Akeelah and the Bee
(DVD, LOCAL LIBRARY CHECKOUT ONLY DVD)
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Published
Santa Monica, CA : Lions Gate Home Entertainment, [2006].
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : digital, color, dolby ; 4 3/4 in.
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Location | Format | Call Number | Note | Status |
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Gilpin County Public Library - FAMILY DVD | LOCAL LIBRARY CHECKOUT ONLY DVD | DVD FAM AKEELAH | On Shelf | |
Alamosa Public Library - JUVENILE DVD | DVD | JUV DVD FICTION AKE | 2 Discs | On Shelf |
Berthoud Community Library District - JUVENILE DVD | DVD | YOUTH DVD AKEELAH | On Shelf | |
Carnegie Public Library - JUVENILE DVD | DVD | J DVD AKEEL | On Shelf | |
Heginbotham Holyoke Library - JUVENILE DVD | DVD | DVD/AKE | On Shelf |
Location | Format | Call Number | Note | Status |
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Canon City Public Library - DVD | DVD | DVD AKE | On Shelf |
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Published
Santa Monica, CA : Lions Gate Home Entertainment, [2006].
Format
DVD, LOCAL LIBRARY CHECKOUT ONLY DVD
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
UPC
031398195962, 00031398200017, 796323170741
Notes
General 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.
Creation/Production Credits
Executive producers, Todd Wagner, Mark Cuban, Marc Butan, Helen Sugland, Michael Burns, Michael Paseornek, Tom Ortenberg; co-producers, Mike Upton, Kent Kubena, Jaki Brown-Karman; director of photography, M. David Mullen; editor, Glenn Farr; music, Aaron Zigman; costume designer, Sharen Davis; production designer, Warren Alan Young; casting by Jaki Brown-Karman, Aisha Coley, Kim Coleman.
Participants/Performers
Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong.
Description
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 will have to overcome her insecurities, her distracting home life, and the knowledge that there is a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: PG; for some language.
System Details
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
Language
In English language with English and Spanish subtitles.
Language
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Palmer, K., Bassett, A., Fishburne, L., III., Ganis, S., Hult, N., Llewelyn, D., Romersa, M., Atchison, D., Armstrong, C., Zigman, A., Davis, S., Young, W. A., Mullen, M. D., Upton, M., Kubena, K., Sugland, H., Burns, M., Paseornek, M., & Ortenberg, T. (2006). Akeelah and the Bee (Widescreen edition.). Lions Gate Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Keke. Palmer et al.. 2006. Akeelah and the Bee. Lions Gate Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Keke. Palmer et al.. Akeelah and the Bee Lions Gate Home Entertainment, 2006.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Palmer, Keke., et al. Akeelah and the Bee Widescreen edition., Lions Gate Home Entertainment, 2006.
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