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Akeelah and the Bee: with Open Captions

Rated PG for some language.

PG In Theaters 04/28/2006 , 112min.
Drama
Available on DVD
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Featured Cast & Crew

Laurence Fishburne Dr. Larabee
Angela Bassett Tanya
Keke Palmer Akeelah Anderson
Curtis Armstrong Mr. Welch
Tzi Ma Mr. Chiu
Lee Thompson Young Devon
J.R. Villareal Javier
Sahara Garey Georgia
Sean Michael Afable Dylan
Erica Hubbard Kiana

More Cast & Crew

Julito McCullum
Terrence
Dalia Phillips
Ms. Cross
Eddie Steeples
Derrick-T
Lauren Sanchez
Reporter
Fay Hauser
Woman On Tv
Jeris Poindexter
Steve
Krysten Leigh Jones
Tough Girl #1
Craig Wasson
Ted Saunders
Sara Niemietz
Polly
George Hornedo
Roman
Zachary Gardner
Regional Speller #3
Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
Jacques Bailly
National Spelling Bee Pronouncer
Amirah Hawkins
Tough Girl #2
Jeff Marlow
District Judge
Chloé Conroy
District Pronouncer
Austin Herrera Davis
Cheating Boy
Janet Borrus
Cheating Boy's Mom
Marcus Hawkins Dungey
Chuckie
Caroline J. Smith
Mary Calveretti
Neil Soni
Rajeev Subramonian
Keshell Lucas
Little Girl On TV
Corina Boettger
Red-Haired Girl
Shyann Chatman
Eighth-Grade Girl
Sid Ganis
Regional Pronouncer
Brittany Elizabeth Curran
District Speller #1
Alexandra Rieger
District Speller #2
Eric Don
Regional Speller #1
Julia Kelleher
Regional Speller #2
John A. Ausick
"Sacciform" Speller
Maddy Kloss
"Scutellate" Speller
Mason Green
"Longicollis" Speller
Jessy J. Hwang
"Ginglymus" Speller
Biplab Panda
"Empennage" Speller
Alexander Christian Stephans
"Souchong" Speller
Katie L. Brown
"Intussusception" Speller
John Oxenreiter
"Engastrimythic" Speller
Wolfgang Bodison
Akeelah's Father
Katie Olson
"Escharotic" Speller
Jason Ortenberg
"Flocculation" Speller
Lance Norling
Boy In Wheelchair
Jmeka Cherrel
Driver
Kahlil Ashanti
Postman
Marjorie Harris
National Spelling Bee Head Judge
Jack Ong
Korean Grocer
Lee Garlington
Regional Judge
Todd Wagner
Regional Bee Assistant Judge
Bonita Friedericy
Volunteer

Director(s)

Doug Atchison
Director
Rodney Hooks
First Assistant Director
Chad Rosen
First Assistant Director

Producer(s)

Nancy Hult Ganis
Producer
Michael Romersa
Producer
Daniel Llewelyn
Producer
Sid Ganis
Producer
Laurence Fishburne
Producer
Kent Kubena
Co-producer
Jaki Brown
Co-producer
Michael K. Johnson
Associate Producer
Dalia Phillips
Associate Producer
Marc Butan
Executive Producer
Michael Burns
Executive Producer
Mark Cuban
Executive Producer
Todd Wagner
Executive Producer
Tom Ortenberg
Executive Producer
Helen Sugland
Executive Producer
Michael Paseornek
Executive Producer

Writer(s)

Doug Atchison
Screenwriter

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