Akeelah and the Bee 18 years old

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

Akeelah and the Bee

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.

Credits

Akeelah and the Bee Cast

Name Character
Laurence Fishburne He was 44, now 63 years old as Dr. Larabee
Angela Bassett She was 47, now 66 years old as Tanya
Lee Garlington She was 52, now 71 years old as Regional Judge
Tzi Ma He was 43, now 62 years old as Mr. Chiu
Fay Hauser She was 57, now 75 years old as Woman on TV
Curtis Armstrong He was 52, now 71 years old as Mr. Welch
J.R. Villarreal He was 13, now 32 years old as Javier
Bonita Friedericy She was 44, now 63 years old as Volunteer
Keke Palmer She was 12, now 31 years old as Akeelah
Eddie Steeples He was 32, now 51 years old as Derrick-T
Julito McCullum He was 15, now 34 years old as Terrence
Sean Michael Afable He was 17, now 36 years old as Dylan
Lee Thompson Young He was 22, 29 years old when he died as Devon
Sid Ganis He was 66, now 84 years old as Regional Pronouncer
Craig Wasson He was 52, now 70 years old as Ted Saunders
Wolfgang Bodison He was 39, now 58 years old as Akeelah's Father
Jack Ong He was 65, now 84 years old as Korean Grocer
Lauren Sánchez She was 36, now 55 years old as Reporter
Erica Hubbard She was 27, now 45 years old as Kiana
Jeris Poindexter as Steve

Akeelah and the Bee Crew

Name Department
Roland N. Thai as Supervising Sound Editor. Sound
Roland N. Thai as Sound Designer. Sound
Glenn Farr as Editor. He was 6 (now 24) years old Editing
M. David Mullen as Director of Photography. He was 43 (now 62) years old Camera
Aisha Coley as Casting. Production
Aaron Zigman as Original Music Composer. He was 42 (now 61) years old Sound
Warren Alan Young as Production Design. He was 41 (now 59) years old Art
Jennifer Booth as Production Supervisor. Production
Joel C. High as Music Supervisor. Sound
Julieann Getman as Set Decoration. Art
Jaki Brown as Casting. Production
Doug Atchison as Director. He was 56 (now 74) years old Directing
Doug Atchison as Writer. He was 56 (now 74) years old Writing
Chris Mosio as Camera Operator. Camera
Akeelah and the Bee poster
Akeelah and the Bee (18 years)

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

  • Release day: Friday, April 28, 2006
  • Runtime: 112 minutes
  • Budget: 8000000.00
  • Revenue: 18948425.00