Akeelah and the Bee

2006 · 112 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 22,228 VOTES · DIR. Doug Atchison

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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
00:04:09 - Hey, you. - So...
00:08:11 (Joshua coughs)
00:12:24 Mr. Welch, I told you I did not want to do this. They're laughing at me.
00:16:14 "Longicollis."
00:20:41 Dang.
00:25:25 (bell rings)
00:30:29 Hey, check it out... look at this. They're gonna be at USC this summer.
00:36:10 Did Mr. Welch take you? 'Cause ain't nobody call me.
00:41:17 - That I'm not supposed to be afraid. - Afraid of what?
00:46:31 Wow, Akeelah. No one ever gets that close to beating Dylan.
00:50:15 You'll win using my methods.
00:54:08 Spell effervescent. Don't think about anything else. Come on.
00:58:05 I swear we thought you were on board with this, Mrs. Anderson.
01:02:33 Find out what it means to me
01:06:50 What you need to do now is just
01:11:30 What happened?
01:15:58 You go, Akeelah, baby! Make us proud!
01:21:46 If you want to be a flight attendant, you first gotta ride on a plane.
01:27:42 "Ratiocinate, ratiocinate."
01:32:35 (bell rings)
01:38:24 - xanthosis. - (bell rings)
01:43:05 G-O...
01:48:34 And I'm not gonna stop

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,742
Dialogue density15.6 lines / min
First line00:00:11
Final line01:48:34

Production Record

DirectorDoug Atchison
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8,000,000
Revenue$18,948,425
IMDb votes22,228