| Description |
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD-ROM ; NTSC, Region 1 ; full screen presentation ; Dolby Digital stereo. ; dual-layer disc ; access to Educational Guide through disc requires computer with DVD-ROM drive and an internet connection. |
| Cast |
Angela Arenivar, Nupur Lala, Ted Brigham, Emily Stagg, Ashley White, Neil Kadakia, April DeGideo, Harry Altman. |
| Credits |
Camera, Jeffrey Blitz ; editor, Yana Gorskaya ; composer, Daniel Hulsizer. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: G. |
| Summary |
Follows the lives of eight young Americans who share one goal: to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. The Bee is as intense a competition as any Olympic match, for both the spellers and their families. The unbearable pressure becomes even more extraordinary when it is felt by ordinary teenagers. |
| Contents |
Special features: Optional audio feature commentary by filmmakers ; Theatrical trailer ; Bonus footage; 'Where are they now?' [updates on all 8 profiled spellers] ; About the filmmakers [text feature] ; DVD-ROM content: Interactive Hangman game: deluxe edition -- Educational guide, including "Host your own spelling bee" kit. |
| Awards |
Woodstock Film Festival, 2002: Maverick Award - Best Documentary (Jeffrey Blitz). |
| Funding |
Sponsored by the International Documentary Association & Film Arts Foundation, San Francisco. |
| Note |
Originally produced in 2002. |
| Access |
Restricted to home use or face to face teaching. |
| Note |
Full names of profiled spellers taken from Bonus footage. |
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Link to online version of the Educational guide (shown in bonus features menu) is no longer active. |
| Language |
English or dubbed French soundtrack ; optional French subtitles ; English closed captions for the hearing impaired. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Spelling bees -- United States.
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Middle school students -- United States.
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High school students -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Blitz, Jeffrey, 1969- Producer. Director.
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Welch, Sean, 1965- Producer.
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Arenivar, Angela, 1985-
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Lala, Nupur.
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Brigham, Ted.
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Stagg, Emily, 1984-
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White, Ashley.
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Kadakia, Neil, 1987-
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DeGideo, April.
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Altman, Harry.
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Gorskaya, Yana.
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Hulsizer, Daniel.
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Blitz/Welch (Firm)
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Film Arts Foundation (San Francisco, Calif.)
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International Documentary Association.
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| ISBN |
1404947604 |
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9781404947603 |
| Standard No. |
043396030411 |
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043396030626 |
| Music No. |
03041 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment |
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