Plot Summary: A heart-warming drama, "Akeelah and the Bee" is the story of Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer), a precocious eleven-year-old girl from south Los Angeles with a gift for words. Despite the objections of her mother Tanya (Angela Bassett), Akeelah enters various spelling contests, for which she is tutored by the forthright Dr. Larabee (Laurence Fishburne); her principal Mr. Welch (Curtis Armstrong) and the proud residents of her neighborhood. Akeelah’s aptitude wins her a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee and in turn unites her neighborhood who witness the courage and inspiration of one amazing little girl.
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April 28th, 2006 (wide)
August 29th, 2006 (DVD) |
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Lions Gate Films |
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Doug Atchison |
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Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Keke Palmer |
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Total: 24 vote(s).
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Drama |
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Rated PG for some language. |
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112 min |
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English |
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$8,000,000 |
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$6,011,585 |
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$18,848,430 |
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