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Spellbound

(DVD - 2004)
Average Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5.
Spellbound


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Follows the lives of eight young Americans (Angela Arenivar, Nupur Lala, Ted Brigham, Emily Stagg, Ashley White, Neil Kadakia, April DeGideo, Harry Altman, Alex Cameron) who share one goal: to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. The Bee is as intense a competition as any Olympic match,

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Follows the lives of eight young Americans (Angela Arenivar, Nupur Lala, Ted Brigham, Emily Stagg, Ashley White, Neil Kadakia, April DeGideo, Harry Altman, Alex Cameron) who share one goal: to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. The Bee is as intense a competition as any Olympic match, for both the spellers and their families. The unbearable pressure becomes even more extraordinary when it is felt by ordinary teenagers.

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Additional Contributors: Welch, Sean; Blitz, Jeffrey
Imprint: Culver City, Calif. - Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
ISBN: 1404947604
Language: English and French
Other language: [In English; dubbed also into French with optional subtitles in English or French, Closed-captioned]
Credits: Camera, Jeffrey Blitz ; editor, Yana Gorskaya ; music composer, Daniel Hulsizer.
Notes: DVD
Original production: c2002
Includes: commentary by filmmakers; theatrical trailer; where are they now? updates on all 8 profiled spellers; educational guide: includes "Host your own spelling bee" kit
Statement of responsibility: ThinkFilm presents ; a Blitz/Welch picture ; produced by Jeffrey Blitz, Sean Welch ; directed by Jeffrey Blitz
Characteristics: 1 videodisc (ca. 97 min.) :,sd., col. ;,4 3/4 in.
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  • Janice21383 rated this: 4 stars out of 5.

Glee, without music.

Got a good request from Britannia teacher for this one today. A fun documentary choice for the Secondary classroom.

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