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Akeelah and the Bee

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Calorie Rating: 157
Released: 2006-04-28
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 112 Minutes
Budget: 8000000
Revenue 18948425
Homepage: http://www.akeelahandthebee.com/splash.html
Studios: Lions Gate Films, 2929 Productions, Out of the Blue... Entertainment, Starbucks Entertainment, Cinema Gypsy Productions,


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 finala. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.

Director / Directors

Rodney Allen Hooks
Assistant Director
Jan McWilliams
Script Supervisor



Cast

Keke Palmer
Character: Akeelah Anderson
Laurence Fishburne
Character: Dr. Larabee
Angela Bassett
Character: Tanya Anderson

Curtis Armstrong
Character: Mr. Welch
J.R. Villarreal
Character: Javier
Sean Michael Afable
Character: Dylan Chiu

Sahara Garey
Character: Georgia
Lee Thompson Young
Character: Devon
Julito McCullum
Character: Terrence

Erica Hubbard
Character: Kiana
Eddie Steeples
Character: Derrick-T
Dalia Phillips
Character: Ms. Cross

Tzi Ma
Character: Mr. Chiu
Jeris Poindexter
Character: Steve
Sara Niemietz
Character: Polly

George Hornedo
Character: Roman
Craig Wasson
Character: Ted Saunders
Jeff Marlow
Character: District Judge

Lee Garlington
Character: Regional Judge
Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
Character: Herself
Sidney Ganis
Character: Regional Pronouncer

Austin Herrera Davis
Character: Cheating Boy
Janet Borrus
Character: Cheating Boy's Mom
Wolfgang Bodison
Character: Akeelah's Father

Bonita Friedericy
Character: Volunteer
Lauren Sánchez
Character: Reporter
Fay Hauser
Character: Woman on TV

Jack Ong
Character: Korean Grocer
Neil Soni
Character: Rajeev Subramonian
Tinashe
Character: Cissi


Production and Crew

Cheryl Cravedi
Set Costumer

Saeed Adyani
Still Photographer
Roland N. Thai
Supervising Sound Editor

Warren Alan Young
Production Design
Johnny Radzik
Camera Operator
Johnny Caruso
Music Editor

Shelley A. Wallace
Art Direction
Edna Sheen
Makeup Department Head
Chris Mosio
Camera Operator

Matthew Nicolay
Sound mixer
Kenneth Walker
Hair Department Head

Aaron Zigman
Original Music Composer

Joel C. High
Music Supervisor
Riki Lin Sabusawa
Costume Supervisor
Stacey A. Washer
Boom Operator

Kirk Huston
Transportation Captain
Julieann Getman
Set Decoration
Jennifer Booth
Production Supervisor

Ken S. Polk
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Angel DeSanti
Transportation Captain

Roland N. Thai
Sound Designer
M. David Mullen
Director of Photography
James Morioka
Dialogue Editor

Mike Upton
Co-Producer

Kent Kubena
Co-Producer
Linda Cowan
Key Makeup Artist
Gigi Williams
Key Makeup Artist

Sharen Davis
Costume Design
Matt Furginson
Assistant Property Master

Kathleen Kasinger
Property Master
Robert 'Cass' McEntee
Construction Coordinator
Carl Pedregal
Post Production Supervisor

Alicia Maccarone
Set Designer
Shawn Kennelly
Foley Mixer

Kevin Moll
Studio Teacher

Barbara McCart
Sound Recordist
Brad Heiner
Key Grip
Markus Czyzewski
First Assistant Editor

James Morioka
Supervising Dialogue Editor
William Rick Young
Best Boy Grip

David Mun
Second Assistant Camera
Melissa Kennelly
Foley Editor
Vince Nicastro
Foley Artist

Fred Stafford
Supervising ADR Editor
Chris Mosio
Second Unit Director of Photography
Jo Ann Smith
Studio Teacher

Marcos O. Lopez
Second Assistant "B" Camera
Laura Macias
Foley Artist

Chris Navarro
ADR Recordist
Jules Carideo
Production Coordinator
Heather Fielding
Studio Teacher

Mark Cuban
Executive Producer