Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
Movie
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
Genres : Drama
Status : Released
Released : Apr 28, 2006
Tagline : Changing the world... one word at a time.
Length : 113 minutes
Cast
- Keke Palmer
- Laurence Fishburne
- Angela Bassett
- Curtis Armstrong
- J.R. Villarreal
- Sean Michael Afable
- Sahara Garey
- Lee Thompson Young
- Julito McCullum
- Erica Hubbard
- Eddie Steeples
- Dalia Phillips
- Tzi Ma
- Jeris Poindexter
- Sara Niemietz
- George Hornedo
- Craig Wasson
- Jeff Marlow
- Lee Garlington
- Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
- Sidney Ganis
- Austin Herrera Davis
- Janet Borrus
- Wolfgang Bodison
- Bonita Friedericy
- Lauren Sánchez Bezos
- Fay Hauser
- Jack Ong
- Neil Soni
- Tinashe
Crew
- Director : Doug Atchison
- Writer : Doug Atchison
- Producer : Nancy Hult Ganis
- Set Costumer : Cheryl Cravedi
- Music Supervisor : Joel C. High
- Camera Operator : Johnny Radzik
- Production Design : Warren Alan Young
- Editor : Glenn Farr
- Original Music Composer : Aaron Zigman
- Set Decoration : Julieann Getman
- Camera Operator : Chris Mosio
- Casting : Aisha Coley
- Still Photographer : Saeed Adyani
- Casting : Jaki Brown
- Music Editor : Johnny Caruso
- Sound mixer : Matthew Nicolay
- Hair Department Head : Kenneth Walker
- Production Supervisor : Jennifer Booth
- Music Editor : Eduardo Ponsdomenech
- Costume Supervisor : Riki Lin Sabusawa
- Director of Photography : M. David Mullen
- Casting : Kim Taylor-Coleman
- Art Direction : Shelley A. Wallace
- Makeup Department Head : Edna Sheen
- Supervising Sound Editor : Roland N. Thai
- Transportation Captain : Angel DeSanti
- Boom Operator : Stacey A. Washer
- Sound Designer : Roland N. Thai
- Transportation Captain : Kirk Huston
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer : Ken S. Polk
- Dialogue Editor : James Morioka
- Co-Producer : Kent Kubena
- Producer : Laurence Fishburne
- Set Designer : Alicia Maccarone
- Construction Coordinator : Robert 'Cass' McEntee
- Dolly Grip : James 'Keeper' Auld
- Co-Producer : Mike Upton
- Post Production Supervisor : Carl Pedregal
- Producer : Danny Llewelyn
- ADR Recordist : Chris Navarro
- Assistant Director : Rodney Allen Hooks
- Key Makeup Artist : Gigi Williams
- Sound Recordist : Barbara McCart
- Studio Teacher : Jo Ann Smith
- Second Unit Director of Photography : Chris Mosio
- Script Supervisor : Jan McWilliams
- Foley Mixer : Shawn Kennelly
- Supervising ADR Editor : Fred Stafford
- Foley Editor : Melissa Kennelly
- Foley Artist : Vince Nicastro
- Foley Artist : Laura Macias
- ADR Mixer : Eric Thompson
- Property Master : Kathleen Kasinger
- Assistant Property Master : Matt Furginson
- Second Assistant Camera : David Mun
- Best Boy Grip : William Rick Young
- Key Makeup Artist : Linda Cowan
- First Assistant Editor : Markus Czyzewski
- Propmaker : Jason Dock Harrell
- Supervising Dialogue Editor : James Morioka
- Costume Design : Sharen Davis
- Propmaker : Oswaldo Rojas
- Production Coordinator : Jules Carideo
- Studio Teacher : Heather Fielding
- Leadman : Greg Sanger
- Key Grip : Brad Heiner
- Second Assistant "B" Camera : Marcos O. Lopez
- Gaffer : Rich Paisley
- Studio Teacher : Kevin Moll
- Executive Producer : Mark Cuban