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Akeelah and the Bee (2006) [PG]

Release Date:
April 28, 2006

Original Title:
Akeelah and the Bee

Alternate Titles:
Akeelah ist die Grösste
Prova de Fogo

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
2929 Productions
Cinema Gypsy Productions
Lions Gate Films
Out of the Blue... Entertainment
Starbucks Entertainment

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 6  HU: 6  IE: 12  JP: R18+  NL: 9  US: PG 

Runtime: 112

Changing the world... one word at a time.

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Akeelah is a precocious 11-year-old girl from south Los Angeles with a gift for words. Despite her mother's objections, Akeelah enters various spelling contests, for which she is tutored by the forthright Dr. Larabee, her principal Mr. Welch, and the proud residents of her neighborhood. Akeelah's aptitude earns her an opportunity to compete for a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

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Production

ADR Mixer:
Eric Thompson

ADR Recordist:
Chris Navarro

Art Direction:
Shelley A. Wallace

Assistant Director:
Rodney Allen Hooks

Assistant Property Master:
Matt Furginson

Best Boy Grip:
William Rick Young

Boom Operator:
Stacey A. Washer

Camera Operator:
Johnny Radzik
Chris Mosio

Casting:
Aisha Coley
Jaki Brown
Kim Taylor-Coleman

Co-Producer:
Mike Upton
Kent Kubena

Construction Coordinator:
Robert 'Cass' McEntee

Costume Design:
Sharen Davis

Costume Supervisor:
Riki Lin Sabusawa

Dialogue Editor:
James Morioka

Director:
Doug Atchison

Director of Photography:
M. David Mullen

Dolly Grip:
James 'Keeper' Auld

Editor:
Glenn Farr

Executive Producer:
Mark Cuban

First Assistant Editor:
Markus Czyzewski

Foley Artist:
Laura Macias
Vince Nicastro

Foley Editor:
Melissa Kennelly

Foley Mixer:
Shawn Kennelly

Gaffer:
Rich Paisley

Hair Department Head:
Kenneth Walker

Key Grip:
Brad Heiner

Key Makeup Artist:
Linda Cowan
Gigi Williams

Leadman:
Greg Sanger

Makeup Department Head:
Edna Sheen

Music Editor:
Johnny Caruso
Eduardo Ponsdomenech

Music Supervisor:
Joel C. High

Original Music Composer:
Aaron Zigman

Post Production Supervisor:
Carl Pedregal

Producer:
Nancy Hult Ganis
Laurence Fishburne
Danny Llewelyn

Production Coordinator:
Jules Carideo

Production Design:
Warren Alan Young

Production Supervisor:
Jennifer Booth

Property Master:
Kathleen Kasinger

Propmaker:
Jason Dock Harrell
Oswaldo Rojas

Script Supervisor:
Jan McWilliams

Second Assistant "B" Camera:
Marcos O. Lopez

Second Assistant Camera:
David Mun

Second Unit Director of Photography:
Chris Mosio

Set Costumer:
Cheryl Cravedi

Set Decoration:
Julieann Getman

Set Designer:
Alicia Maccarone

Sound Designer:
Roland N. Thai

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Ken S. Polk

Sound Recordist:
Barbara McCart

Sound mixer:
Matthew Nicolay

Still Photographer:
Saeed Adyani

Studio Teacher:
Heather Fielding
Kevin Moll
Jo Ann Smith

Supervising ADR Editor:
Fred Stafford

Supervising Dialogue Editor:
James Morioka

Supervising Sound Editor:
Roland N. Thai

Transportation Captain:
Angel DeSanti
Kirk Huston

Writer:
Doug Atchison

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