
- $18,948,425
- Origin
- United States of America
About
Changing the world... one word at a time.
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.
Where to watch
Free
Availability from JustWatch via TMDB.
Details
- Director
- Doug Atchison
- Writing
- Doug Atchison
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Apr 28, 2006
- Budget
- $8.0M
- Box office
- $18.9M
- Studio
- Lions Gate Films, 2929 Productions
Cast
Keke Palmer
Akeelah Anderson
Laurence Fishburne
Dr. Larabee
Angela Bassett
Tanya Anderson
Curtis Armstrong
Mr. Welch
J.R. Villarreal
Javier
Sean Michael Afable
Dylan Chiu
Sahara Garey
Georgia
Lee Thompson Young
Devon
Julito McCullum
Terrence
Erica Hubbard
Kiana
Eddie Steeples
Derrick-T
Dalia Phillips
Ms. Cross
Tzi Ma
Mr. Chiu
Jeris Poindexter
Steve
Sara Niemietz
Polly
George Hornedo
Roman
Craig Wasson
Ted Saunders
Jeff Marlow
District Judge
Lee Garlington
Regional Judge
Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
Herself
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