Akeelah and the Bee
“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.
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Cast
30 people
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
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Lee Thompson Young
Devon
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Julito McCullum
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Known for
The Wire
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Erica Hubbard
Kiana
Known for
A Cinderella Story
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Eddie Steeples
Derrick-T
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Dalia Phillips
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Doug Atchison Director · Aaron Zigman Composer M. David Mullen Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $19M · Budget $8M · United States release April 28, 2006
Box office
Budget
$8,000,000
Worldwide gross
$18,948,425
Gross vs. budget
2.4×
Production
Lions Gate Films
Production · Studio
2929 Productions
Production
Out of the Blue... Entertainment
Production
Starbucks Entertainment
Production
Cinema Gypsy Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Netherlands · April 28, 2006
Premiere
United States · April 28, 2006
Theatrical
Germany
June 5, 2007 · Theatrical
Hungary
April 18, 2007 · Digital
Ireland
August 18, 2006 · Digital
Japan
October 24, 2007 · Digital
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