Akeelah And The Bee (DVD)

Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer) is a shy eleven-year-old girl who attends Crenshaw Middle School in Los Angeles. Her father was accidentally shot dead when she was only four, and her mother, Tanya (Angela Bissett) is too busy supporting the family to give her daughter the attention she really needs. Akeelah’s saving grace is her spelling – and this redeeming quality offsets her somewhat spotty class attendance record!

Her gifted ability brings her to the attention of Dr Joshua Larabee (probably Laurence Fishburne’s finest performance yet) – a UCLA English professor, who agrees to coach her towards the Scripps National Spelling Bee. But it’s by no means plain sailing…and that’s what the film is really all about. The final event, which boils down to be a two-person contest between Akelah and a dislikeable Chinese-American youth named Dylan (Sean Michael), is as tense a climax as we’re ever likely to see…in any kind of movie!

And top-billed Fishburne (who also co-produced) deliberately underplays his role as an academic to absolute perfection! A definite “must-see!”

Critically-acclaimed drama starring Laurence Fishburne. Eleven-year-old Akeelah Anderson's (Keke Palmer) life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her and 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. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from an English professor named Dr. Larabee (Fishburne) for the more prestigious regional bee. As the possibility of making it all the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee looms, Akeelah could provide her community with someone to rally around and be proud of, but only if she can overcome her insecurities and her distracting home life.

General

Studio:	Lionsgate UK
Release date:	March 2007
Movie released:	2006
Actors:	Keke Palmer • Laurence Fishburne • Angela Bassett • Curtis Armstrong • J.R. Villarreal • Sean Michael • Sahara Garey • Julito McCullum • Erica Hubbard • Eddie Steeples • Dalia Phillips
Contributors:	Laurence Fishburne • Sidney Ganis • Nancy Hult Ganis • Daniel Llewelyn • Michael Romersa • Doug Atchison • Aaron Zigman
Directors:	Doug Atchison
Dimensions:	192 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:
Region encoding:	Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
Audio format:	Dolby Digital 5.1
Video format:	Widescreen 16:9 (1.78:1)
Languages:	English
Age restriction:	PG
Categories:	DVD > Drama DVD > Family DVD > Feature Film
LSN:	X5A-F64-8PE-6
Barcode:	5060052411570

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• Interactive Menus
• Enhanced WS tv
• Bonus Footage
• Outtakes
• Deleted Scenes
• Making Of Documentary
• Other Documentary: 'Inside the Mind of Akeelah', 'Keke and Doug'

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