Akeelah and the Bee
2006 · 112 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 22,228 VOTES · DIR. Doug Atchison
Overview
11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya. Thanks to the efforts of her teacher Dr. Larabee, she reaches the finala. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,742 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:11 A- K
00:04:13 So far zero. But you don't do too much shooting sitting behind
00:08:25 No, I ain't down for no spelling bee.
00:12:49 when he was a kid, he went all the way to the national spelling bee.
00:16:41 Man: Intussusception is
00:21:40 - You? - Second year.
00:26:38 A figure of speech in which a part is used for a whole;
00:31:16 - Akeelah? - Akeelah, get in here!
00:37:18 for the state bee during the summer.
00:43:00 - Akeelah: Why'd you invite him? - My dad's friends with his dad.
00:47:51 Dylan probably learned 20.
00:51:30 I was so surprised, I was hypnotized...
00:55:48 Well, Josh, you think she's got a shot at it?
00:59:58 I mean a different sentence than you used before.
01:04:33 - studied them yet. - Why did you cancel yesterday?
01:09:20 - Baby, you worked so... - Please.
01:14:17 'Cause I say so.
01:19:57 Yes, you can, Akeelah. You can do anything you want.
01:24:20 Well, perhaps that is your strategy, but not ours.
01:30:26 l-L...
01:36:37 Ted: Now remember, if either speller misses a word
01:41:48 ...E- R-A-Z...
01:47:33 Ooh, here I go, searching for the answer
05:00:00 that you will run into at the finals.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,742
Dialogue density15.6 lines / min
First line00:00:11
Final line05:00:00
Production Record
DirectorDoug Atchison
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8,000,000
Revenue$18,948,425
IMDb votes22,228