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About
Forty-year-old misanthrope, Guy Trilby, enters the National Golden Quill Spelling Bee through a loophole in the rules.
Theatrical
Mar 14, 2014
Box Office
$7.8M
Budget
$9.5M
Return
0.8x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jul 8, 2014
Director
Writer
Andrew Dodge
Producers
Joshua D. Comen, Jason Bateman, Mason Novick
Music
Studio
Darko Entertainment, Aggregate Films, MXN Entertainment, Focus Features
Cast
Full credits →J
Jason Bateman
Guy Trilby
K
Kathryn Hahn
Jenny Widgeon
R
Rohan Chand
Chaitanya Chopra
P
Philip Baker Hall
Dr. Bowman
A
Allison Janney
Dr. Bernice Deagan
B
Ben Falcone
Pete Fowler
S
Steve Witting
Proctor at Spelling Bee
B
Beth Grant
Bedazzled Judge
A
Anjul Nigam
Sriram Chopra
A
Allan Miller
Bald Glasses Judge
B
Bob Stephenson
Bill Murhoff
P
Patricia Belcher
Ingrid
M
Matthew Zhang
Braden Aftergood
M
Madison Hu
Ling Quan
M
Michael Patrick McGill
Beet Red Father
J
Judith Hoag
Petal Dubois
R
Rachael Harris
Eric Tai's Mother
M
Mychael Bates
Lobster Man
G
Greg Cromer
Jeremy 'FBI Agent'
K
Kimleigh Smith
Marzipan
