Uniform Title Akeelah and the bee (Motion picture)

Title Akeelah and the bee / Lionsgate, 2929 Productions and Starbucks Entertainment present an Out of the Blue Entertainment and Reactor Films production in association with Cinema Gypsy Productions, Inc. ; produced by Laurence Fishburne, Sid Ganis, Nancy Hult Ganis, Daniel Llewelyn, Michael Romersa ; written and directed by Doug Atchison.

Publication Info.	Santa Monica, CA : Lions Gate Home Entertainment, [2006]
	©2006

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Location	Call No.	Status
Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department	DVD AKEELAH	Billed
Bloomfield at the Atrium	J DVD AKEELAH c.2	DUE 10-16-23 Billed
Canton Public Library - Adult Department	DVD AKEELAH	Check Shelf
Canton Public Library - Children's Department	J DVD AKEELAH	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department	PG DVD AKE	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department	J DVD AKE(PG)	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department	J DVD AKEELAH	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - Children's DVD	J DVD AKE	Check Shelf
New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Children's Department	JDVD AKEELAH AND THE BEE	Check Shelf
Plainville Public Library - Adult Department	DVD AKEELAH	Check Shelf

Edition	Full screen.
Description	1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
Cast	Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong, J.R. Villarreal, Sean Michael, Sahara Garey, Lee Thompson Young.
Credits	Director of photography, M. David Mullen ; editor, Glenn Farr ; music by, Aaron Zigman ; costume designer, Sharen Davis ; production designer, Warren Alan Young.
Audience	MPAA rating: PG; for some language.
Summary	Eleven-year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She is a smart girl, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah decides to participate 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 Dr. Larabee, an English professor, 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. First Akeelah has to overcome her insecurities, her distracting home life, and the knowledge that there is a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers.
Note	Special features: Making of 'Akeelah and the bee'; Two peas in a pod; Inside the mind of Akeelah; Keke Palmer "All My Girlz' music video; Gag reel; Deleted scenes.
Language	English dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Spelling bees -- Drama.
	School children -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama.
	Self-esteem in children -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama.
Genre/Form	Feature films.
	Children's films.
	Melodrama, American.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
	Children's -- Feature.
	Melodrama -- Feature.
	Youth -- Feature.
	Children's films.
	Melodrama.
Added Author	Atchison, Doug.
	Palmer, Keke.
	Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961-
	Bassett, Angela.
	Armstrong, Curtis.
	Mullen, David.
	Zigman, Aaron.
	2929 Entertainment (Firm)
	Lion's Gate Films (Los Angeles, Calif.)
	Out of the Blue Entertainment (Firm)
	Starbucks Entertainment (Firm)
Standard No.	031398200017 00
Music No.	20001 Lions Gate Home Entertainment

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