Akeelah and the Bee (DVD, 2006, Full Frame Edition)

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Following in the fine tradition of inspiring inner-city underdog tales like STAND AND DELIVER, and TAKE THE LEAD, Doug Atchison's AKEELAH AND THE BEE is a story of overcoming odds that never descends into empty formula. The narrative centers around the character of Akeelah (Keke Palmer, in a star-making performance), a charming yet insecure 11 year old girl from Los Angeles' gang-ridden South Central district. Upon flipping channels after school one day, she lands on ESPN's coverage of the National Spelling Bee. Having recently become aware of her innate talent in this area, Akeelah cannot help but fantasize about the prospect of being a star of the bee circuit. The tragic problem -- intelligence of this kind is not valued in her community, where skills of athleticism and rapping are coveted far more than school smarts. Though Akeelah attempts to hide her academic acuity behind a rebellious attitude, she cannot resist the temptation to enter her school's spelling bee, at which her stellar performance attracts the attention of her idealistic principal, who pairs her with a mentor, a former professor named Joshua Larabee (the always riveting Laurence Fishburne, who re-embodies the wise iconoclast character he played so well in the chess movie SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER). Meanwhile, Akeelah's strong, practical mother, (played by Angela Bassett, who worked with Fishburne on the Tina Turner biopic WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?) while always supportive of her talented daughter, does not necessarily see the point of spending such time and energy on what will likely amount to a fleeting hobby. Perhaps taking its cue from the surprising popularity of Jeffrey Blitz's quirky documentary SPELLBOUND (2002), which explored spelling prodigies from diverse classes, races, and geographic locations, this drama makes what could be a narrow niche into a universal tale of triumph over adversity.

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UPC0031398200017
eBay Product ID (ePID)54090848

Product Key Features

ActorAngela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne
RatingG
EditionFull Screen Edition
Movie/TV TitleAkeelah and the Bee
DirectorDoug Atchison
FormatDVD
Release Year2006
GenreDrama

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUSA
Display FormatFull Frame Edition
Leading RoleAngela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne
Release Date20060829
Film CountryUSA

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  • Inspiring for Kids

    Awesome, fun and inspiring movie for kids. Some slightly gritty slice-of-life-in-the-neighbourhood moments, but balanced with mostly cute and inspirational messages. Overall great value and worth a watch at least once. It'll have your kids wanting to learn their spelling by the time the credits roll.

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  • Delightfully entertaining

    I love this movie! Best movie I’ve seen in a long time. I’ve watched it three times already. Thank you!!!

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  • Replacing a copy

    Great family movie but I actually use to teach a therapeutic group to teenagers.

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  • Love this movie.

    It's a fun movie and complete and safely kept DVD, thank you for shipping it with much care.

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  • like the story line the movie was very entertaining

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  • Loved it

    Very inspiring movie.

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  • Great!!!

    Excellent!!!

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  • Dvd

    Was sent yo my granddaughter. They rec'd promptly.

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