Akeelah and the Bee · 2006

Akeelah and the Bee

«Changing the world... one word at a time.»

Doug Atchison · 113 min · United States of America

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.

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Budget

$8,000,000

Worldwide revenue

$18,948,425

Profit

$10,948,425

Production companies

Lions Gate Films, 2929 Productions, Out of the Blue... Entertainment, Starbucks Entertainment

Locations

Filming

Los Ángeles

Setting

Los Ángeles

Locations: Wikidata · Data: TMDB / OMDb

Cast

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  Keke Palmer

  Akeelah Anderson

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  Laurence Fishburne

  Dr. Larabee

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  Angela Bassett

  Tanya Anderson

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  Curtis Armstrong

  Mr. Welch

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  J.R. Villarreal

  Javier

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  Sean Michael Afable

  Dylan Chiu

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  Sahara Garey

  Georgia

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  Lee Thompson Young

  Devon