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 Nancy Hult Ganis, Sid Ganis, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Romersa, Danny Llewelyn ; written and directed by Doug Atchison.

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

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Location	Call No.	Status
Bloomfield at the Atrium	DVD AKEELAH AND THE BEE	Check Shelf
Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult	YADVD AKEELAH & THE BEE	Check Shelf
Burlington Public Library - Videos	DVD AKEELAH	Check Shelf
Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Children's DVDs	J DVD AKE	Check Shelf
East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department	DVD AKEELAH AND THE BEE	Check Shelf
Enfield, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials	DVD AKEELAH	Check Shelf
Granby, F.H. Cossitt Branch - Children's	JDVD AKE	In Processing
Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department DVDs & Blu-rays	JDVD AKEELAH	Check Shelf
Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department DVDs & Blu-rays	JDVD AKEELAH	Check Shelf
Manchester, Main Library - Media Room DVDs & Blu-rays	DVD AKEELAH	Check Shelf

Edition	Widescreen.
Description	1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
Cast	Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong.
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. Screenwriter. Director.
	Palmer, Keke. Actor.
	Bassett, Angela. Actor.
	Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961- Production personnel. Actor.
	Armstrong, Curtis. Actor.
	Lionsgate (Firm)
	2929 Entertainment (Firm)
	Starbucks Entertainment (Firm)
	Out of the Blue Entertainment (Firm)
	Lions Gate Home Entertainment.
Standard No.	031398197805
	031398195962 00
	031398197799
Music No.	19596 Lions Gate Home Entertainment

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