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Rated:
N/A
Genre:
Drama
Release Date:
Apr 28th, 2006
Runtime:
112 min
(1 hr, 52 min)
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Akeelah and the Bee movie poster

Akeelah and the Bee



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's smart, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah participates in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. ...

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Released: Apr 28th, 2006
Budget: $8,000,000.00
Revenue: $18,948,425.00

Akeelah and the Bee Main Cast

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Keke Palmer
Keke Palmer
plays Akeelah		Laurence Fishburne
Laurence Fishburne
plays Dr. Larabee		Angela Bassett
Angela Bassett
plays Tanya		Curtis Armstrong
Curtis Armstrong
plays Mr. Welch		J.R. Villarreal
J.R. Villarreal
plays Javier
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Movie Trivia/Goofs

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  • Laurence Fishburne's character, Mr Larabee, is based on director Doug Atchison's teacher, Mr. Larabell.
  • The quote that Dr. Larabee has Akeelah read from a plaque on his wall is an excerpt from "A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles" by Marianne Williamson.
  • Movie Goof (factual errors): SPOILER: Near the end of the National Spelling Bee, they incorrectly announce that the final two contestants had never exhausted the list of Championship Round words, resulting in co-champions. In fact, this occurred in 1950 and 1962. In 1957, co-champions were declared when it was determined that Sandra Owen had been wrongly eliminated despite giving an acceptable alternate spelling of her final word.
  • Movie Goof (factual errors): On Akeelah's spelling test with a grade of 100%, word 3 is spelled "bacause".
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