A suspenseful, gripping documentary that features an engaging cross section of American children. Read critic reviews
Spellbound
2002, Documentary, 1h 37m
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Eight youthful competitors, sponsored by their hometown newspapers, travel with their families to Washington, D.C., to compete in the 1999 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Now in the national spotlight and under heavy pressure to perform from parents, teachers and their audience, the children struggle to advance toward the championship -- and its accompanying scholarships and cash prizes -- while approaching competitive spelling with the focus and intensity of Olympic athletes.
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Rating: G
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Genre: Documentary
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Original Language: English
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Director: Jeffrey Blitz
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Producer: Jeffrey Blitz, Sean Welch
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Writer: Jeffrey Blitz
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Box Office (Gross USA): $5.7M
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Distributor: ThinkFilm
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A fabulous documentary on spelling bees that is very compelling to watch. It certainly beats the fictional "bee" movie Akeelah and the Bee. Real people make real drama.
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I still find it hilarious how seriously all these families take this. And the attitudes are scary - one girl is doing the spelling bees because she wants to be the best at something and she already knows friends who are better than her at other things she's good at. For the most part, these kids would have a better idea how to spell if they just read a lot of interesting books instead of studying spelling. Crazy..
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It was incredible to see these kids study for the national spelling bee eight hours a day!!! They really wanted it BAD, some didn't even like spelling but wanted to prove they were the best. Some wanted to please their parents, some were newbies that made it by sheer luck. Harry Altman was hilarious! I got some good laughs.
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im glad i only won the school spelling bee and not the regionals because i would probably be one of the hopeless nerds on this dvd
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